The Great Gatsby

Which of the following is NOT a true fact about Myrtle's death? 1.)Gatsby's car hit her. 2.)Tom and Nick witness the accident. 3.)Daisy was driving the car. 4.)A witness tells the police that a yellow car hit Myrtle.

2

After Nick meets Tom briefly on a city street, he sees Tom go into a jewelry store. What does Nick imagine that Tom is buying? 1.)a ruby ring and a pearl necklace 2.)a silver dog collar and cuff links 3.)a pearl necklace and/or a pair of cufflinks 4.)a silver spoon and a golden hat

3

Klipspringer calls in order to 1.)ascertain the reason for Gatsby's death. 2.)find out when the funeral is. 3.)try to find a pair of tennis shoes. 4.)offer information about Gatsby's murder.

3

Myrtle Wilson, locked in her room above the gas station, 1.)calls for Tom to save her. 2.)realizes that Tom is driving Gatsby's car. 3.)thinks that Jordan Baker is actually Tom's wife. 4.)signals to Tom that she will try to meet him in New York.

3

Which of the following does Gatsby get from his association with Dan Cody? 1.)An inheritance of 25,000 dollars 2.)The habit of social drinking 3.)An education in the ways of the wealthy 4.)A long association with Ella Kay, Cody's mistress

3

But with every word she was drawing further and further into herself, so he gave that up and only the dead dream fought on as the afternoon slipped away, trying to touch what was no longer tangible, struggling unhappily, undespairingly, toward that lost voice across the room."Which statement is true of this passage? 1.)Action verbs create a sense of the vitality of Gatsby's dream. 2.)Cumulative sentence structure gives a sense of the final efforts of the dream to stay alive. 3.)Connotative language and imagery create a defeated tone. 4.)Both B and C

4

During lunch at the Buchanan's, (with Daisy, Tom, Jordan, Nick, and Gatsby), Daisy remarks, "You always look so cool." What is the significance of this remark? 1.)Gatsby for the first time realizes the importance of Daisy's little girl. 2.)Daisy is commenting on Jordan's appearance, who sits "like a silver idol" on the couch. 3.)Daisy is remarking on Nick's ability to stay both "within and without" of the plot. 4.)After Daisy says this to Gatsby, Tom realizes that Daisy is involved with Gatsby.

4

In Fitzgerald's last line "so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past," he suggests thematically that 1.)as a culture, we have given up on the dream. 2.)as a culture, we can never completely give up the dream because it's part of our heritage. 3.)as a culture, we have forever lost the ability to attain the dream. 4.)Both B and C

4

Nick narrates, as he and Tom get gasoline, "I stared at him and atTom, who had made a parallel discovery less than an hour before—and it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well." Which of the following statements expresses Nick's point in this passage? 1.)Both Wilson and Tom have shared with each other the news that their wives have been unfaithful. 2.)Nick feels that Wilson and Tom have similar levels of intelligence. 3.)Nick sees no differences among men of different races. 4.)Nick recognizes, in their contrasting reactions to the news of their wives' infidelities, Wilson's sickness and Tom's health.

4

Met his wife while stationed in

Alabama

Died of a ______ ______ in Shelia's apartment in 1940

Heart Attack

Had his daughter, ______, in 1921

Scotty

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on

September 24,1896

4 Themes

Setting Honest Destructiveness of Fantasy and Idealism Wealth

Wolfshire

Shadiness

Met and fell in love with

Shelia Graham

Zelda went to __________ for treatment

Switzerland

Green Light

Symbolizes Daisy, Money, Aspirations, Hope

Wifes name

Zelda

Only son from an _________ father and energetic mother

aristocratic

Zelda died in a ___ in 1948

fire

1920 he published his

first novel

Zelda refused to marry him due to his

lack of success

West Egg

new money

East Egg

old money

went to

princeton

Daisy Fled because

she was in shock

Dropped out of Princeton and joined ___________

the army

1937

went to Hollywood to try screen writing

Fitzgerald wasn't _____ with money

wise

Nick's account of social interaction between Gatsby and Tom Buchanan and the Sloanes reveals that 1.)Tom is irritated that Gatsby knows Daisy 2.)Gatsby has learned to mingle on an equal footing with the very wealthy 3.)Daisy's reacquaintance with Gatsby has become common knowledge 4.)Both A and B.

1

The only friend or acquaintance of Gatsby's who comes to the funeral, besides Nick, is 1.)Owl-Eyes 2.)Klipspringer 3.)Meyer Wolfsheim 4.)Jordan Baker

1

Time Period

1920's Jazz Age

zelda had a mental breakdown in

1930

Zelda returned to America in

1931

Decent into Alcoholism, In debt

1935-1937

"His gorgeous pink rag of a suit made a bright spot of color against the white steps and I thought of the night when I first came to his ancestral home three months before. The lawn and drive had been crowded with the faces of those who guessed at his corruption—and he had stood on those steps, concealing his incorruptible dream, as we waved them goodby." Which of the following explains Nick's paradoxical sense about Gatsby? 1.)His gorgeous pink suit contrasts with the crudeness of his ambition. 2.)Although he ultimately became corrupt, his adherence to his dream remains incorruptible. 3.)Although Gatsby's guests, who barely knew him, recognized his corruption, Nick remained blind to it. 4.)Although Nick last sees Gatsby standing alone on his steps, in his memory Gatsby is always surrounded by people.

2

"That ashen, fantastic figure gliding toward him through the amorphous trees" is 1.)Meyer Wolfsheim. 2.)Wilson. 3.)someone the narration never clarifies. 4.)Tom.

2

Nick's comment that "It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair of canvas pants, but it already was Jay Gatsby who borrowed a rowboat, pulled out to the Tuolome and informed Cody that a wind might catch him and break him up in half an hour" shows that 1.)Gatz transformed himself into a man who chief concern was the welfare of others. 2.)James Gatz transformed himself into a man who took advantage of every opportunity. 3.)James Gatz was determined to overcome the emptiness that characterized his life since his parents had died. 4.)Luck, rather than effort, accounts for Gatsby's success.

2

Which is the reason given for Daisy's outburst of crying during her tour of Gatsby's house? 1.)She regrets her marriage to Tom. 2.)She is overwhelmed by the beauty of Gatsby's shirts. 3.)She feels remorse at the pain she caused Gatsby. 4.)She realizes how insignificant wealth is in the presence of true love.

2

F. Scott Fitzgerald died

December 21, 1940

Gatsbys Mansion

Fishbowl, being trapped

The Eyes of Doctor TJ eckleburg

God judging them, God like, located in The Valley of Ashes

Named after

Francis Scott Key, relative of father

James Gatz

Gatsby's real name, born in North Dakota, worked for a millionaire, Dan Cody, which made him want to dedicate his life to achieve wealth, met daisy in Louisville and fell in love

Family moved to

The French Riveria and wrote TGG there