Read the excerpt from chapter 11 of The Awakening. Edna began to feel like one who awakens gradually out of a dream, a delicious, grotesque, impossible dream, to
feel again the realities pressing into her soul. The physical need for sleep began to overtake her; the exuberance
which had sustained and exalted her spirit left her helpless and yielding to the conditions which crowded her in.
Which best states the literal meaning of the excerpt?
O Edna began to realize once again the inescapable facts of her life.
O Edna began to realize she was silly to stay up so late into the night.
O Edna began to realize it was possible for her to achieve her dreams.
O Edna began to realize she could rest knowing that all was well and good.