David Foster Wallace’s Postmodern Voices — Unit test
Question 7 • AFC TSIA2-English Language Arts S2
Which excerpt from Infinite Jest best illustrates an objective narrative voice?
Answer
A
I believe I appear neutral, maybe even pleasant, though I’ve been coached to err on the side of neutrality. . . .
B
‘You are Harold Incandenza, eighteen, date of secondary-school graduation approximately one month from now, attending the Enfield Tennis Academy. . . .’
C
My silent response to the expectant silence begins to affect the air of the room, the bits of dust and sportcoat-lint stirred around by the AC’s vents. . . .
D
This is not working out. It strikes me that EXIT signs would look to a native speaker of Latin like red-lit signs that say HE LEAVES.