Old Questions Flashcards

Fiction and some biography

1
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neighbour real name? TGG

A

Jimmy Gatz TGG

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2
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Daisy’s sin? TGG

A

materialism TGG

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3
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Lolita antagonist? Presented as?

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Clare Quilty. Playwright. Deviant. Corrupting.

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4
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Key date motif? TGS

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4th August TGS (Britain declares war on Germany in 1914)

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5
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Lolita - contemptuous name for wife? Her setting?

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Charlotte Haze. Haze woman. Mama. New England

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OFO Narrator’s name for authority? Frequent analogy?

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OFO The combine. Technology / machinery

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7
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Two poor leaders? BD

A

Chamberlain, Daladier

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8
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LITOC Florentino Ariza

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The illegitimate son of Tránsito Ariza and Pius V Loayza

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9
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Why was Braithwaite irritated by the film version of his novel?

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He felt that the interracial love affair was underplayed.

Btw…
Sydney Poitier was the lead.
Lulu sang the theme!
Was 60s, not 50s so music presented differently.

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10
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What mountains might have inspired Buzzati?

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The Dolomites

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11
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TGS Nancy’s fate? SH GI

A

sacrifices herself goes insane TGS

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12
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S5 What happens to Roland Weary?

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dies of gangrene

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13
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Narrator’s wife? TGS

A

Florence Hurlbird Dowell

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14
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Fitzgerald died? TGG

A

1940 TGG

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15
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LITOC How does Dr. Juvenal Urbino die?

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He falls to his death from the mango tree

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16
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whiteness represents? TGG

A

purity / absence TGG

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17
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Education secretary? BD

A

Rust BD

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18
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When do the other guests arrive at Zverkov’s dinner?

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an hour after he arrives due to a communication failure UM

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19
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With what imagined tale does UM torment Liza?

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The imagined funeral of a prostitute (like her)

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20
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Important place in Berlin? BD

A

Nuremberg BD

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21
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When does UM visit Anton Antonych at home?

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to borrow money UM

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22
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Disturbing ‘high culture’ observation? BD

A

theatre opera still good despite purging BD

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23
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The Girl’? TGS

A

Nancy Rufford

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24
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OFO Protagonist? Six Christ parallels?

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OFO Randale McMurphy. Shaking all hands. Miracles / crown of thorns / apostles / sacrifice / fishing / last supper

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25
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Food parcels? BD

A

sent from soldiers to families BD

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26
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OFO Published? Setting? Reaction?

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OFO 1962 mental institution. Oregan 1950s Banned

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27
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The ‘good soldier’?

A

Captain Edward Ashburnham

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28
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This is the s_ s_ th_ I h_ e_ h_… TGS

A

saddest story that I have ever heard

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29
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LITOC What is Florentia responsible for x3?

A

death of young girl, death of lover, destruction of environment and river

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30
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colour association? TGG

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white TGG

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31
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When was ‘To Sir with Love’ published and set? Genre? Where set?

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Autobiographical novel, set 1945, published 1959

Tough East-End school.

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32
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Lolita - how is USA presented?

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as ‘new money’. Shabby

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33
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Name the protagonist TTS

A

Giovanni Drogo

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34
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OFO Key control metaphor?

A

OFO controlled fog

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35
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Published? TGG

A

1925 TGG

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36
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form? TTS

A

magical realism TTS

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37
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Lolita Published / set / protagonist / places?

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1955 pub. 1947 - 52 set. Humbert H. France. USA

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38
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LITOC. What is Jeremiah Saint Armour’s biggest secret?

