Read the following excerpt from The Great Gatsby
"You see I think everything's terrible anyhow," she went on
in a convinced way. "Everybody thinks so-the most
advanced people. And I know. I've been everywhere and
seen everything and done everything." Her eyes flashed
around her in a defiant way, rather like Tom's, and she
laughed with thrilling scorn. "Sophisticated-God, I'm
sophisticated!"
Based on this excerpt, which statement best explains what Daisy means by
referring to herself as sophisticated?
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A. She is not as sophisticated as she thinks she is.
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B. She has everything she could want but is still unhappy,
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C. She has a pessimistic view of the world she lives in
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D. She is a well-read, well-traveled woman of means

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The correct answer is B) She has everything she could want but is still unhappy.

Based on this excerpt, the statement that best explains what Daisy means by referring to herself as sophisticated is "She has everything she could want but is still unhappy."

Daisy Buchanan is a beautiful woman from Louisville, Gatsby is in love with her.  They had a relationship but Gatsby had to go fight in the war. Daisy told him that she would wait for him but she lied. She gets married to Tom Buchanan, a wealthy man. Daisy considers herself sophisticated but in reality, she is bored and frivolous, completely interested in money. She is tired and with no real-life ambitions.

Answer: B) She has everything she could want but is still unhappy.

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