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Globalization and the Information Age: Postmodernism into the Twenty-First Century — Test

Question 18 • Literature and Composition III

Read the excerpt from David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest . It’s clear that this really pretty sincere yellow Dean at left is Admissions. And surely the little aviarian figure at right is Athletics, then, because the facial creases of the shaggy middle Dean are now pursed in a kind of distanced affront, an I’m-eating-something-that-makes-me-really-appreciate-the-presence-of-whatever-I’m-drinking-along-with-it look that spells professionally Academic reservations. Why does the narrator most likely refer to the deans by their titles rather than their names?

Answer
A
to distance himself from those present
B
to show a personal connection with the group
C
to set a formal tone for the meeting
D
to explain his position in relation to the others
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