"It's So Hard to Have a Nice Conversation with Eli

question 47

Multiple Choice

"It's so hard to have a nice conversation with Eli. He's such a defensive listener," says Jo. Based on Jo's description, you can deduce that Eli ______.

• A) pretends to listen to conversation
• B) interprets innocent comments as personal attacks
• C) uses information to try to discredit the other person
• D) interrupts stories to guess the endings

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