Globalization and the Information Age: Postmodernism into the Twenty-First Century — Test
Question 16 • TPS EdX English Language Arts 11
Read this excerpt from Infinite Jest . ‘I could, if you’d let me, talk and talk. Let’s talk about anything. I believe the influence of Kierkegaard on Camus is underestimated. I believe Dennis Gabor may very well have been the Antichrist. I believe Hobbes is just Rousseau in a dark mirror. I believe, with Hegel, that transcendence is absorption. I could interface you guys right under the table,’ I say. ‘I’m not just a creâtus, manufactured, conditioned, bred for a function.’ What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt?
Answer
A
that the people he is addressing appreciate intellectualism
B
that the people he is addressing enjoy long conversations
C
that the people he is addressing have researched philosophy
D
that the people he is addressing expect a confrontation
Explanation
The narrator launches into references to Kierkegaard, Camus, Gabor, Hobbes, Rousseau, and Hegel, apparently expecting that this intellectual talk will matter to the people he is addressing. That suggests he assumes they appreciate intellectualism. Although he mentions that he could “talk and talk,” the excerpt does not establish that they enjoy long conversations.
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