What is compared to a "newly formed Sporting and Amusement Club" in this analogy from "May Day" by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
Down Sixth Avenue swept the procession, joined here and there by soldiers and marines, and now and then by civilians, who came up with the inevitable cry that they were just out of the army themselves, as if presenting it as a card of admission to a newly formed Sporting and Amusement Club.

A.Sixth Avenue
B.an admission card
C.the national guard
D.the veterans' group
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What is compared to a "newly formed Sporting and Amusement Club" in this analogy from "May Day" by F. Scott Fitzgerald? 
Down Sixth Avenue swept the procession, joined here and there by soldiers and marines, and now and then by civilians, who came up with the inevitable cry that they were just out of the army themselves, as if presenting it as a card of admission to a newly formed Sporting and Amusement Club.

A.Sixth Avenue
B.an admission card
C.the national guard
D.the veterans' group
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anonymous · Answer

@harley_may you know this one.

anonymous · Answer

I'm going to say definitely D. The civilians are said to be lying that they had just got out of the army themselves, just so that they could share in the veterans' glory. In other words, the 'admission card' is their lie, and the 'club' is the veterans' group and the honor that they receive.