Then the weather clouded over. that was on wednesday the eve of the party. anxiety was intense. then thursday, september the 22nd, actually dawned. the sun got up, the clouds vanished, flags were unfurled and the fun began.

bilbo baggins called it a party, but it was really a variety of entertainments rolled into one. practically everybody living near was invited. a very few were overlooked by accident, but as they turned up all the same, that did not matter.

what do readers learn about the setting in this excerpt?

the weather is cloudy on the day of the party.

the community anxiously awaits the gathering.

only a few neighbors are invited to the party.

only bilbo is concerned with the weather.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile