Gatsby exam review

In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby's estate is described as being how large?

40 acres

What is the West Egg in The Great Gatsby?

A peninsula on the North Shore of Long Island characterized by its newly rich residents

What word best describes Nick's tone towards Gatsby at the end of The Great Gatsby?

Admiration

What is the Valley of Ashes in The Great Gatsby?

An industrial trash-burning site between the East and West Eggs and New York City

In The Great Gatsby, how is greed perceived?

As a way of life

Which of these statements is NOT true about Jay Gatsby's yellow Rolls Royce?

Because of its high cost and value, it symbolizes that Jay Gatsby is now equal to those with old money, like Tom and Daisy Buchanan

In The Great Gatsby, how is Jay Gatsby like a boat moving against the current?

He believes that he will reach his dream if he just rows a little harder and longer. He is trying to re-create the past. He is trying to erase the past

How does Nick seem to judge the wealthy at the end of the novel The Great Gatsby?

He is disgusted by the wealthy.

In The Great Gatsby, why does George Wilson shoot Jay Gatsby?

He knows that it was Gatsby's car that killed Myrtle.

How did Gatsby become wealthy in The Great Gatsby?

He obtained it illegally.

How does Nick view Daisy in The Great Gatsby?

He pities her and then later is disgusted by her.

What attitude did F. Scott Fitzgerald seem to have towards the wealthy socialites of the 1920s, according to his novel The Great Gatsby?

He thought they were careless and shallow.

In The Great Gatsby, why is Nick Carraway considered a peripheral narrator?

He's physically present but acts like more of an observer.

In The Great Gatsby, why is Jordan Baker's name significant?

Her name is a combination of two major automobile manufacturers in the 1920s. jc

The interpretation, analysis, and appreciation of literature is called what?

Literary criticism

Who is the speaker in the first line of The Great Gatsby?

Nick Carraway

What might the green light at the end of Daisy's dock symbolize?

The pleasure of hope and the disappointment of its fulfillment

Cars in The Great Gatsby symbolize all of the following EXCEPT:

The popularity of the Rolls Royce.

The eyes in Dr. T. J. Eckleburg's billboard may symbolize what?

The tension between the spiritual and the material

What does alcohol do for people in The Great Gatsby?

They loosen up socially.

What is the result of Tom's lie to Mr. Wilson

Wilson kills Gatsby and himself.

The man that Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker discover in Gatsby's library appears to look like _____.

an owl.

What is the tone of the first line of The Great Gatsby?

conversational and reflective

What is figurative language

A way of conveying ideas using the non-literal meaning of words to describe something.

Which of the following statements about allusions is NOT correct?

Allusions often include lengthy explanations.

In The Great Gatsby, what object is used to demonstrate that Gatsby is still 'new money' and lacks taste?

His car

A literary critic interested in the ways The Great Gatsby portrays the period of the 1920s is most likely a member of what school of criticism?

Historicist

Which of the following statements about imagery is NOT true?

Imagery is limited to helping a reader 'see' things from a story.

in The Great Gatsby, what does Nick Carraway represent?

In The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraway represents the awakening of the working class.

An example of the powerlessness of women in The Great Gatsby is _____.

In each of these situations, women have given power over their lives to men. Myrtle remains in a bad marriage and puts up with a somewhat abusive affair. Daisy stays married to an unfaithful man while enjoying his money.

What forms of corruption are evident in The Great Gatsby?

In the characters of Jay Gatsby, Tom and Daisy Buchanan, and Jordan Baker, Fitzgerald explores the corruption of criminality, weakness, and selfishness.

Which of the following ideas is NOT a motif in The Great Gatsby?

Innocence

In The Great Gatsby, the connection between the color green and its usage in other works of literature such as Othello is an example of what?

Intertextuality

Daisy's description of Nick as 'A perfect rose' expresses which important aspect of Modernism?

It is Daisy's perception that Nick is like a rose, but he insists that this perception is completely inaccurate, which highlights the fact that things can seem very different than they are, and that it is very difficult to know what actually is.

Which statement about The Great Gatsby is most accurate?

