I think your answer will be to 'soak up.'
First question: the king or queen sometimes has absolute power: for example, this is the case in Bahrain, but not in Norway, even though both have monarchs.
Second question: it's the federal system: in this system the states have a level of autonomy and can decide on the local issues.
Answer:
The answer is A. Conceptual replication
Explanation:
Mark decides to conduct a variation of the original study in which he measures participants' ability to solve verbal analogies as the cognitive task instead of measuring their ability to solve math problems. He finds that people who drink caffeine beforehand solve more verbal analogies than those who drink water beforehand, suggesting caffeine consumption causes improved cognitive performance. This study is known as a conceptual replication