Wolf asserts that the "cases of the idle rich, the corporate executive and the pig farmer are in some ways very different, but they all share at least this feature: they can all be characterized as lives whose dominant activities seem ..."
A) full of intellectual curiosity.
B) covariant with modern existence.
C) pointless, useless, or empty.
D) pointed to a transcendent life.

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In the sentence, Wolf explicitly mentions that the three types of lives are different but share the common feature of "dominant activities" that are characterized as "pointless, useless, or empty." Therefore, the correct answer is C. The other choices are not supported by the text.

Wolf Asserts That the "Cases of the Idle Rich, the Corporate