Not correctly then. I specifically say “background (by itself)”. This does actually mean no other properties. I guess you can change displays since you aren’t limited in the HTML you can use so I’m fine with that.
I’m aware of the displays default but I’m talking about the padding invalidating your code. It fails the quiz since the padding is needed for your example and my post, and the quiz specifically ask for what property can do the overlap by itself. Aside from default displays for elements and whatnot, background can’t do it.