American Literature Final Exam Review

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What is the name of Myrtle's sister?

Catherine

Jay Gatsby's real name is...

James Gatz

famous golf player

Jordan Baker

Gatsby lives on which side of Long Island?

West Egg

Which is correct MLA citation?

"quote" (Fitzgerald 7).

Nick says that Gatsby "believed in the Green Light;" how does this statement lead to the overall theme of the novel?

Contrasts Gatsby's romantic idealism with fatalistic outcome of his death

Which character is Nick Caraway's cousin?

Daisy Buchanan

How does myrtle die?

Daisy hits her with Gatsby's car

Tom and Daisy live on which side of Long Island?

East Egg

"i have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience."

Ethos

Who is the flat character described as "the hoarder" who lives with Jay Gatsby?

Ewing Klipspringer

What is the name of Myrtle's husband?

George Wilson

Who is the gambler associate of Gatsby who was involved in fixing the world series?

Meyer Wolfsheim

Who is Tom's Mistress?

Myrtle Wilson

Who is having an affair with Tom Buchanan?

Myrtle Wilson

This American literary era began as oral tradition

Native American

tried to explain natural phenomenon (like how Earth was created).

Native American Era

Who is the narrator of the Great Gatsby?

Nick Carraway

Who is the strange man in Gatsby's library that Nick and Jordan find during the party?

Owl Eyes

Whom does Nick meet in Gatsby's library?

Owl Eyes

"The heart that feels not now, is dead; the blood of his children will curse his cowardice."

Pathos

This literary era is comprised of mostly political writings

Revolutionary

"Has Great Britain any enemy in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies?"

Rhetorical Question

this literary era stresses nonconformity

Romanticism

God, humans, and nature are one

Romanticism/Transcendentalism Era

Values the power of the imagination

Romanticism/Transcendentalism Era

believe that poetry is superior to science

Romanticism/Transcendentalism Era

Fill in the blank with the right word: Tom Walker's wife was a _______, always prepared for a nasty fight.

Termagant

Daisy's husband

Tom Buchanan

Nick lives on which side of Long Island?

West Egg

What color car does Gatsby drive?

Yellow

Which of the following statements is true of a synthesis paper?

You must include evidence from multiple sources

A thesis statement should include which of the following?

a position with supporting reason(s)

synonym for "chaos"

bedlam

What does Tom do to his mistress at their dinner party?

break her nose

Type of person Jordan Baker says she hates

careless

which form of punctuation is used to separate items in a list or with a conjunction to separate two independent clauses?

comma

A ________ object is a noun that receives the action of the verb

direct

Major theme in the Great Gatsby

disillusionment

Occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do no know

dramatic irony

Identify the error: Dressing up each day, taking the PSAT, and do the Touchstones made the

faulty parallelism

interruption to show what occurred earlier in plot

flashback

Daisy wants her daughter to be a "beautiful little _________"

fool

"It was what preyed on Gatsby" is an example of ___________

foreshadowing

Which literary device is reflected in the following quote? "It was what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams...."

foreshadowing

Poem with no set meter of rhyme scheme

free verse

what strange thing did Daisy do right before her wedding?

get drunk

What is strange about Gatsby's behavior at his parrties?

he doesn't even really attend his parties

How does Gatsby die?

he is shot by George Wilson

What makes Daisy cry when she is at Gatsby's house?

his shirts

extreme exaggeration

hyperbole

antonym for "praise"

inveigh

"Communicative in a reserved way" is an example of _____________

juxtaposition

placing together for the purpose of comparison or contrast

juxtaposition

What do Tom and Daisy do after Gatsby's death?

leave town

rhetorical appeal to logic

logos

To make less severe or painful

mitigate

the feeling evoked from a literary work by the audience

mood

Reccuring element in a story or poem

motif

Repetition of grammatical forms

parallel structure

giving non-human objects human characteristics

personification

What does Jordan Baker so for a living?

play golf

This literary era includes writings that are biblical in nature

puritan

symbolized by Daisy wearing white

purity

"The brother was ready to BEG, STEAL, BORROW, or BARTER."

restatement

Pattern of rhyme in a poem

rhyme scheme

What famous scandal was Meyer Wolfsheim involved in?

rigging the 1919 world series

Nick describes Gatsby as having a "_____ readiness"

romantic

What does Nick do for a living?

sells bonds

Identify the correct parts of speech/sentence: The TEACHER gave the STUDENTS DOUGHNUTS before the quiz.

simple subject/ indirect object/ direct object

occurs when what is expected differs from the end result

situational irony

What are Meyer Wolfsheim's cufflinks made of?

teeth

What does Gatsby stare at beyond the Long Island Sound?

the green light

General idea or insight author expresses about life

theme

What advice from his father does Nick repeat in the introduction?

to think of his own advantages before criticizing others

the authors attitude towards his/her subject matter

tone

occurs when what is said differs from what is meant

verbal irony


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