I'd say B and D. Elementary school reports don't necessarily equate to knowledge of a subject (and research on the branches of government doesn't help you know <em>how</em> to govern), so A is out. C is nice, but popularity and charm do not a leader make, he might have ulterior motives to being as such, maybe taking advantage of the power? B and D show things he has done that would give him useful skills in the position.
What stanza are you referring to?
Reading aloud in class takes courage and enough responsibility to take on the job of reading with your peers. You have to build the amount of words you recognize and take part in learning new defenitions and meanings to those words. Reading builds character and vocab in how you identify daily words and how you use them.
If it is by Andy Singer, I would say energy conservation.
A critic is someone who expresses a reasoned opinion on ny matter, especially involving a judgement on it’s quality, truthfulness, beauty or tehnique.
A cynic is a captious, fault -finding critic, often holding a belief that human conduct is always motivated by self-interest.
