Student Name: *Student ID: *1.Catherine’s comments to Nick in the paragraph beginning “‘She really ought to get away . . .’” imply that Myrtle’s affair with Tom issurprisingimmoralunderstandablecharacteristicirrelevant2.In the paragraph beginning “The bottle of whiskey . . .,” Nick describes his role as beingparadoxicaljudgmentalconspiratorialdisinterestedpivotal3.Myrtle’s discussion of the clothes worn by Wilson and Tom reveals heradmiring yet judgmental attitude toward the upper classdistrustful and scornful view of outward appearancesinnate but undeveloped artistic sensesuperficial and materialistic valuesambitious and determined work ethic4.In the two paragraphs which begin “It was nine o’clock” and “The little dog was sitting,” which of the following is most incongruous with the party’s atmosphere?Mr. McKee sleeping in the chairNick wiping the lather from Mr. McKee’s cheekthe dog “groaning faintly”people disappearing and reappearingTom and Mrs. Wilson “discussing in impassioned voices”5.Besides revealing his brutality, Tom’s breaking Myrtle’s nose serves to emphasize hisproblem with alcoholpride in his physical prowesscontempt for his guestscontrolling natureneed to show off for Nick6.Nick’s description of Tom’s violence and the ensuing response ishyperbolicincredulouseuphemisticironicdispassionate7.The disjointed quality of the final paragraphs of the passage serves toprovide a humorous digression from the violence of the preceding paragraphssuggest the narrator’s reluctance to return to his mundane routinemirror the chaos of the party and reflect the narrator’s drunkennessjuxtapose reality with the surreal quality of the evening’s eventsreveal the basic commonalities of all people regardless of social class8.In the context of the novel, this passage serves primarily topaint a picture of life in the twentiesexplain Myrtle’s rejection of her husbandfurther develop several important charactersarouse sympathy for Daisypresent Nick in an uncharacteristic setting
