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- 1. Multiple ChoiceChapter 2 opens with the description of the "valley of ashes". Literally, what is the valley of ashes?It is the industrial section that separates the fashionable West and East Eggs from Manhattan. It's gray and covered in ashes/soot from all the factories in the area.The road that Nick travels on every day. It's covered in ashes from all the house fires that occurred in those neighborhoods.A long road that separates the two Eggs where many people have passed away.I literally have no idea.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceDoctor Eckleburg's eyes are mentioned repeatedly throughout Chapter 2. Symbolically, what might those eyes on that billboard represent?The reader should pay close attention to the billboard because it's probably going to be significant later on.Eyes symbolize the center of truth. What he sees with those eyes are meant to be understood as the ultimate truth.Looks can be deceiving. When he looks at the billboard one should understand that as being misconstrued by others.The eyes on the billboard are like the eyes of God, watching over the sinful acts of the people who live in the shadow of the sign.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceHow does Nick know Daisy and Tom?Nick and Tom served in the war together. He met Daisy at their wedding.Nick and Daisy went to school together. Daisy was dating Tom.He met them through a friend of his parents in Chicago.Daisy and Nick are cousins. Nick and Tom knew each other from school.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat did Miss Baker tell Nick about Tom?Tom is terminally ill.Tom is in trouble with the police.Tom is connected with criminals.Tom is having an affair.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Did Nick Carraway serve in WWI?TrueFalse
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote The Great Gatsby?Mark TwainJ.D. SalingerF. Scott FizgeraldJohn Steinbeck
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWho lives in the Valley of Ashes?WilsonsBuchanansCarrawaysGatsbys
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWho is the narrator of The Great Gatsby?NickJordanTomJay Gatsby
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWest Egg is ____ money.oldgreennewfilthy
- 10. Multiple ChoiceHow does the narrator describe Gatsby?Gatsby was brilliant, although somewhat smug and self-centered.Gatsby had an extraordinary gift for hope, and a romantic readiness.Gatsby was a big, hulking brute of a man.Gatsby was self-assured and showed boundless enthusiasm about most topics.
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