It is a critique of the idea of the American Dream, and it argues that hard work and wanting something badly is sometimes not enough to achieve it.

What is the significance of Owl Eyes' bizarre car accident at the conclusion of Chapter 3 in The Great Gatsby?

It symbolizes the carelessness F. Scott Fitzgerald perceived in the wealthy people of the 1920s.

What did Prohibition mean in the 1920s?

It was illegal to produce, sell, or distribute beverages containing alcohol.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby is especially famous for which of the following?

Its last line

What is Gatsby's real name?

James Gatz

Which character in The Great Gatsby carries on in affairs that indirectly cause another person's death?

Jay Gatsby

Nouveau riche describes which of the following characters?

Jay Gatsby Nouveau riche is a term for those who are newly rich as opposed to those who have inherited their wealth. Jay Gatsby fits this description. Tom Buchanan inherited his money, and the Wilsons do not have a lot of money- inherited or earned.

The American Dream is out of reach for __________.

Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan have achieved the American Dream, at least in terms of having a lot of money. The party guests represent a variety of people in terms of wealth and status. The only person (of the above) who clearly cannot reach her dreams is Myrtle Wilson.

Which of the following best describes Jay Gatsby?

Jay Gatsby earned his wealth without the help of his family. His life is filled with abundant material possessions. He spends money extravagantly, both on himself and on others.

Who is killed in The Great Gatsby:

Jay and Myrtle

In The Great Gatsby, who is associated with gold?

Jordan Baker

In The Great Gatsby, the towns of West Egg and East Egg are based on real places located on what island?

Long Island

How else might modern love, as represented in The Great Gatsby, be understood?

Love is in all the possibilities that the loved one can offer. Love is about what the lover can be for you both today and tomorrow. Love is an impossible dream.

In The Great Gatsby', what type of figurative language is the following quote an example of: 'Her voice is full of money.'?

Metaphor

Which of the following is NOT a person that Nick Carraway alludes to in the novel The Great Gatsby?

Meyer Wolfsheim

How do people in The Great Gatsby respond to Prohibition?

Most people drink alcohol regularly.

Which of the following individuals is considered a minor character in The Great Gatsby?

Myrtle Wilson

In The Great Gatsby, how does the dog Myrtle purchases represent materialism?

Myrtle seems to want the dog in the same way one would want some kind of appliance. She does not care for it after it is acquired, and she gives very little thought for its well being.

In The Great Gatsby, Tom Buchanan is involved in a conflict with all of the following characters, except _____.

Nick Carraway

Which of the following characters in The Great Gatsby experiences an internal conflict?

Nick Carraway experiences an internal conflict: He struggles with the excesses of the leisure class, despite his choice to be surrounded by them.

The Great Gatsby is told in the first person point of view from the perspective of:

Nick Carraway.

Whom does Tom trust with his true identity?

One would think that Tom would be more discreet, but he trusts Nick enough to show him the real Tom Buchanan.

To whom does Nick compare the people who attend Gatsby's parties to in The Great Gatsby?

People at an amusement park

The following is a form of what type of figurative language from The Great Gatsby: '...a snub-nosed motor-boat that bumped the tide offshore.'?

Personification

A literary critic interested in Jay Gatsby's psychological motivations in The Great Gatsby most likely belongs to what school of criticism?

Psychoanalytic critics are interested in characters' psychological motivations.

In The Great Gatsby, what way does Jordan Baker demonstrate the ideals of feminism?

She has a career as a professional golfer.

Which statement best describes Myrtle Wilson with regard to social class?

She is not content with her working class life, and she tries to escape it

Which of the following is the final line of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald?

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

Which of the following would most likely NOT be yellow in color in The Great Gatsby?

Some of the Buchanans' possessions

In The Great Gatsby, the green light being used to represent Gatsby's desire for Daisy is an example of what literary technique?

Symbolism

in The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby and Myrtle Wilson continue to show flashes of their impoverished origins, regardless of their expensive clothing, lavish surroundings, or polished demeanor. What Marxist idea does this suggest?

