Answer:
What the author is implying by the allusion to Albert Einstein is:
A. Like Einstein, bees are intelligent and can perform intellectual tasks.
Explanation:
Let's take a look at the very beginning of the passage:
<em>they are easy to breed and are considered the “Einstein” of the insect world. These striped geniuses perform intellectual feats that cannot be taken for granted, even among mammals.</em>
<u>The lines above already tell us what we need to know. The allusion to Einstein was used as a way to say that bees are intelligent creatures. That is how allusions work. An author alludes to something or someone widely known so as to bring something to readers' minds. In this case, everyone who has ever heard of Einstein associates his name with intelligence</u>. After the allusion, the author proceeds to list some of the amazing tasks and abilities bees have. Having that in mind, we can easily choose letter A as the best choice: Like Einstein, bees are intelligent and can perform intellectual tasks.
Answer:
B. They value Mrs. Hale's insights about Mr. Wright's "cheerfulness" and trust Mrs. Peters to obey the law.
Answer:
J
Explanation:
The proper way to punctuate the use of a conjunctive adverb (however) when connecting two independent clauses is as shown in "J."
The only other way is to use a period (instead of a semicolon) and use a capital "H"" for however.
.... frighten me. However, ...
well
Explanation:
It compares people to land masses, and when one clod is washed away it lessens the continent; this develops the theme of connection between individuals as parts of a whole.
