Which of the following excerpts from "harrison bergeron" best illustrates irony?
“if you see this boy,” said the ballerina, “do not—i repeat, do not—try to reason with him.”
“he is a genius and an athlete, is under-handicapped, and should be regarded as extremely dangerous.”
“my god—” said george, “that must be harrison! ”
“gee—i could tell that one was a doozy,” said hazel.

B) “He is a genius and an athlete, is under-handicapped, and should be regarded as extremely dangerous.”

Explanation: an irony is a state of affairs or an event that seems contrary to what one expects and it often has an amusing result. From the given options, the excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron" that best illustrates irony is the corresponding to option B: “He is a genius and an athlete, is under-handicapped, and should be regarded as extremely dangerous” because it seems contradictory to think that a genius and an athlete is extremely dangerous.

they insisted that there was not enough time to learn everything.  

explanation:

if they were going to steal the answers that is simply because they insisted that there was not enough time to learn everything.  

roses are red,

violets are black,

for what you said,

i hope you sit on a big fat tack.