Diana L. Eck is an American scholar of religious studies and professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University. She is also the Director of <em>The Pluralism Project</em> at Harvard.
In this excerpt, the order in which she presents the items serves a rhetorical purpose. The items are listed in order of how "accepted" they are in mainstream American society. Christianity (a cross) is well-accepted, while Judaism (yarmulke) is still omnipresent, but more contentious. As she goes on, the list would appear more and more exotic to American readers. The question therefore is successful in testing the limits of religious plurality.
Answer:
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Explanation:
The inference which can be drawn and made about many East Egg residents according to textual evidence from the passage is; They hide their unattractive qualities beneath beautiful, light, and dreamy appearances.
<h3>What inference can be made about many East Egg residents?</h3>
As evident in the task content, it is required to draw an inference about the many East Egg residents from the text.
The inference drawn and indicated above follows from textual evidence as follows;
- The front was broken by a line of French windows, glowing now with reflected gold and wide open to the warm windy afternoon, and Tom Buchanan in riding clothes was standing with his legs apart on the front porch......
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