1. why is nick an outsider in relation to daisy and tom?
he does not drink.
he was born into money.
he works for a living.
2. which word best completes the sentence?
when she saw that she had been given the lead in the musical, michelle threw up her hands in
benediction
exultation
vestige
3. what does gatsby tell nick about his family?
they all died and left him a fortune.
they don’t approve of him.
they hate travel and won’t visit him.
4. what does daisy say about gatsby’s house when she first sees it?
she doesn’t see how he could afford it.
she doesn’t understand how he lives there alone.
she thinks he is pulling her leg and that it is not really his house.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile