I thought the younger student greeted the new patients with enthusiasm the old guards had stopped their reputation on the belief in mass. which of the connection does the author make between the ideas and the sentence? contrast ,cause/effect comparison ,problem and solution. is the answer cause and effect

Yes, the connection that the author makes between the ideas in the sentence is cause and effect. The younger student greeting the new patients with enthusiasm is the cause, and the resulting effect is that the old guards' reputation is impacted or changed.

Yes, the connection the author makes between the ideas in the sentence can be categorized as cause and effect. The author describes how the younger student greets the new patients with enthusiasm, which contrasts with the behavior of the old guards who had stopped their reputation on the belief in mass. The cause is the contrast in behavior between the younger student and the old guards, and the effect is the difference in how they greet the new patients.