Question
Which text evidence provides support for the inference that the narrator is an older person?
(1 point)
"Nominally I was the purser, actually I was the Captain's guest."
"In my more philosophic moods I perceive that, really, it was sheer luck ... this occurrence about which you've asked me to tell you."
"I'm a novelist, as you know, but if I hadn't
• had to take to writing I'd have been a rolling stone by profession and by inclination."
"You understand I was by way of being a bit venturesome, as a young man."
(1 point)
"Nominally I was the purser, actually I was the Captain's guest."
"In my more philosophic moods I perceive that, really, it was sheer luck ... this occurrence about which you've asked me to tell you."
"I'm a novelist, as you know, but if I hadn't
• had to take to writing I'd have been a rolling stone by profession and by inclination."
"You understand I was by way of being a bit venturesome, as a young man."
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The text evidence that provides support for the inference that the narrator is an older person is:
"I'm a novelist, as you know, but if I hadn't had to take to writing I'd have been a rolling stone by profession and by inclination."
This statement implies a reflection on the narrator's life experiences and choices, suggesting a level of maturity and age. It indicates that the narrator has had a long enough life to consider "what might have been" and to have developed a career as a novelist, which often comes with age and experience.
"I'm a novelist, as you know, but if I hadn't had to take to writing I'd have been a rolling stone by profession and by inclination."
This statement implies a reflection on the narrator's life experiences and choices, suggesting a level of maturity and age. It indicates that the narrator has had a long enough life to consider "what might have been" and to have developed a career as a novelist, which often comes with age and experience.