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QuizMultiple Choice

David Foster Wallace’s Postmodern Voices

Question 7 • HVA 26-27 IM English ELA 11 A

Read the excerpt from Infinite Jest.Three faces have resolved into place above summer-weight sportcoats and half-Windsors across a polished pine conference table shiny with the spidered light of an Arizona noon. These are three Deans—of Admissions, Academic Affairs, Athletic Affairs. I do not know which face belongs to whom.Which line of text supports the idea that Hal is meeting the college deans for the first time?

Answer
A
Three faces have resolved into place above summer-weight sportcoats. . . .
B
. . . half-Windsors across a polished pine conference table shiny with the spidered light. . . .
C
These are three Deans—of Admissions, Academic Affairs, Athletic Affairs.
D
I do not know which face belongs to whom.
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