Question

- Which quote from the following passage best characterizes Daisy Buchanan as being disorderly and frivolous?

a) "Why candles?' objected Daisy, frowning. She snapped them out with her fingers. 'In two weeks it'll be the longest day in the year.' She
looked at us all radiantly. 'Do you always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always watch for the longest day in the
year and then miss it."
b) "Gatsby? demanded Daisy 'What Gatsby?'
c) You did it, Tom,' she said accusingly. "I know you didn't mean to, but you did do it. That's what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great
big, hulking physical specimen of a
d) "They were here and they accepted Tom and me, making only a polite pleasant effort to entertain or to be entertained."

Answer 1

a) "Why candles?' objected Daisy, frowning. She snapped them out with her fingers. 'In two weeks it'll be the longest day in the year.' She looked at us all radiantly. 'Do you always watch for the longest day of the year and then miss it? I always watch for the longest day in the year and then miss it."

Step-by-step explanation:

A disorderly and frivolous person is careless and lacks seriousness. This is demonstrated in the character of Daisy as seen in the excerpt above. The careless manner in which she put out the candle light shows that she was disorderly.

Her displeasure with the candles also indicates that she was a superficial person. It also takes a person who does not keep to details to watch out for something and then finally miss it. A reader can thus deduce from this excerpt that Daisy was a frivolous and carefree person.