Read the excerpt from hemingway’s a farewell to arms. the major asked me to have a drink with him and two other officers. we drank rum and it was very friendly. outside it was getting dark. i asked what time the attack was to be and they said as soon as it was dark. i went back to the drivers. they were sitting in the dugout talking and when i came in they stopped. i gave them each a package of cigarettes, macedonias, loosely packed cigarettes that spilled tobacco and needed to have the ends twisted before you smoked them. manera lit his lighter and passed it around. the lighter was shaped like a fiat radiator. i told them what i had heard. what does the excerpt reveal about the narrator? he prefers the company of the officers to that of the drivers. he only spends time with the officers so he can get cigarettes for the drivers. he looks down on everyone involved in the war, both officers and enlisted men. he interacts easily with both his superiors and the drivers

Because he provided the gift of cigarettes to the drivers, answer “A” does not seem to be appropriate because the provision of a gift is generally not characteristic of one who prefers the company of someone else.  Thus, it does not seem accurate that he would prefer the company of the officers to that of the drivers.  There is no mention in the excerpt as to the reason for accepting to have drinks with the officers; thus, it cannot safely assumed that he only spends time with the officers in order to get cigarettes for the drivers.  As such, “B” is not the appropriate response.  Additionally, “C” does not appear to be the appropriate response because, if he truly looked down on those involved with the war, he would not have accepted to drink with the officers nor would he have provided the gift of Macedonias to the drivers.  However, because the major did extend the invitation to spend time with him and the officers over a drink and because the drivers were given cigarettes, it be safely assumed that he interacts easily with both his superiors and the drivers.  Therefore, “D” is the appropriate response.

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