That remnants of Gatsby's and Myrtle's impoverished origins remain with them suggests the idea of class consciousness, in which people learn to perceive themselves and others primarily by the class into which they are born.

What does the reader learn in the first line of The Great Gatsby?

That the narrator is thinking back on his life.

In The Great Gatsby, Tom and Daisy Buchanan represent what kind of carelessness?

The carelessness of the elite

Gatsby's guest, 'Owl Eyes', suggests what conflict within the novel?

The character of Owl Eyes suggests the conflict between the artificial and the real in a world where false appearances have become the norm and the real is a source of surprise.

In The Great Gatsby, what Marxist theory about the evolution of society is suggested by the relationships between the Buchanans, the Wilsons, and Jay Gatsby?

The conflict between the classes

What symbol in the novel The Great Gatsby demonstrates the motif of judgement?

The eyes of T. J. Eckleburg

How does Jimmy Gatz's careful transformation into Jay Gatsby exemplify an important element of the Modern novel?

The fact that Jay Gatz was able to completely reinvent himself - essentially creating a new person - and have the world see this new facade and declare it to be reality is indicative of the Modern tendency to believe reality is relative and subject to those who would interpret it.

Which of the following is a symbol from The Great Gatsby that indicates Gatsby's desire for Daisy and hopes for their future?

The green light

What does the ivy tell us about Gatsby's materialism?

The ivy is but a thin surface covering, just like his material possessions

What aspect of the Modern novel is expressed in the idea of Nick's 'single window'?

The metaphor of looking through a single window helps to explain that a narrator can only see from one viewpoint - as one looking out through a window cannot see an entire landscape, it is also true that one person cannot actually achieve omniscience.

How are Myrtle and Gatsby like the juicing machine in Gatsby's kitchen?

The metaphor of the juicing machine begins with expensive fruit, an expensive machine and an expensive butler--all of which represent flagrant excess, just as Myrtle and Gatsby do in their materialist pursuits. But in the end, despite all the 'stuff' they accumulate, Gatsby and Myrtle are left hollow, just like the oranges and lemons on Monday morning.

What is the moral of the novel The Great Gatsby?

The moral of The Great Gatsby is that the American Dream cannot be achieved. We see this when we follow the life of Jay Gatsby, and with the last few lines of the novel.

The time period during which The Great Gatsby takes place is often called the ''Roaring 20s'' because __________.

The novel takes place in the summer of 1922. This time period is frequently called the Roaring 20s because older, more conservative beliefs were being challenged by loosening moral values.

What Modernist point is exemplified in the quote 'So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past?'

The plot and theme of The Great Gatsby can be summarized by the quote, which serves as a good example of Modernist literary theory.

The color green in The Great Gatsby symbolizes what?

The power and limitations of money

Which of the following is NOT a part of the imagery that describes George Wilson?

The word 'smouldering' is used to describe Myrtle Wilson. George Wilson, on the other hand, is quite the opposite of this description

What is the connection between the color green and the symbol of cars in The Great Gatsby?

They both suggest the ideal of the American Dream and the hope of upward mobilityWhich of the following would most likely NOT be yellow in color in The Great Gatsby?

In both The Great Gatsby and Star Wars, which color has its usual associations inverted when it is worn by characters who are not innocent or pure?

White

In the novel The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby wears Oxford bags. What are Oxford bags?

Wide-legged pants for men

'Feminism' refers to the belief that _____.

Women should have the same opportunities as men.

What historic event helped to create the impetuous, live-for-now lifestyle of the Jazz Age, as depicted in The Great Gatsby?

World War I

What historical event changed the social and moral landscape of modern life and is frequently referenced in The Great Gatsby?

World War I

In The Great Gatsby, what is the color of Gatsby's car?

Yellow

The color yellow is used symbolically throughout F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Which of the following is the color yellow often associated with?

Yellow represents the outward appearance of wealth, which is often revealed to be seen as somehow fake, or lacking in comparison to the things that Fitzgerald describes as gold. Yellow is also associated with the loss of innocence or promise.

Jay Gatsby is a very trendy dresser. What other fashionable item does Gatsby possess?

a home

In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby believes he can win Daisy's love by _____.

enticing her with his abundant wealth.

