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Gatsby Test Flashcards

1
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What is a post war vision of America

A

The valley of the ashes

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2
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What is a symbol for a heartless uninvolved god?

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TJ Eckleburg

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3
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What is a symbol for the inability to control time?

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Gatsby breaks the clock

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4
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What is symbolic for an unattainable goal?

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The Green Light

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5
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What symbolizes the end of a dream, the end of Gatsby’s life?

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The end of summer

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6
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What is symbolic for the dangers and luxury?

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Cars

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7
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What is symbolic for the ruin of America?

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Gatsby’s death

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8
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What parodies the jazz age?

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The lavish parties

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9
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Refuses to leave her husband for Gatsby

A

Daisy

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10
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Claims to have run over Myrtle

A

Gatsby

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11
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Dies in a pool

A

Gatsby

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12
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Cries over shirts

A

Daisy

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13
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Having an affair with Myrtle

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Tom

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14
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Believes Gatsby killed Myrtle

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Wilson

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15
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Invites Gatsby to dinner in order to embarrass him

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Tom

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16
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Flaunts her affair to her husband

A

Daisy

17
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Arranges Gatsby’s funeral

A

Nick

18
Q

Narrates the novel

A

Nick

19
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Angers Tom by repeating Daisy’s name

A

Myrtle

20
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What term did Fitzgerald coin?

A

“The Jazz Age”

21
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Who did Fitzgerald marry?

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Zelda Sayre

22
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Give 2 examples of things the green light is symbolic for.

A

Daisy and the American Dream

23
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What is significant about the telling of Dan Cody’s story?

A

He is like another Gatsby

24
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How is it possible for Daisy to be everything to Gatsby and nothing at the same time?

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Because she is ALL Gatsby wants, she can NEVER be anything to him. She can’t lower herself to be with him. He would be social suicide

25
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How is Gatsby a man of the past?

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He wants to live in the past or at least freeze time

26
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Gatsby’s death happens on the first day of autumn; how is swimming typical Gatsby behavior?

A

Swimming is a defiance of time and Gatsby is all about freezing time or going back in time

27
Q

How is the use of the song Ain’t We Got Fun, ironic?

A

Daisy rejected Gatsby originally because of his lack of wealth. “ No money, oh but honey Ain’t we got fun”

28
Q

Explain Gatsby as the American Dream

A

Good luck it’s worth 15 points

29
Q

Thinks that the books at Gatsby’s are fake

A

Owl Eyes

30
Q

Moves to West Egg

A

Nick/Gatsby

31
Q

Runs over Myrtle with a car

A

Daisy

32
Q

What foreshadows Gatsby’s life?

A

Dan Cody

33
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What does Nick call Gatsby that reflects Gatsby’s connection to time?

A

Over wound clock

34
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What foreshadows Gatsby’s lonely funeral?

A

The funeral on the bridge

35
Q

According to Fitzgerald what is no longer possible in America?

A

The American Dream

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