Which of the following best suggests that Gatsby's story about his past, as he relates it, is not entirely true, based on evidence in Chapter 4?
A Gatsby says he lived in all the capitals of Europe like a young rajah-an Indian prince—which he clearly is not.
B. Gatsby looks at Nick sideways rather than directly in the eye, which suggests he is lying or hiding something.
C. Gatsby chokes on the phrase "educated at Oxford" and claims to have come from the "Middle West" city of San Francisco
D. Gatsby boasts that, during World War I, every Allied government gave him a decoration, even Montenegro

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

your answer is b. tense. hope this .