In the first lines of The Great Gatsby, who gives the narrator advice?

his father

Women in The Great Gatsby are described by their _____.

husbands and/or physical appearance.

Which factor affects social class the most in The Great Gatsby?

inherited money

Which of the following is not a theme of The Great Gatsby?

love conquers all

Which of the following words does NOT describe the valley of ashes:

moral The valley of ashes is a land of filth, sin and corruption. It emerged as a dumping ground for the industrial waste of New York City and serves as the scene of the crime in the novel.

What is the community of East Egg associated with?

old money

The West Egg in The Great Gatsby is the home of:

people with 'new' money.

An object that is used in a work of literature to represent an idea or theme is called _____.

symbol

Describing the 'valley of ashes' in such detail helps the reader better understand:

the stark difference between life for people like Gatsby vs. the average man.

Jay Gatsby's parties ____________.

were crazy and all in attempt to lure daisy to his house

What does foreshadowing mean in literature?

words, phrases, and events that give the reader a sense of what is going to happen later in the story.

When a narrator speaks in the first person point of view, he or she often uses words like _____

'I' and 'me'

Which key words are essential for similes?

'Like' or 'as'

Which of the following is NOT an example of imagery that Fitzgerald uses to describe the valley of ashes?

'yellow cocktail music'

In The Great Gatsby, what is love?

Being the right person at the right time

By the novel's end what does Nick Carraway realize about the gulf separating the haves from the have-nots?

By the end of the novel, Nick Carraway realizes that you have to be willing to sell your soul in order to bridge the gap between the haves and the have-nots. To achieve the fabulous wealth that he, Jordan, and Myrtle see and covet in Gatsby and the Buchanans, you have be consumed by greed, eating, sleeping, and breathing money--and in the process turning human beings into nothing more than a means to an end.

In The Great Gatsby, why is it significant that the man with owl-eyed spectacles calls Gatsby a 'Belasco'?

Calling Gatsby a 'Belasco' while examining the books in his library as though they were props shows that the owl-spectacled man saw through his ruse and understood he was but a showman rather than being authentically what he claimed to be.

Carelessness is an important theme in The Great Gatsby. What do Jordan Baker and Nick Carraway determine to be true about carelessness?

Carelessness in a single person is not destructive; it is destructive when careless people collide.

What are the lead characters, Tom and Daisy Buchanan, Jay Gatsby, and Jordan Baker, most concerned with?

Cultivating their own image

Who actually killed Myrtle Wilson?

Daisy Buchanan

Which of the following statements is true regarding Daisy and Tom's marriage in The Great Gatsby?

Daisy and Tom have an empty marriage.

In The Great Gatsby, does Daisy choose an East Egg or a West Egg life?

Daisy chooses an East Egg life when she decides to stay with her husband, Tom Buchanan.

Daisy Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson are two of the female characters in The Great Gatsby. What is the difference between Daisy and Myrtle's attire?

Daisy wears shades of white, while Myrtle wears vibrant clothing

How is the Modernist doubt in absolute truth expressed in The Great Gatsby?

Dr. Eckleburg's empty eyes represent the Modernist doubt in a God symbolic of an absolute truth. The way things ended for Tom, Daisy, and Gatsby show that bad things happen to good people and good things happen to bad people, thus expressing doubt in the idea of transcendent ideals of 'good' and 'bad.'

In The Great Gatsby, how do we know Myrtle's materialism is not successful in ennobling her?

Each of these elements helps to show that Myrtle's possessions and acquisitions do not create a substantive change in her life.

Where do people drink alcoholic beverages in The Great Gatsby?

Even though alcohol was not legally available, people drank it in their own homes and at social gatherings, both large and small.

Who wrote The Great Gatsby?

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Which yellow object in The Great Gatsby best symbolizes the unraveling of Gatsby's dream for the future?

Fitzgerald describes the yellowing trees just before the end of the novel, after it becomes obvious that Gatsby's dream of being with Daisy will never come true, and just before Gatsby is killed. The yellow leaves symbolize Gatsby's impending death, as well as the death of his vision of the future.

