Read the excerpt from "Hokusai's The Great Wave."
What is the author's viewpoint in this excerpt?
So The Great Wave, far from being the quintessence of
Japan, is a hybrid work, a fusion of European materials and
conventions with a Japanese sensibility. No wonder this
image has been so loved in Europe: it is an exotic relative,
not a complete stranger
O The Great Wave was created using European
techniques
O The Great Wave was created using Japanese materials.
The Great Wave represents feelings of contentment in
Japanese culture
O The Great Wave represents feelings of ambivalence in
Japanese culture.
It also, I think, shows a peculiarly Japanese ambivalence.
As a viewer, you have no place to stand, no footing. You
too must be in a boat, under the Great Wave, and in
danger. The dangerous sea over which European things
and ideas travelled has, however been drawn with a
profound ambiguity

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.