During the middle of a speech, an audience member stands up and asks a question, to everyone's surprise. According to your text, is the audience member's behavior appropriate?
a. Yes; question and answer sessions are quite common in public speaking.
b. No; the audience member should have remained seated to ask his/her question.
c. No; the audience member did not maintain clearly defined roles of speaker and listener.
d. Yes; in this day and age of informality, speakers should expect audiences to respond out loud.
c
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