Read the paragraphs from Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby. Highlight the sentence that best…

Read the paragraphs from Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby. Highlight the sentence that best shows that Tom longs to relive the glory of his past. 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. It was hard to realize that a man in my own generation was wealthy enough to do that. Why they came East I don’t know. They had spent a year in France for no particular reason, and then drifted here and there unrestfully where people played polo and were rich together. This was a permanent move, said Daisy over the telephone, but I didn’t believe it—I had no sight into Daisy’s heart, but I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking, a little wistfully, for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game.
In Chapter 4 of
The Great Gatsby
, Jordan Baker tells Nick the story of how Gatsby and Daisy met and what happened afterward.
How does this flashback contribute to the overall meaning of the story?
Select
each
correct answer.
It explains the origin of the rivalry between Jordan and Daisy.
It explains the motivation behind Gatsby’s quest to regain Daisy’s love.
It helps to develop the complex characters of Gatsby and Daisy.
It establishes the vast difference in social status between Gatsby and Daisy.
It confirms parts of Gatsby’s history as he relayed it to Nick.
It causes a rift between Nick and Jordan.