Great Gatsby Review

Which of the following statements from The Great Gatsby us an example of a simile?

'...then the glow faded, each light deserting her with lingering regret like children leaving a pleasant street at dusk.'

which of the following statements from The Great Gatsby is an example of eqizeuxis??

'Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!'

Which of the following statements from or about the character Jordan Baker from The Great Gatsby is ironic, or something that is said or done that's contrary to reality?

'I hate careless people.'- Jordon Baker

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

'I' and 'me'

Which of the following quotes from The Great Gatsby is an example of alliteration?

'Mr. Mumble'

Which of the following is NOT a simile described in The Great Gatsby?

'One week-ends his Rolls Royce became an omnibus...'

Which of the following characteristics does The Great Gatsby's Daisy Buchanan possess?

-A voice full of money -A beautiful little fool -A cunning self-interest

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

-Gatsby is killed for a crime he did not commit - Tom and Daisy each do horrific things including but not limited to committing adultery and/or murder, and yet things end well for them -The empty eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg

Which of the following similes from The Great Gatsby describes Jay Gatsby?

...he was running down like an overwound clock.

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

40 acres

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

Admiration

Tom Buchanan's wife, the love interest of Jay Gatsby and a representation of the impossible dream:

Daisy Buchanan

Who actually killed Myrtle Wilson?

Daisy Buchanan

The alliteration 'wild wag' is used to what effect in The Great Gatsby?

to create humor

Read the quote below. Why does F. Scott Fitzgerald use alliteration in this passage? 'So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.'

to create mood

Authors use similes for all of the following reasons except:

to decrease the amount of detain in the story

Authors use allusions for all of the following reasons, except:

to explain complex ideas

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, George Wilson's final action as a character is to:

Kill Jay Gatsby and himself

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

The tension between the spiritual and the material

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

The trees' yellowing leaves

Why does the title character of The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby, seek fame and fortune?

To win the love of Daisy Buchanan

Whom does Tom trust with his true identity?

Nick Carraway

F. Scott Fitzgerald uses alliteration in The Great Gatsby to do all of the following, Except:

create definitions

A literary device is a tool used by authors to...

create special effects in their writing

The chapter begins with the narrator...

describing an industrial area

Personification is:

giving inanimate objects or animals human qualities

In The Great Gatsby, James Gatz changed his name when:

he first met Dan Cody

How did Nick Caraway know of Jordan Baker before actually meeting her in The Great Gatsby?

he recognized her name from a golf cheating scandal

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

his father

Nick's experience of Gatby's party is altered by___

how Daisy and Tom perceive the party and party goers

Which of the characters is Nick's cousin?

Daisy

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?

-Loss of innocence - The appearance of wealth - False appearances

The Great Gatsby takes place in:

-The jazz age -The roaring 20s -1920s America

Which of the following statements about allusions is not correct?

Allusions often include lengthy explanations

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

Who is driving the car that kills Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby?

Daisy

Nick's two principal personal story lines are...

Being a bond salesman and pursuing Jordan

Carelessness is an important theme in The Great Gatsby. What do Jordon 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

In which chapter does Nick get belligerently drunk, showing the limitations of having a character as the narrator?

Chapter 2

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?

Class consciousness

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

Cultivating their own image

The wife of Tom Buchanan, who struggles with her role as a woman in 1920a America:

Daisy

In Nick Caraway's first meeting with Jordan Baker in The Great Gatsby, she reveals to him..

Daisy's husband is having an affair

Out of the following characters, which one's life acted as a blueprint for Gatsby's future aspirations?

Dan cody

Which of the following words best describes Jordan Baker from The Great Gatsby?

Dishonest

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

Doubt, alienation, and a sense of futility together with implied questions such as 'What is it all for?'

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

Evil, Dirt and sin

The Great Gatsby was written by

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

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

France

To which character in The Great Gatsby is Nick most sympathetic?

Gatsby

Which if the following is an example of dramatic irony in The Great Gatsby?

Gatsby assumes Daisy will call without realizing she's conspired with her husband

Who relates to Nick the story of Gatsby's past with Daisy Buchanan?

Jordan

Whom does Nick end his relationship with over the phone?

Jordan

In The Great Gatsby, who is associated with gold?

Jordan Baker

Meyer Wolfshiem shows us that...

Gatsby is involved with seedy business deals

Which of the following is NOT an example of dramatic irony in The Great Gatsby?

Gatsby meets Tom Buchanan for the first time

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

The professional golfer in The Great Gatsby who challenges the typical female role of the time:

Jordan Baker

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

Gatsby's affair with Daisy

Henry Gatz reminds readers of:

Gatsby's humble beginnings

In The Great Gatsby, who are the proletariat?

George and Myrtle Wilson

The man who murdered Gatsby was:

George wilson

What does Tom lie about?

Having an affair with myrtle Wilson

Why did Gatsby feel so uncomfortable feeing affection for Daisy in their earlier life?

He felt socially inferior

Gatsby claims his business associated committed what famous crime?

He fixed the 1919 world series

What lie proves that Tom likely has little long-term interest in Myrtle?

He has told everyone that Daisy is Catholic, and therefore he cannot get divorced

Nick is an effective narrator because....

He is not involved in the main story, the Tom- Daisy- Gatsby love triangle

Why does Gatsby refuse to leave town?

He is waiting to hear from Daisy

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

He knows that is 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

How did Gatsby escape North Dakota and begin his globetrotting adventure?

He rowed out to a match in Lake superior and befriended a millionaire

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

Why has Gatsby bought the mansion in west egg?

