Answer:
A. people have been spreading negative rumors about Gatsby's past.
Explanation:
When the narrator shows what the girl said about Gatsby, we can see that he is a controversial figure within the society that is inserted. Nobody knows much about him and with this mysterious past and the economic rise so fast that he presents, people start creating rumors and stories about him, many of these stories are negative, like the one that the girl heard.
With that, we can say that from the girl's speech, we can infer that people created negative rumors about Gatsby.
An opportunity to seek vengeance on their friends behalf; the socs wanted to avenge Bob's death, and the greasers wanted to settle the score for Johnny.
Also, the lot is a less conspicuous place where they hoped cops would not break up the fight. Moreover, the lot is convenient for the greasers in terms of location because it's their neighborhood.
In the first passage, lexicographers are described as diligent and accomplished; they have a number of difficult and complex tasks to do. In the second passage, however, the word lexicographer seems to have a negative connotation, and a dictionary writer is compared unfavorably with a poet. This shift is likely because Johnson had to adjust his plan as he wrote his dictionary and thought that he had not met his lofty goals.
Answer:
c. to explain that his attention and energy is still focused on the war.
Explanation:
Lincoln communicates he doesn't have even an inkling what will come next, yet will keep on update individuals and the war and completion the endeavors he started.
