The Great Gatsby - Chapter 5 Assignment

The narrator's comment of, "No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart." suggests a theme of -

• The heart burns with disappointment.

• If someone is lonely, all they have to do is think of who their heart wants them to be with.

• When someone's heart is set on a desire, nothing can change it.

• The rewards of guarding your heart pays off in the end.

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For Gatsby, the white flannel suit, silver shirt and gold-colored tie symbolizes

• purity

• genuine love

• underlining wickedness

• superficial and materialistic nature

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What is the most effective revision to make in the following sentence?

Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I pulled the door to against the increasing rain.

• Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I closed the door against the increasing rain.

• Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I closed the door forward away from the increasing rain.

• Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I closed the door behind me toward the increasing rain.

• Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I pulled the door forward to the increasing rain.

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Which sentence is the best sentence to insert between the following two sentences?

His bedroom was the simplest room of all - except where the dresser was garnished with a toilet set of pure dull gold.

Daisy took the brush with delight and smoothed her hair whereupon Gatsby sat down and shaded his eyes and began to laugh.

• While standing next to the toilet, she picked up the toilet brush.

• While standing at the door, she took up the dusting brush and glided her hands over the bristles.

• While standing at the dresser, she lightly ran her hand over the brush, comb, and mirror that made up the toilet set.

• While standing in the bathroom, she took the toilet brush out and sat it on the dresser.

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What can the reader infer as to why Fitzgerald would use a paradox in the following statement?

I tried to go then, but they wouldn't hear of it; perhaps my presence made them feel more satisfactorily alone. (Pg. 94)

• To show the reader that Nick is the main character and he is to be in each scene.

• To show the reader that Nick brought about comic relief to the story whenever Daisy and Gatsby were together.

• To show the reader that Nick felt less guilty as long as he was there with Daisy and Gatsby.

• To show the reader that Daisy and Gatsby used Nick's presence as a way to keep them from feeling guilty.

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The point of view used by the author in the following sentence, "So I don't know whether or not Gatsby went to Coney Island, or for how many hours he 'glanced into rooms' while his house blazed gaudily on." (Pg. 83) gives the reader insight into -

• why the people from East Egg were regarded disdainfully from people in various parts of New York.

• why people from East Egg regarded people from West Egg in the way they did.

• why the people from West Egg were actually intellectually and socially superior to the people from East Egg, the Valley of Ashes, and New York.

• why people from West Egg regarded people from New York in the way they did.

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What is the most effective transition to add to the second sentence?

My own face had now assumed a deep tropical burn. (Pg. 86)

I couldn't muster up a single commonplace out of the thousand in my head. (Pg. 86-87)

• Fortunately

• In contrast

• Moreover

• Unfortunately

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What is the most effective way to revise the following sentence?

All the lights were going on in West Egg now; the electric trains men-carrying, were plunging home through the rain from New York. (Pg. 95)

• All the lights were going on in West Egg now as men on electric trains were plunging home through the rain from New York.

• All the lights were going on in West Egg now as men on electric trains plunged home through the rain from New York.

• All the lights were going on in West Egg now as men on electric trains are plunging home through the rain from New York.

• All the lights were going on in West Egg now on electric trains men were plunging home through the rain from New York.

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What is the most effective way to combine the following two sentences?

I've got a man in England who buys me clothes.

He sends over a selection of things at the beginning of each season, spring and fall.

• Each season, spring and fall, at the beginning I have a man in England who buys me and sends me a selection of clothes.

• At the beginning of each season, spring and fall, I have a man in England who buys and sends me a selection of clothes.

• In England, a man each season buys and sends me a selection of clothes at the beginning.

• The seasons, spring and fall, the man in England buys me and sends me a selection of clothes.

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This chapter explores what theme?

• Massive wealth will deny one's love for another.

• Being impatient will make the heart grow fonder.

• True love is a fantasy and does not need to be fulfilled.

• True happiness should not be denied based on the present situation.

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