The Great Gatsby Background

Post World War I: Standard of living increased for ____

• most

• none

• only those in the North

• only those in the South

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Post World War I: Economy prospered as Americans tried to forget about _____

• the Great Depression

• the war

• the Harlem Renaissance

• slavery

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

All of the following are nicknames for the Roaring Twenties EXCEPT...

• The Aspirin Age

• The Deflated Age

• The Flapper Age

• The Jazz Age

The philosophy of the Jazz Age was known as ______

• "modernism"

• "romanticism"

• "renaissance"

• "millennium"

In Modernism, Writers stripped away descriptions of characters and setting and avoided direct statements of themes and resolutions

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Jazz Age/ Roaring Twenties whis was a period of cautious spending and attention to financial planning.

• TRUE

• FALSE

____ caused many people to acquire alcohol illegally.

• Suffragism

• Prohibition

• Modernism

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

_________ refers to the group of writers who sensedthat they were powerless and that life is pointless in the aftermath of the Great War.

• "The Great Migration"

• "The Harlem Renaissance"

• "The Lost Generation"

By the time The Great Gatsby was published, the American population had almost doubled.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Mass production and a growth in commodities led to standardization, where only a select few might have the right to buy items.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7