Answer: B. dull ; E. unimaginative
Explanation:
Ingenious means to be clever, innovative and creative. Paul having an ingenious idea means that Paul has a clever and creative idea.
From the options given, the words that mean the opposite of ingenious are options B and E, that is "dull" and "unimaginative".
The quoted line is from the poem of ‘Persephone the Greek
Goddess of Spring’ by Ingrid Jonker. The line ‘your eyes dried seeds, your body
a husk of light’ means that—in your eyes dried seeds, it is trying to point out
the daughter of Persephone, in which it symbolizes the way of her daughter
going back to the underground while her mother didn’t even paid attention to
the nature, in which she should. Your body a husk of light is trying to point
out the last time Persephone saw her daughter.
The green girdle represents his survival and failure. "A man may hide his misdeed, but never erase it." He says it's a code of honor