A

LITOC He has kept a secret mistress for over half of his life

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39
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This is the m_ a_ t_ y_ h_ d_ i_ y_ a_ l_ … TGS

A

most attrocious thing you have done in your attrocious life

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40
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Dates covered? BD

A

Jan 1934 - Dec 1940 BD

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41
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Maisie’s fate? (FIS HC) TGS

A

falls into suitcase (heart condition)

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42
Q

Aspects of POW ‘fantasy’? SH5

A

Porn star, well endowed, fertile SH5

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43
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exploited representatives of working classes? TGG

A

Myrtle … Myrtle’s fate is among the most tragic, as she is a victim of both her husband as well as people she’s never met. Myrtle is a constant prisoner. In the beginning of the book she’s stuck in the figurative prison of her social class and her depressing marriage. Midway through, however, this immaterial prison becomes literal when George, suspicious that she’s cheating on him, locks her in their rooms above the garage. This situation only amplifies her desperation to escape, which leads to her death in Chapter 7. When she escapes and runs out in front of Gatsby’s car, she does so because she saw Tom driving it earlier in the day; she thinks he’s behind the wheel. Daisy, who doesn’t know Myrtle, is driving the car when it strikes Myrtle down; Daisy doesn’t even stop to see what happened, and escapes without consequences.

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44
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OFO “What do … ….. … ..? C…. .. ………? Well…’.. …! Y..’.. …! Y..’.. .. ……. …. … ……. ……. ……. …… … … ……. … ….’s ..!”

A

OFO “What do you think you are? Crazy or something? Well you’re not! You’re not! Upu’re no crazier than the average *** walking out on the street and that’s it!”

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45
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Lolita’s real name? Irony?

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Dolores Haze. Doll - objectified. Haze = blurred connection to reality.

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46
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LITOC Ofelia tells her mother that love among elderly people is:

A

Disgusting like Last Tango LITOC

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47
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Job? BD

A

CBS correspondent

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48
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Tom’s prejudice? TGG

A

fear of inter-marriage TGG

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49
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Unusual form? SH5

A

anti-bildungsroman SH5

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50
Q

Revealing moment? TGG

A

Daisy sobbing at shirts TGG

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51
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Trafalmadorian concept of time? (ATES)

A

all time exists simultaneously SH5

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52
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LITOC Author first published what language?

A

1985 Spanish LITOC

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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53
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What workplace inspired the novel? ANRNS (TTS)

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A newspaper room night shift

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54
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LITOC Fermina agrees to marry Florentino on the condition that

A

His mother will not make her eat eggplant LITOC

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55
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Why does UM dislike the idea of the Crystal Palace?

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He would not be able to stick his tongue out at it

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56
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Name of aliens? SH5

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Trafalmadorians

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57
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LITOC What is the name of the ship aboard which Florentino and Fermina travel?

A

The New Fidelity LITOC

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58
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Key sporting motif? TGS

A

badminton Nancy’s word

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59
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LITOC.How long does Florentino wait to profess his love for Fermina?

A

Fifty-one years

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60
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Why does UM sleep with Liza at his apartment?

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to reassert his power UM

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61
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UM Why does Apollon not get paid?

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UM wants to exert power

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62
Q

LITOC América Vicuña

A

América Vicuña child lover

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63
Q

Why is Florence deceitful?

A

heart condition TGS

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64
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What has he lost? TGS

A

moral certitude sense of right and wrong TGS

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65
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What does UM put in Liza’s hand before she leaves? Why?

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money. Humiliation UM

66
Q

Describe ‘white privilege’ in ‘To Sir with Love’.

A

Whiteness more significant than class. His education is irrelevant - he can’t find work despite being brilliantly qualified. He has had to work ‘twice as hard’ to achieve the same result in the past, but after the context of war old prejudices reassert themselves. Although no one calls themselves prejudiced and it isn’t explicit in law, it’s all around him.

67
Q

LITOC Jeremiah de Saint Armour

A

Dr. Juvenal Urbino’s Antillean friend

68
Q

Lolita - HH expresses L’s perspective “He ….. .. ….. . You …… ….. .. …. . “

A

He broke my heart. You merely broke my life.

69
Q

When was the novel sent for publication? TTS

A

1939 TTS

70
Q

Lacking? BD

A

hindsight BD

71
Q

What does Liza show UM before he leaves the brothel

A

a love letter from a medical student UM

72
Q

Refrain linked to death? SH5

A

so it goes

73
Q

Lolita - HH’s other lovers? x3 AL / V / R?

A

Annabel Leigh (from Poe) ‘original nymphet’ - Valeria - wife leaves for taxi driver - Rita - drunk

74
Q

With which philosophical idea does NFU engage?

