Question

excerpt from the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald chapter 1 in my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that i’ve been turning over in my mind ever since. whenever you feel like criticizing any one, he told me, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had. 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. in consequence, i’m inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores. the abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that in college i was unjustly accused of being a politician, because i was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men. most of the confidences were unsought—frequently i have feigned sleep, preoccupation, or a hostile levity when i realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon; for the intimate read the excerpt from the great gatsby. it was a matter of chance that i should have rented a house in one of the strangest communities in north america. it was on that slender riotous island which extends itself due east of new york—and where there are, among other natural curiosities, two unusual formations of land. which words from the passage are most indicative of the types of people the narrator will encounter in the novel?
atural\ and \formations\ \strangest\ and \unusual\ \house\ and \communities\ \matter\ and \chance\

Explanation:

To determine the words indicating the types of people the narrator will encounter, we analyze each option:

• "natural" and "formations": These refer to land features, not people. Eliminate.
• "strangest" and "unusual": The narrator mentions a "strangest communities" and "unusual formations of land" (and by extension, the people in such a strange community would likely be unusual). This fits as it hints at the diverse, perhaps odd, people he'll meet.
• "house" and "communities": "House" is about a dwelling, "communities" is a group but not descriptive of people's types. Eliminate.
• "matter" and "chance": These relate to the circumstances of renting, not people. Eliminate.

Answer:

"strangest" and "unusual"