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Question

"I liked to imagine it in the solitude and silence of midnight, rolling very slowly through the dimness, like a little boat full of holes setting off in search of adventure, knowledge, and (why not?) love. But what could it find in that array of dairy products, vegetables, noodles, soft drinks, and canned peas, which was all it knew of the world? Nevertheless, it didn’t lose hope, but resumed its navigations, or never interrupted them, like someone who knows that his efforts are futile but keeps trying all the same. Someone who keeps trying because he has pinned his hopes on the transformation of everyday banality into dream and portent. I think I identified with it, and that identification, I think, was how I discovered it in the first place. Paradoxically, for a writer who feels so distant and different from his colleagues, I felt close to that shopping cart. Even our respective techniques were similar: progressing by imperceptible increments, which add up to make a long journey; not looking too far ahead; urban themes."

Which inference is best supported by the details in the passage?

a. The narrator feels a sense of hopelessness.

b. The narrator's writing is often set in distant lands far in the future.

c. The narrator uses imagination to escape the boredom of daily life.

d. The narrator believes the cart is evil.

Answer 1

The best-supported inference from the details in the passage is:

c. The narrator uses imagination to escape the boredom of daily life.

This is evident from the way the narrator describes the shopping cart's journey as an imaginative escape in search of adventure, knowledge, and love, despite its mundane surroundings. The narrator's identification with the shopping cart reflects an attempt to transform the everyday and banal into something more meaningful, suggesting a use of imagination as an escape from boredom.