Why did Gertrude Stein use the term 'The Lost Generation' to describe the group of writers to which Fitzgerald belonged?

Gertrude Stein used the term 'The Lost Generation' to reflect the lingering effects of the traumas of WWI, which led many writers and young people to reject traditional values.

What does Tom lie about?

Having an affair with Myrtle Wilson

How does Gatsby accumulate his fortune?

He accumulates it through criminal activity

What is one parallel of Fitzgerald's life and the novel The Great Gatsby?

Fitzgerald was not born into money and had to work to achieve a better social status.

The Great Gatsby takes place during the Jazz Age. What were the trendy women of this time period called?

Flappers

For Tom and Daisy Buchanan, what is greed?

For Tom and Daisy Buchanan, greed is a way to ensure the life of luxury, ease, and social connections into which they were born and to which they feel entitled. It is about keeping what they have by any means necessary, even if it means using and discarding other human beings in the process.

Which of the following are points that F. Scott Fitzgerald makes with the last line of The Great Gatsby?

Forces work against our efforts to move forward. We can never fully escape the past. We are always struggling to leave the past and reach the future.

A literary critic who analyzes the symbolic importance of the green light in The Great Gatsby is most likely what type of critic?

Formalist

In The Great Gatsby, Gatsby's house is an imitation of a mansion from what European country?

France

What is one reason that Nick becomes disgusted with Gatsby in the novel The Great Gatsby?

Gatsby offers him a job after he agrees to arrange a meeting with Daisy.

In The Great Gatsby, the conflict between Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby centers around _____.

Gatsby's affair with Daisy

In The Great Gatsby, why is Gatsby's choice of neck tie when he visits Daisy significant?

Gatsby's gold tie symbolizes how much he wants to impress Daisy and be accepted by her circle of the wealthy and well-to-do

In The Great Gatsby, who are the proletariat?

George and Myrtle Wilson

Why do some people feel that the American Dream is not a reality?

Not everyone is able to achieve his/her dreams

In The Great Gatsby, a mistaken reference to Lothrop Stoddard is meant to show not only how racist the character is, but also his

The character's taste in books reveals to us that he's a racist man. His inability to accurately identify the book's author, however, gives the reader a clue as to how smart he actually is.

The Great Gatsby is set in what era?

The Jazz Age

In The Great Gatsby, where is Nick Carraway originally from?

The Midwest

The time period during which The Great Gatsby takes place is often called:

The Roaring 20s

What is the setting of The Great Gatsby?

The US during the Jazz Age

Which of the following is represented by the Valley of Ashes in The Great Gatsby?

The Valley of Ashes represents sin, evil and filth, rather than the importance and power found in East Egg.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby was published in what year?

The book was published in 1925.

In The Great Gatsby, George and Myrtle Wilson exemplify what kind of carelessness?

The carelessness of need

To Jay Gatsby, what is greed?

To Jay Gatsby, greed is a project of self-creation. The son of impoverished North Dakota farmers, Gatsby's ambitions drive him to accumulate his fortune, to learn to walk, talk, think, and act like the old-money aristocrat he has always wanted to be.

What is Gatsy's American Dream in the novel The Great Gatsby?

To be with Daisy

In The Great Gatsby, what is the main point of Nick Carraway's character?

To share Jay Gatsby's life with the reader

Which character does Nick view as morally corrupt in the novel The Great Gatsby?

Tom Buchanan

Which of the following characters from The Great Gatsby lives in the more fashionable area of East Egg?

Tom Buchanan

Which of the following is NOT a part of the plot in The Great Gatsby?

Tom Buchanan and Jay Gatsby get into a fist fight.

In The Great Gatsby, which of these best represents F. Scott Fitzgerald's use of a literary symbol to emphasize a character's personality?

Tom Buchanan's blue coupe

Who is Daisy in The Great Gatsby?

Tom Buchanan's wife

In The Great Gatsby, the first conflict between Tom and Daisy centers around:

Tom's affair with Myrtle

Where does Jay Gatsby live in The Great Gatsby?

West Egg