Question at position 17 In chapter 7, what is the implied reason that Daisy suggests they all (Daisy, Tom, Gatsby, Nick, and Jordan) drive into the city that afternoon?Daisy is delaying and avoiding confronting her husband about her affair with Gatsby.Daisy knows of a great hotel bar that serves cold cocktails that can cool them down in the oppressive heat.Daisy wants to tell Tom privately about her affair on the drive to the city.They have tickets for a movie premiere through Gatsby’s business "connections."

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BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

Daisy is delaying and avoiding confronting her husband about her affair with Gatsby.

Relevant knowledge points and concepts:
- In Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby, the atmosphere is one of mounting tension between Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby. The oppressive summer heat heightens the characters’ irritability and their attempts to escape uncomfortable emotional situations. Daisy’s actions and suggestions throughout the chapter are best read as attempts to postpone or deflect an immediate emotional confrontation.

Step-by-step reasoning process:
1. Context: The group (Daisy, Tom, Gatsby, Nick, Jordan) is together on an extremely hot day; underlying tensions about Daisy’s relationship with Gatsby are already present.
2. Daisy’s verbal and nonverbal behavior in the chapter shows avoidance—she hesitates, changes subjects, or proposes activities that move the group physically away from the house and the scene of domestic tension.
3. Suggesting a drive into the city serves as a convenient way to delay an unavoidable confrontation. By moving everyone into public spaces and creating a diversion, Daisy reduces the chance of an immediate, frank showdown at home.
4. The drive ultimately culminates in the Plaza Hotel confrontation later in the day, showing that the suggestion only postponed the conflict rather than resolving it—consistent with an avoidance motive.

Why the correct answer is correct:
- The option that Daisy is delaying and avoiding confronting her husband best accounts for her desire to remove herself from the domestic setting and deflect direct questioning. Her behavior is consistent with evasion rather than intent to reveal or to celebrate.

Why the other choices are incorrect:
- The hotel bar/cold cocktails option is not supported by the chapter; the impulse to drive is not described primarily as seeking refreshment.
- The idea that Daisy wants to tell Tom privately on the drive contradicts her evasive demeanor; she does not plan an immediate confession.
- There is no mention of movie premiere tickets or Gatsby’s business connections as a motive in this chapter.

Conclusion: The most textually supported motive is avoidance of confronting Tom—this confirms the provided answer.

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