A

rational utilitarianism … what we should / ought to seek to maximise

75
Q

scene of horror TGG

A

gas station TGG

76
Q

What comment of Liza’s exposes the artificiality of UM’s words?

A

you speak somehow … like a book

77
Q

OFO How does narrator’s mother affect him?

A

OFO Allows government to take tribe’s land. Damaging.

78
Q

Why did UM’s one close friendship fail?

A

he demanded total subservience and hated the friend once he submitted

79
Q

Name of protagonist? SH5

A

Billy Pilgrim

80
Q

Why would Underground Man be pleased if people called him ‘Lazy Bones’?

A

It would be something by which to define himself UM

81
Q

LITOC What is the reason for Dr. Urbino and Fermina’s first meeting?

A

Dr. Urbino makes a housecall to examine Fermina for symptoms of cholera LITOC

82
Q

LITOC Fermina Daza

A

The only daughter of Lorenzo Daza and the deceased Fermina Sánchez

83
Q

OFO Sweetly named prostitute? Similarly named friend?

A

OFO. Candy. Sandy.

84
Q

Form? BD

A

diary BD

85
Q

Businessman who becomes Nazi Foreign Minister? BD

A

Ribbentrop BD

86
Q

How does the setting seem to challenge the content? TTS

A

Heroic setting

87
Q

Narrator’s name? TGS

A

John Dowell

88
Q

Wife’s first lover? Role? TGS

A

Jimmy: A cabin boy who travels with the Hurlbirds on their trip around the world, Jimmy becomes Florence’s first lover. Jimmy is of a much lower class than either the Hurlbirds or the Dowells and he continues his affair with Florence by lying to Dowell about Florence’s heart condition. It is an embarrassment that Florence could have an affair with someone so low and ill-mannered.

89
Q

Set? TGG

A

NYC West Egg tasteless East Egg old money TGG

90
Q

Alternative title? SH5

A

The Children’s Crusade was an event in 1212 when a large group of children attempted to make their way to Jerusalem in order to “reclaim the Holy Land”. It was an enormous disaster as most of the children either perished or were sold into slavery. The alternate title of Slaughterhouse-Five is an allusion to this event, and suggests that all wars end in tragedy, no matter the initial intentions.
The romanticization of war is a major theme in Slaughterhouse-Five, and Vonnegut draws attention to this primarily through the actions of several of his characters.
​Mary O’Hare
​“You’ll pretend you were men instead of babies, and you’ll be played in the movies by Frank Sinatra and John Wayne or some of those other glamorous, war-loving, dirty old men. And war will look just wonderful, so we’ll have a lot more of them. And they’ll be fought by babies just like the babies upstairs”- Page 14

91
Q

Lolita - how does language mirror plight?

A

its oppressive detail mirrors Lolita’s prison - HH considers every detail and utterly controls L’s life

92
Q

Gatsby’s flaw? TGG

A

fatally idealistic

93
Q

Lolita - Deaths of key characters? Reasons?

A

Nov / Dec 52 - heart failure / child birth

94
Q

a o f m … s w b o (TGG)

A

and one fine morning … so we beat on TGG

95
Q

t w w r f s o o a f (TGG)

A

tomorrow we will run faster stretch out our arms further TGG

96
Q

idealised girl? TGG

A

Daisy Buchanan TGG

97
Q

Lolita’s first sexual experience?

A

with Charlie - normal childish experience - not same as repeated rape by HH

98
Q

Lolita - Most painful word in the novel?

A

dad (Lolita)

99
Q

Lolita alternative title? Text format (conceit)?

A

Confessions of a white widowed male.’ Jail manuscript.

100
Q

‘To Sir with Love’ … challenge to modern reader’s ability to empathise?

A

Interesting that casual sexualisation of girls and constant references to their breasts challenge the modern reader’s ability to easily empathise with narrator.

101
Q

Dream began? TGG

A

5 year ago TGG

102
Q

LITOC. Why does Jeremiah Saint Armour kill himself?

