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... partial text based on this description of the buchanans’ house, what inference can be made about many east egg residents?
option 1: they commonly ride horses in the afternoon or early evening hours.
option 2: they place more importance on the appearance of their homes than in anything else.
option 3: they are more sophisticated than west egg residents, because they have less money.
option 4: they hide their unattractive qualities beneath beautiful, light, and dreamy appearances.

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the options based on the context of East Egg residents (old money, concerned with social status and appearance) from The Great Gatsby.

• Option 1: Horse - riding time isn’t implied by the house description.
• Option 2: East Egg residents (old money) focus on their homes’ appearance to maintain status, which fits.
• Option 3: East Egg has more money than West Egg (new money), so this is incorrect.
• Option 4: The text doesn’t suggest hiding unattractive qualities; it’s about showcasing status via homes.

Answer:

They place more importance on the appearance of their homes than in anything else.