The speaker says that the wall created a shadow. in what lines does he identify his own dark color with the shadow? what does the speaker imply by the metaphor of the wall? (as i grew older)

i would say these

“i have said the magic was gone but that is not true—it had gone from the magic things but it had not gone from the place.”

“i felt the spirits about me, weighing upon me.”

i hope this you!

assuming the underlined sentence is:

"approximately 250 big name scientists will be winging their way to washington, d.c. "

the correct answer would be:

d) approximately 250 well-known scientists will be arriving in washington, d.c.

the word "big-named" is making reference to a well known, successful important or famous person, product or company, in this case, given is an international research institute convention these ones are scientists.

the answer is the third one because both men and women are equily as smart making them both equal