Question

Read this excerpt from F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby:

"About half way between West Egg and New York the motor road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a cerain desolate area of land." Where does the story most likely take place?

A.
a borough of New York City

B.
a rural area that's still accessible to New York

C.
in rural upstate New York

D.
in New York City

Answer 1

A.

Step-by-step explanation:

Just finished reading this, haha

Answer 2

B. a rural area that's still accessible to New York

Step-by-step explanation:

A rural area because of a "desolate area of land". It would still be accessible because a "road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile".