Question 1 (1 point) Read this sentence from paragraph 3. The loud throb of their alien-sounding, high-pitched screeches fills the air. What does the author’s word choice suggest about the sound that cicadas make? a The screeches are dangerous enough to lead to hearing loss. b The sound is breathtakingly rhythmic and musical. c It is so fascinating that everyone should hear it. d The noise is both awful and annoying.

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 a, both objective descriptions and subjective commentaries. b. only objective information about people, setting, and events. c. only subjective responses to the things he sees and experiences. d. a compromised interpretation of events due to his unstable condition.