Which line from “the railroad earth” best illustrates the influence of jazz music on jack kerouac’s style? old faces looking up over rimless spectacles bought in some west virginia or florida or liverpool england pawnshop long before i was born the reading rooms tick tock bigclock with creak chair and slantboards i hear far off in the sense of coming night that engine calling our mountains anyway i'll be learning eventually to like the railroad and sherman will like me some day

The line from "The Railroad Earth", that best illustrates the influence of jazz music on Jack Kerouac's style is long before I was born the reading rooms tick tock bigclock with creak chair and slantboards. Jack Kerouac was highly influenced by the cultural changes of his time, especially the rising of jazz music, which as his own prose was spontaneous and rhythmic. He wrote continually without editing about his experiences in the search for meaning, converting jazz cadences into complex sentence structure.

the reading rooms tick tock bigclock with creak chair and slantboards

that is the correct answer just took the test! :)