Hello. You did not enter the text to which this question refers, which makes it impossible for it to be answered. However, I will try and help as best I can.
The only way to answer this question is to read this text in full. However, from the context of the question we can see that Jane and Bella will react very differently to the the fire escape collapse and that the way they would act is related to the type of education they received. Generally speaking, we can understand that if Bella or Jane received an education focused on problem solving, tranquility and critical and solving thinking, she can act very rationally when dealing with the collapse of the fire escape, trying to solve the problems that this caused in a practical and safe way, otherwise, any of them would act in complete disorganization and nervousness, without being able to solve or act correctly in this situation. To understand this, you must read the text and identify the type of education each of them received and how it affects their behavior in adverse situations.
He used riddling to talk to Smaug I think because he wanted to stall and waste time as he figured out a plan. He also used riddles to talk to Golem who he clearly was trying to stall to save himself as Golem wanted to kill and eat Bilbo. So it is a reoccurring theme of Bilbo and it makes sense.
A. Long and complex sentences can create a much slower pace because of how you read them
Analyzing this information is quite a "paine" indeed. Thomas Paine is using different types of literary devices it seems. But I cannot help you much further I am sorry.
