Hello!
The ending sentence (and paragraph) of The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe is
“Villains!” I shrieked, “dissemble<span> no more! I admit the deed!—tear up the planks! here, here!—it is the beating of his hideous heart!”</span>
If the excerpt is David Foster Wallace's <em>Infinite Jest</em>, the answer should be A.
The dinner was being prepared by the maid
Answer:
B. The writing process, we would probably call this "proof-reading"