Spectral radius of a hollow symmetric block matrix

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Let $B$ be a $2 \times 2$ matrix. Suppose we have a $4 \times 4$ real symmetric matrix of the following form

$$A = \begin{bmatrix} O_2 & B \\ B^T & O_2\\ \end{bmatrix}$$

  1. What can we say about the eigenvalues of $A$?

  2. Can we condition $B$ in a way such that the spectral radius of $A$ is less than $1$?