Read the excerpt from David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest . 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 dancing jaggedly in the slanted plane of windowlight, the air over the table like the sparkling space just above a fresh-poured seltzer. The coach, in a slight accent neither British nor Australian, is telling C.T. that the whole application-interface process, while usually just a pleasant formality, is probably best accentuated by letting the applicant speak up for himself. In this excerpt, the narrator is providing
Answer
A
only subjective responses to the things he sees and experiences.
B
both objective descriptions and subjective commentaries.
C
only objective information about people, setting, and events.
D
a compromised interpretation of events due to his unstable condition.
Explanation
The narrator gives concrete details that can be observed, such as the dust and lint moving in the windowlight and the coach speaking to C.T. He also adds subjective imagery and interpretation, comparing the air above the table to the space above freshly poured seltzer and describing his silence as affecting the room. Because the passage combines observable events with the narrator’s impressions, the best answer is “both objective descriptions and subjective commentaries.”
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