Question 9 (5.88 points)
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 (5.89 points)
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 (5.88 points)
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

question 12 (5.88 points)
read the passage below and answer the question that follows.

i decided to call to him. miss baker had mentioned him at dinner, and that would do for an introduction. but i didn’t call to him for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone—he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as i was from him i could have sworn he was trembling. involuntarily i glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. when i looked once more for gatsby he had vanished, and i was alone again in the unquiet darkness.

how does this symbol of the green light represent the american dream?

question 12 options:

the green light is symbolic of money and achievement which are major aspects of the pursuit of the american dream.

the green light symbolizes the american dream because gatsby and daisy both like the color green.

the green light represents gatsby’s dream of attaining daisy’s love and affection and having her would complete his american dream.

both a and c are correct.

question 13 (5.88 points)
based on its usage in the passage below, what is the best definition for the word tangible?

tom and miss baker, with several feet of twilight between them strolled back into the library, as if to a vigil beside a perfectly tangible body, while trying to look pleasantly interested and a little deaf i followed daisy around a chain of connecting verandas to the porch in front.

question 13 options:

completely wanting or lacking

leave slowly and hesitantly

establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

perceptible by the senses, especially the sense of touch

question 14 (5.88 points)
what is the valley of ashes?

question 14 options:

a stretch of land between east and west eggs where new york’s ashes are dumped.

where jay gatsby lives.

the cemetery behind nick’s house.

the best restaurant in town.

question 15 (5.88 points)
what does the valley of ashes symbolize?

question 15 options:

the american dream

death and dying

the moral and social decay that results from the uninhibited pursuit of wealth

the essential meaninglessness of the world

question 16 (5.88 points)
why is jay gatsby so famous?

question 16 options:

because he is married to a duchess

because he throws elaborate parties every single weekend

because he is very mean

because he died saving the lives of several people

question 17 (5.88 points)
what irony does nick notice at gatsby's party?

question 17 options:

although the party is rowdy and most people are drunk, gatsby is reserved and never drinks alcohol.

although many people are gossiping about him, gatsby brags about the great number of close friends he has.

although his house is huge and opulent, gatsby laments that his house is too small for him.

all of his guests are wealthy and/or famous, but gatsby has done nothing remarkable in his life.