The first deity sprang from an immense bulrush-bud, which rose, spear-like, in the midst of the boundless disorder."
Explanation:
"Infotainment" is a word that is crossed between information and entertainment. It means that it's a broadcast material "that is intended to both entertain and to inform"
Answer: D "doesn't actually accomplish much"
Explanation:
Things that are pseudo are not genuine and so will generally not accomplish what it is that they are supposed to accomplish and if they do, they would not do much of a good job of it.
Based on this passage about pseudo-working, the best answer would therefore be D because the method of studying did not accomplish much simply because it was not genuine.
Figurative language is most common in poetry, but poetry does not always explore thought in a concise way, more often it tried to convey a feeling or an impression than treats the subject in detail.
Therefore I would choose a "novel" - it can use figurative language (unlike exploratory essay), but it also deals with ideas and thought is a profound, comprehensive way (but note that some poems will also do that!)
Because she knows something the others don't or she is confused and she is making a horrible mistake