Practice Exam

Question 18 • TPS EdX English Language Arts 11

Which excerpt from The Great Gatsby best indicates that Nick is not fully content with his life?

Answer

He didn’t say any more, but we’ve always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that.

Father agreed to finance me for a year, and after various delays I came East, permanently, I thought, in the spring of twenty-two.

Instead of being the warm center of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe—so I decided to go East and learn the bond business.

I had a dog—at least I had him for a few days until he ran away—and an old Dodge and a Finnish woman, who made my bed and cooked breakfast and muttered Finnish wisdom to herself over the electric stove.

Explanation

Choice C shows Nick’s dissatisfaction most clearly: the Middle West, which might once have felt central and familiar, now seems to him like “the ragged edge of the universe.” That negative description suggests he is unhappy with his life there and wants a change, so he decides to move East. The other excerpts mainly describe relationships, plans, or everyday details without expressing the same discontent.

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