A

LITOC He suffers from fear of aging

103
Q

OFO Previous leader? ‘Poetish’. Secret? Wife?

A

OFO Dale Harding. Gay. Nasty.

104
Q

How does the idea of ‘good people’ link to a theme? TGS

A

appearance and reality TGS

105
Q

new money = (TGG)

A

The Great Gatsby portrays three different social classes: “old money” (Tom and Daisy Buchanan); “new money” (Gatsby); and a class that might be called “no money” (George and Myrtle Wilson). “Old money” families have fortunes dating from the 19th century or before, have built up powerful and influential social connections, and tend to hide their wealth and superiority behind a veneer of civility. The “new money” class made their fortunes in the 1920s boom and therefore have no social connections and tend to overcompensate for this lack with lavish displays of wealth.

The Great Gatsby shows the newly developing class rivalry between “old” and “new” money in the struggle between Gatsby and Tom over Daisy. As usual, the “no money” class gets overlooked by the struggle at the top, leaving middle and lower class people like George Wilson forgotten or ignored.

106
Q

Key description? SH5

A

like the surface of the moon

107
Q

Leonora’s hopes? N EL TGS

A

normality Edward’s love

108
Q

Why can’t Germans destroy RAF? BD

A

GB never commits enough planes BD

109
Q

Repeated simile linked to inability to describe? “t_ l_ l_ a s_ f_ o_ a b_ q_”

A

they looked like a silent film of a barbershop quartet

110
Q

LITOC Keith Booker compares Ariza’s position to that of Humbert Humbert in Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita saying that…

A

reader seduced into forgiving unforgiveable LITOC

111
Q

What does UM think of ‘the progress of civilisation’?

A

an illusion that fails to take into account increasing levels of violence and horror in the previous century UM

112
Q

Belgians on May 9th 1940? BD

A

bed in peace, military invade

113
Q

Education secretary quote BD

A

God created the world for work and battle BD

114
Q

Name the fort TTS

A

Fort Bastiani

115
Q

With what does Dowell associate ‘normality’? CTABSR

A

content to abide by society’s rules TGS

116
Q

Key medical motif? TGS

A

heart condition TGS

117
Q

paradox? TGG

A

outsider on the inside TGG

118
Q

T w w r f, s o o a f … A t o f m - S w b o, b a t c b b c, i t p. (TGG)

A

boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

“Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . And then one fine morning— So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

119
Q

Gatsby’s singular purpose examples? TGG

A

As the story unfolds, however, the reader learns more and more what precipitates the mystery: that everything he has done in his adult life has been with the sole purpose of fulfilling the most unrealistic of dreams — to recapture the past.
In one sense, Gatsby’s rags-to-riches success story makes him an embodiment of the American dream. He started life with little, as the son of fairly unsuccessful farmers. By the time he was a young man he had even less, having voluntarily estranged himself from his family, unable to come to terms with the lot he had been dealt in life. While on his own, he had the opportunity to reinvent himself, and due solely to his own ingenuity, Jimmy Gatz evolved into Jay Gatsby. As such, life became much different (although he was missing one key ingredient: money). He was no longer tied to his early years, but could imagine whatever past for himself he desired. And then he fell in love, a fateful incident that would change the course of his life forever. After meeting Daisy, everything he did was for the singular purpose of winning her. Money was, essentially, the issue that prevented their being together, and so Gatsby made sure he would never again be without it. Gatsby’s drive and perseverance in obtaining his goal is, in many senses, commendable. He is a self-made man (in all respects) and as such, is admirable.
However, all positive traits aside, there are aspects of Jay Gatsby that call into question that admiration. Gatsby’s money did not come from inheritance, as he would like people to believe, but from organized crime.

120
Q

Narrator’s love interest? Profession? TGG

A

Jordan Baker. Tennis TGG

121
Q

Year of publication? SH5

A

1969 SH5

122
Q

Why does UM follow Simonov and the others to the brothel?

A

He feels he must encounter reality UM

123
Q

OFO Female antagonist? Linked motif?

A

OFO Nurse Ratchett. Castration

124
Q

OFO Narrator? Style? Reason? Metaphor for esteem?

