Tom buchanan is reading a book called the rise of the colored empires. what does this say about his character?
tom seems to be a white supremacist who is afraid of losing his livelihood to minority groups.
tom enjoys reading fictional books.
tom supports progress in minority communities.
tom care about people of all races.
what do we learn about tom and daisy’s marriage in chapter 1?
question 5 options:
they are very happily married.
tom has a mistress.
daisy is cheating on tom.
they are getting divorced.
question 6 (1 point)
identify the sentence from the passage that best supports the claim from the question above.
(1)'don’t talk. i want to hear what happens.’ ‘is something happening? ’ i inquired innocently. (2)'you mean to say you don’t know? ’ said miss baker, honestly surprised. ‘i thought everybody knew.’ ‘i don’t.’ (3)‘why——’ she said hesitantly, ‘tom’s got some woman in new york.’ ‘got some woman? ’ i repeated blankly. miss baker nodded. (4)‘she might have the decency not to telephone him at dinner-time. don’t you think? ’
question 6 options:
statement 1
statement 2
statement 3
statement 4
question 7 (1 point)
who is george wilson?
question 7 options:
owner of a restaurant in east egg
owner of a hotel in west egg
a mogul who loves to gamble
owner of a run-down auto shop
question 8 (1 point)
in the context of the following passage, what is the best definition for the word marred?
most of the confidences were unsought--frequently i have feigned sleep, preoccupation, or a hostile levity when i realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon--for the intimate revelations of young men or at least the terms in which they express them are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions.
question 8 options:
the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires
blemished by injury or rough wear
informed about something secret or not generally known
a mild rebuke or criticism
question 9 (1 point)
who is doctor t. j. eckleburg?
question 9 options:
jay gatsby’s best friend
nick carraway’s dentist
an ancient eye doctor whose advertisement still stands in the valley of ashes
the eye doctor who works no george wilson’s cataracts
question 10 (1 point)
what do the eyes of dr. t. j. eckleburg symbolize?
question 10 options:
god staring down upon and judging american society as a moral wasteland
the essential meaninglessness of the world and the arbitrariness of the mental process by which people invest objects with meaning
the american dream
both a and b are correct
there is no correct answer
question 11 (1 point)
based on its usage in the passage below, what is the meaning of the word reproach?
his family were enormously wealthy--even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach--but now he'd left chicago and come east in a fashion that rather took your breath away: for instance he'd brought down a string of polo ponies from lake forest.
question 11 options:
a mild rebuke or criticism
extremely hot
completely wanting or lacking
an exaggerated opinion of your own importance