5. At the beginning of Chapter 3, Fitzgerald spends 2 pages describing Gatsby's party preparations: “Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York-every Monday these
same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves...At least once a fortnight a
corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet of canvas and enough colored lights to make a
Christmas tree of Gatsby's enormous garden..."
Which of the following BEST describes Fitzgerald's purpose in including all of this detail?
a. This description demonstrates just how reckless and lawless Gatsby is, because he spends all of
his money to consume alcohol with strangers every weekend.
b. This description reveals Gatsby's obsession with citrus fruits and caterers, which shows how he
fixates on certain items to an extreme.
c. This description mirrors Gatsby's meticulous preparations and highlights the extravagance that
goes into each party, demonstrating that Gatsby is clearly putting on a show.
d. This description reveals shows how overwhelmed Nick is by his next door neighbor.

Select the correct text in the passage. in richard connell's short story "the most dangerous game," zaroffs aristocratic appearance and dignified manners mask his sinister, animalistic nature. which line from the excerpt best provides a glimpse into his true nature? rainsford's first impression was that the man was singularly handsome; his second was that there was an original, almost bizarre quality about the general's face. he was a tall man past middle age, for his hair was a vivid white; but his thick eyebrows and pointed military mustache were as black as the night from which rainsford had come. his eyes, too, were black and very bright. he had high cheekbones, a sharpcut nose, a spare, dark face-the face of a man used to giving orders, the face of an aristocrat. turning to the giant in uniform, the general made a sign. the giant put away his pistol, saluted, withdrew. "ivan is an incredibly strong fellow," remarked the general, "but he has the misfortune to be deaf and dumb. a simple fellow, but, i'm afraid, like all his race, a bit of a savage." "is he russian? " "he is a cossack," said the general, and his smile showed red lips and pointed teeth. "so am i." half apologetically general zaroff said, "we do our best to preserve the amenities of civilization here. forgive any lapses. we are well off the beaten track, you know." laughter shook the general. "how extraordinarily droll you are! " he said. "one does not expect nowadays to find a young man of the educated class, even in america, with such a naive, and, if i may say so, mid-victorian point of view. it's like finding a snuffbox in a limousine. ah, well, doubtless you