He wants to be near Daisy

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 Jordon Baker's name significant?

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

What is foreshadowing?

Hinting at an event that occurs later in a literary work

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

His car

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

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

It shows that an idea of reality can be created through one's perception

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

It symbolizes his desperation to be impressive and included

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

It symbolizes the careless F. Scott Fitzgerald perceived in the wealthy people of the 1092s.

What is Gatsby's real name?

James Gatz

In The Great Gatsby, George Wilson has similarities between Tom Buchanan and which other character?

Jay Gatsby

The self-made man from a poor background who tries to win Daisy's heart:

Jay Gatsby

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

Limited and/or flawed narrator

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

Long island

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

Meyer wolfsheim

Which of the following characters from The Great Gatsby is George Wilson's friend and neighbor?

Michaelis

Who sat up through the night with wilson?

Michaelis

All of the following words describe Dan Cody, except:

Moderate

Who kills Gatsby?

Mr. Wilson

In The Great Gatsby, George Wilson is married to:

Myrtle

The mistress of Tom was:

Myrtle

This character in The Great Gatsby dies horrible death arguably as penalty for sinful behavior:

Myrtle wilson

Who is Tom Buchanan's mistress in The Great Gatsby?

Myrtle wilson

Tom's mistress_________, is the wife of a________

Myrtle, Mechanic

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

Nick Carraway

The Great Gatsby is told from the perspective of..

Nick Carraway

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

Nick Carraway

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

Nick Carraway

In The Great Gatsby, Nick Carraways's first encounter with Jay Gatsby can be considered dramatic irony because...

Nick asks Gatsby if he knows where the host it, not realizing Gatsby was the host

Gatsby quickly disappears from lunch when_____

Nick introduces Gatsby to Tom Buchanan

The chapter ends when_____

Nick kisses Jordan

Which character in The Great Gatsby was expected to strive to be a beautiful little fool:

Pammy Buchanan

In the Great Gatsby, all of the following words described George Wilson , except:

Sensuous

In The Great Gatsby, what is Daisy Buchanan's background?

She comes from a wealthy family from Louisville

Jordan Baker from The Great Gatsby is important to the story for all of the following reasons except?

She convinces Nick Caraway to fall in love with her

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 to represent Gatsby's desire for Daisy is an example of what literary technique?

Symbolism

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

That the narrator is thinking back on his life

What is the moral of the novel The Great Gatsby?

The American Dream cannot be achieved

The Great Gatsby is set in what era?

The Jazz age

In The Great Gatsby, George Wilson is a reminder to readers that:

The average man lives a much harsher reality than people like Gatsby or the Buchanans

In The Great Gatsby, what does Nick Carraway represent?

The awakening of the working class

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

The carelessness of need

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

The carelessness of the elite

What work by the German political theorist, Karl Marx, can be applied to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby?

The communist manifesto Das kapital

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

The conflict between the artificial and the real

In The Great Gatsby, what Marxist theory about the evolution of society is suggested by the relationships between the Buchanan's, the Wilson's, and Jay Gatsby?

The conflict between the classes

What forms of corruption are evident in The Great Gatsby?

The corruption of selfishness The corruption of criminality The corruption of weakness

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

The difficulty in separating what actually is from one's own perception

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

The midwest

Cars in The Great Gatsby symbolize all of the following except?

The popularity of the Rolls Royce

What is Gatsby'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 of the following character in The Great Gatsby makes an allusion to Lothrop stoddard's book The Rising Tide of Color Against White- World supremacy?

Tom Buchanan

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

Tom Buchanan

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

Why is the scene in The Great Gatsby when Tom Buchanan pulls up to George Wilson's garage considered dramatic irony?

Tom assumes that a car accident would bring in business for George Wilson, not realizing that the accident killed Wilson's wife

The party ends for our narrator when...

Tom strikes Myrtle, breaking her nose

Where does Jay Gatsby live in the Great Gatsby?

West Egg

Gatsby is murdered by_____

Wilson

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

Wilson kills Gatsby and himself

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

World War I

Mr and Mrs. Mckee are clearly very eager to...

be accepted by the upper echelons of society

Why does the alliteration 'Mr. Mumble' in The Great Gatsby create humor?

because it's a made up name that Nick Caraway creates

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

because of the lingering traumas of WWI

In The Great Gatsby, why does Gatsby love Daisy?

because she represents his fantasy of the ideal woman

After the party, what does Tom suggest is Gatsby's occupation?

bootlegger

A simile is a literary device that...

compares two things using 'like' 'or' 'as'

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

conversational and reflective

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

lack of intelligence

In The Great Gatsby, James Gatz encountered Dan Cody while he was sailing on:

lake superior

Although Gatsby was deprived of his inheritance from Dan Cody in The Great Gatsby, he still walked away with:

life lessons that shaped him as a man

Which of the following statements about metaphors is UNTRUE?

metaphors use words 'like' 'or' 'as' to make a comparison

Which of the following is NOT an example of alliteration?

monograms of Indian blue

In The Great Gatsby, Dan Cody died:

mysteriously after spending time with one of his lovers.

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

people at an amusement park

Gatsby's sole goal is to____

regain Daisy's love

Authors use dramatic irony to create comedic moments as well as....

suspense

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

symbol

Pammy Buchanan represents all of the following things, except:

the 1920s flapper

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

the conservative era was disappearing and looser, more liberal beliefs were emerging

The appearance of Gatsby's business associate reinforces____

the shady source of Gatsby's fortune

The area that emerged from the waste of New York City:

the valley of ashes

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

white

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

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

yellow