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The Great Gatsby
Review/Study Questions for The Great Gatsby
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is the narrator in The Great Gatsby? | Nick Carraway |
| The description of Daisy's voice as being " full as money" helps the reader to understand | her wealth is a defining and intrinsic aspect of her character |
| What is the relationship between Tom and Myrtle Wilson? | They are having an affair. |
| I was one of the few guests who had actually been invited [to Gatsby's house.] People were not invited -- they went there... Sometimes they came and went without having met Gatsby at all." What does this excerpt say about East Egg residence? | It reveals their materialism and selfishness. |
| What does Gatsby do every night? | He stares at the green light at the end of Daisy's dock |
| Which is the correct definition of modernism? | A literary movement that emerged after World War I and used experimental techniques to capture and depict the contradictions and complexities of life in a changing world |
| Why were young people who came of age in the first decades of the 1900s, as writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway did, dubbed the Lost Generation? | They had lost their faith in the goodness of humanity as a result of the violence of World War I |
| The billboard of the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg symbolizes -- | It represents the eyes of God |
| Throughout the novel, there is a conflict between "old money" people like Tom Buchanan and "new money" people like Jay Gatsby. What theme from the novel is developed from this conflict? | It develops the theme that no matter how much money Gatsby has, he will never be truly accepted by the people of East Egg |
| How does Gatsby earn his money? | He is bootlegging alcohol during Prohibition |
| What is Gatsby's primary reason for throwing his many luxurious parties? | He wants to impress his ex-girlfriend, Daisy |
| Jay Gatsby's original name was "James Gatz." Changing his name demonstrates -- | his desire to fit in with the Old Money people of East Egg |
| At the end of the novel, Nick returns to the Midwest because _________ | he has come to associate East Egg with the ugliness of human nature and moral corruption |
| Tom Buchanan, Daisy's husband, is best characterized as -- | a cruel brute |
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