Explanation
The advent of the internet, mentioned in this question, is
discussed by the author in the third paragraph, and the point of that paragraph
is to evaluate McLuhan's legacy. Specifically, the author gives the internet as
an example of how McLuhan's ideas were "inevitable." We can look for that in
the answer choices. Choice (B) is quite close. Choice (D) goes far too far; at
most, the author implies that it's a bit of a shame that McLuhan's theories
have been forgotten, but he definitely never says they have been proved. Choice
(E) is related to something that the author says in the paragraph, but not in
the context of the internet. There are "equal parts" to the author's point in
this paragraph: inevitable and inconsequential, and the internet is an example demonstrating
the inevitability of the importance of considering different mediums of
communication.
The correct answer is (B).
Passage 5
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