Key Terms

Question 1

Analepsis

Answer 1

A past event is narrated after it has occurred. (Jordan telling the story of Gatsby and Daisy.)

Question 2

Analogy

Answer 2

Comparison between two things.

Question 2

Asychronous

Answer 2

Out of sync. (Gatsby and Daisy’s love for each other.)

Question 3

Bildungsroman

Answer 3

Coming of age.

Question 4

Conspicuous Consumption

Answer 4

Intentional displaying of wealth and status. (Gatsby’s mansion.)

Question 5

Epithet

Answer 5

Quality or attribute of a certain thing.

Question 6

Hamartia

Answer 6

Fatal flaw. (Gatsby’s new money background.)

Question 7

Hubris

Answer 7

Excessive pride. (Tom.)

Question 8

Milieu

Answer 8

Social environment or background.

Question 9

Modernism

Answer 9

Experimentation.

Question 10

Myopia

Answer 10

Narrow-mindedness. (The idea that old money and new money cannot mix.)

Question 11

Nihilism

Answer 11

Belief that all values are baseless.

Question 12

Peripeteia

Answer 12

Turning point within a tragedy. (Events at the Plaza Hotel.)

Question 13

Retrospective

Answer 13

Looking back on and dealing with pasts events. (Gatsby’s longing for the past.)

Question 14

Temporal

Answer 14

In relation to time.

Question 15

Zeitgeist

Answer 15

Time ghost. (Gatsby.)