The Great Gatsby Final Test

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Which quotation from the text best shows why Nick is "inclined to reserve all judgments"?

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"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the same advantages that you've had"

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What does the passage "one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterwards savors of anticlimax" mean?

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Tom excelled so greatly in sports at a young age that everything afterwards seems like a letdown

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The quote, "I'm glad it's a girl...I hope she'll be a fool-that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool"

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Is said by Daisy and means that at this time, Daisy didn't see any alternative futures for women other than being beautiful enough to marry a rich husband and fool enough to stay with him

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Because of the 1st person narration, what do we not know?

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What is said between Daisy and Gatsby in private

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Why might Nick be considered an unreliable narrator?

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The story is all told in 1st person point of view, from his perspective.

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What is significant about Nick's invitation to Gatsby's party?

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Nobody else is ever formally invited to Gatsby's parties.

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Why did Daisy marry Tom?

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Gatsby went off to war and Tom had money and status

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What does the green light symbolize for Gatsby?

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hopefulness, dreams, the future

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...an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her were continually smoldering....
Options: Daisy, Jordan, Myrtle, Catherine

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Myrtle

Front

Who is described as having a body capable of enormous leverage – a cruel body?

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Tom