According to the article, how could one earn the highest marks?

In the opening paragraph, it mentions an “ominous” week. Which of the following reasons would best capture why it was “ominous”?

Making a person feel part of a community has both positive and negative implications.

Peer pressure is used entirely in a negative way in ‘The Wave’, with no evidence of any positive influence from one student to another.

Cult organisations are strengthened when opposing views can be expressed and debated.

The leader in cults and similar organisations is often charismatic and powerful.

Mr Ross deliberately seeks to indoctrinate his students for his own benefit.

In the Hitler Jugend young people were taught to disobey or disagree with their parents if their parents did not agree with the principles of the organisation and we also see this in ‘The Wave’.

Teacher Ben Ross shows signs of becoming a dictator due to his intensity, charisma, contagious enthusiasm, energy and he manages to get his class to do what he wants them to do. He uses his intelligence to manipulate members of The Wave movement. 

Which characters could be described as becoming fanatical regarding The Wave movement?