I believe the correct answer is C. Aunt Agatha can't <span>contact Gussie to get him to change his embarrassing behavior.
A is incorrect because if you read the excerpt, you will see that she meddles everywhere. B is incorrect because nowhere in the excerpt does it say Bertie believes that. D is incorrect because he hasn't agreed to anything yet, at least not in lines 16-30. However, according to aunt Agatha, Gussie is behaving in a poor manner and that should be changed.
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Answer:
The brothers’ ability to overcome difficulties to succeed as scholars.
Explanation:
The excerpt begins by informing us of the difficult personal problems and the meager financial support that the brothers faced from 1805 to 1812. It also highlights that, despite these problems, the brothers could prove themselves as innovative scholars in German philology. Therefore, that the author introduces is the brothers’ ability to overcome difficulties to succeed as scholars.
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