I think d, b, knowledge is more important than wealth, but most of all you have to 'heed your Call'
which I think is doing what's best for you
Experiencing the death of Ophelia, because he could not have seen this coming.
It was carefully written as an anti-slavery argument.
Ranking as a 40 on an exam or test that you and 550 student took can be explained as being in the 13th percentile. This means that you ranked better than 12% of your class. For example, someone who ranked 95 got a better score than 94% of the class. Someone who ranked as a 2 got one of the lowest scores possible.
Yes, the Elders did take the memories of the community. The Elder's believed it would be morally right to exact each individual into what they called, Sameness. They also took colour, variety, and freewill away from the citizens of The Community.