Who wrote The Rise of the Colored Empires?

• A. Goddard
• B. Nick Carraway
• C. Tom Buchanan
• D. Gatsby

Answer: (A)

The point hinges on recognizing a specific reference that reveals a character’s worldview. In the novel, a character mentions a book titled The Rise of the Colored Empires and attributes its authorship to Goddard, using it to back up racist ideas. This moment shows how the story portrays pseudo-scientific racism as a purported authority used to maintain social power, a critique of those attitudes in the era. The author of that book, as cited in the text, is Goddard, which is why this option is the best choice. The other names are characters in the story—Nick Carraway is the narrator, Gatsby is a central figure, and Tom Buchanan is the character who cites the book—so they aren’t the authors.