Correct Modifiers and Concise Wording — Unit test

Question 9 • DBN LA 6-CR

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. He says the Middle West no longer felt like “the warm center of the world” but instead seemed like “the ragged edge of the universe,” suggesting he felt restless and discontented with life there. His decision to go East reflects his desire for a change.

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