|Question 7Verbal

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In 2023 literary scholar Jeremy Douglass cautioned technology investors and enthusiasts who predict conventional books' ultimate displacement by newer forms of media. Douglass observed that the concept of an "interactive" text is much older than technologists assume, extending back to the first time readers scratched notes into a text's margins. In addition, newer media, such as video games, haven't replaced older forms of entertainment, such as comic books, but rather exist alongside them. Douglass believes that rather than supplanting books, technology is simply making new forms of expression possible.
Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?
It explains the basis for the claim made by the technologists mentioned in the text.
A
It suggests that academics are better suited than investors to see the potential uses of contemporary interactive texts.
B
It challenges the stance of the investors and enthusiasts who are mentioned earlier in the text.
C
It provides a historical anecdote about the technological challenges involved in reading the earliest interactive texts.
D