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Use the statement from Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" to answer the question.

What could love, the unsolved mystery, count for in face of this possession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being!

What does “possession of self-assertion” mean in this sentence?

A. free will*
B. triumph
C. persistence
D. boastfulness