While delivering her speech, Patricia notices that numerous members of her audience have an entirely frozen, unresponsive face. Some also have a slightly tilted head; a faint, frozen smile; and a hand holding up their chin. According to the text, what does this indicate about the audience?

A) They are completely enthralled with Patricia’s speech
B) They are being distracted by external noise
C) They are offended by or in complete disagreement with the content of Patricia’s speech
D) They are trying to look like they are interested, while they are actually probably daydreaming.


Answer: D

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