A

OFO Chief Bromden. 1st person - past / present. Mixture of realism and surrealism. Reflects paranoia. Size

125
Q

What are Edward’s weaknesses? TGS

A

good intentions sentimentality passion TGS

126
Q

How is Slaughterhouse 5 like Trafalmadorian literature?

A

simultaneous events - ‘all at once’

127
Q

Why does UM claim to address his reader?

A

So he can pretend to himself he has a reason for expressing thoughts and ideas UM

128
Q

Lolita - theme of doubles?

A

Quilty / Humbert - Annabel / Lolita - people as dehumanised symbols

129
Q

What is Florence’s fate? SBP

A

suicide by poison TGS

130
Q

Key event? SH5

A

bombing of Dresden

131
Q

Daisy’s husband? TGG

A

Tom Buchanan TGG

132
Q

Why ends? BD

A

too much censorship, job impossible BD

133
Q

LITOC. Dr. Urbino and Fermina Daza’s most serious fight is over

A

Whether or not there is soap in the bathroom

134
Q

OFO Almost all women are?

A

OFO demons or whores

135
Q

Girl struck by Leonora?

A

Maisie Maidan

136
Q

LITOC Setting

A

Colombia 1800s - 1920s LITOC

137
Q

Trafalmadorian link to freewill? (NFNMR)

A

no freewill, no moral responsibility

138
Q

values? TGG

A

mid-west hard work

139
Q

Lolita - how is grief presented? “She .. … .. .. .. “

A

It’s ignored. “she had nowhere else to go.” / grief for mother also ignored “storm. lightning.”

140
Q

Roland Weary’s two jobs? (CA O)

A

chaplin’s assistant opthalmologist

141
Q

Lolita - Q’s writing partner?

A

Vivian Darkbloom. anagram. writer. complicity?

142
Q

Style? TTS

A

Magic realism TTS

143
Q

Link to key emotion in novel? SH5

A

guilt at survival SH5

144
Q

LITOC How does Jeremiah Saint Amour reveal his secrets to Dr. Juvenal Urbino? -

A

He divulges them in a suicide note LITOC

145
Q

OFO BB? Fears? Gospel parallel? Seeking? Disability?

A

OFO Billy Bibbit. Mother. Judas / suicide. Sexual intimacy. Stutter.

146
Q

For what does UM say Liza will pay dearly for?

A

seeing him humiliated UM

147
Q

Partner? BD

A

Tess BD

148
Q

What does UM do after Liza leaves?

A

Runs out onto the street after her.

149
Q

Lolita Who is HH really trying to seduce?

A

the read - horror / abuse made beautiful

150
Q

‘To Sir with Love’ … link to Heart of Darkness?

A

Ironically, the narrator is the ‘civilised’ explorer here, looking curiously at the primitive but dignified English. Again ironically, the first apparently racial prejudice described is from middle classes (not these working women). Although they do objectify and sexually harass him!

151
Q

Tom’s qualities? TGG

A

brutish puncher

152
Q

OFO “He who ……. … .. …. ….. ………. ….”

A

OFO “He who marches out of step

153
Q

Unusual ‘bookending’? SH5

A

authorial narration framing narrative SH5

154
Q

Why does Billy Pilgrim long for time travel? LFP-ES

A

longs for pre-educated state SH5

155
Q

narrator? TGG

A

Nick Carraway TGG

156
Q

OFO Book might be anti ..? amrhcytrai

A

OFO anti-feminist. Matriarchy.

157
Q

LITOC Dr. Juvenal Urbino

A

Fermina Daza’s husband

158
Q

Soldier’s wife? TGS

A

Leonora Ashburnham

159
Q

What is moral significance of adultery? TGS

A

destabilising force contract violation TGS

160
Q

Lolita’s language according to Pratt? “A 242 w… a… of the most common p…….. s….. f….. in by a number of E……. s…….. “ Suggesting?

A

a 242 word area of the commonest pubescent slang fenced in by a number of European syllabics (metaphor)

161
Q

What happens to Edgar Derby?

A

shot for tea-pot theft