Question

"Then he discovered the annex to the party. The boys and girls disappeared occasionally, and he remembered rumors of their drinking together from hippocket flasks. He tiptoed round the house, and in each of the dozen cars waiting in the street he saw the points of light from cigarettes, from each of them heard high giggles. He wanted to denounce them but (standing in the snow, peering round the dark corner) he did not dare. He tried to be tactful. When he had returned to the front hall he coaxed the boys, “Say, if any of you fellows are thirsty, there’s some dandy ginger ale.” “Oh! Thanks!” they condescended. He sought his wife, in the pantry, and exploded, “I’d like to go in there and throw some of those young pups out of the house!"

- Excerpt from the novel Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis 1922

Using the passage, which term contributed the LEAST to creating a "jazz age" in the 1920's?

Answer 1

In the passage from "Babbitt" by Sinclair Lewis, the references to "hip pocket flasks," "cigarettes," and "high giggles" evoke a lively, rebellious atmosphere characteristic of the Jazz Age. However, the term that contributes the least to creating a "jazz age" atmosphere is "ginger ale." While ginger ale was a popular beverage of the time, it lacks the connotations of excess, rebellion, and the spirited nightlife often associated with the era's jazz culture. Instead, it suggests a more subdued or restrained social experience, contrasting with the vibrant and carefree essence of the Jazz Age.