2. What is the significance of "3" in the story? a. The story has three main characters: Della, Jim, and Madame Sophronie
b. Della counts her money three times (para. 1).
c. The narrator says that "Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles” (para. 2).
d. A reference is made to the Queen of Sheba, who gave King Solomon three types
of gifts: spices, gold, and jewels.
e. A sentence in para. 5 states, "She stood by the window and looked out dully at
a grey cat walking a grey fence in a grey backyard."
f. The narrator alliteratively describes Della as speaking with "sudden serious
sweetness."
g. Balthasar, Melchior, and Gaspar are the three magi, with three homelands.
h. The magi offered three gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
i. The story centers on three valuables: Jim's gold watch, Della's hair, and the love
that Jim and Della share,

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