Question

even with the widespread adoption of personal computers, many authors still choose to write and revise their novels by hand and only then transfer the final version on a computer. it may be tempting to speculate about how a novel written this way would be affected if it had been exclusively typed instead, but each novel is a unique entity resulting from a specific set of circumstances. therefore, 13 which choice most logically completes the text? a in order to increase their efficiency, authors who currently write novels largely by hand should instead work only on a computer. b authors who do most of their drafting and revising by hand likely have more success than those who work entirely on a computer. c novels written by hand take less time to produce, on average, than novels written on a computer do. d there is no way to reasonably evaluate how a work would be different if it had been written by other means.

Explanation:

The passage discusses the uniqueness of a novel written by hand and how it's hard to speculate about its nature if it were typed instead. Option D concludes this thought by stating there's no way to reasonably evaluate how a work would be different if written by other means. Option A about efficiency is not the main point. Option B about success is not supported by the passage. Option C about time - production is not the focus.

Answer:

D. there is no way to reasonably evaluate how a work would be different if it had been written by other means.