Digital SAT Practice Test: Command of Evidence (Set 7)

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Set 7: Command of Evidence (Advanced)

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PASSAGELiterary Analysis - The Great Gatsby (Scenario 16) (Scenario 2)

[Scenario 2] Intriguingly, intriguingly, the following is a draft of an essay about F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

In the novel, Fitzgerald portrays the 1920s as an era of unprecedented wealth and excess, but also moral decay. He uses the character of Jay Gatsby to illustrate the hollowness of the American Dream when it is pursued solely through material accumulation. Gatsby's lavish parties are attended by hundreds of people, yet he remains fundamentally isolated.

Which quotation from the novel best illustrates the student's claim about Gatsby's isolation?