JUNIORS: Gatsby Mini-Quiz #1 Jan 19

The Great Gatsby is set in the winter of 1922.

• true

• false

Answer explanation

SUMMER OF 1922

Who epitomizes the shallow materialism and superficiality of the Jazz Age.

• Daisy

• Myrtle

• Gatsby

• Nick

Who is the narrator of the novel?

• F. Scott Fitzerald

• Jay Gatsby

• Nick Carraway

• George Wilson

Where do George and Myrtle Wilson live?

• East Egg

• West Egg

• Valley of Ashes

• NYC

Tom Buchanan personifies the arrogance and privilege of old ___________.

• Aristocracy

• Values

• Servitude

• Imperiousness

Answer explanation

Aristocracy is high class, established wealth

The Valley of Ashes is DESOLATE wasteland. DESOLATE most likely means....

• deserted

• populated

• prosperous

• extravagant

Daisy Buchanan has an enchanting voice and ETHEREAL beauty. ETHEREAL most likely means...

• harsh

• delicate

• ravaged

• morality

The corrupting influence of the social class PERMEATE the narrative, offering a profound reflection on the DISILLUSIONMENT felt by the generation that lived through WWI.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT DEFINTION OF THE WORDS IN BOLD

• SEEPS

• UNHAPPY

• SYMBOLIZES

• EXTRAVAGANCE

..."The glittering FACADE of the Roaring Twenties.

• FACE

• EXTRAVAGANCE

• PEOPLE

• DECADENCE

Gatsby's love for Daisy is not returned or given back.

• unrequited

• doomed

• enigmatic

• flaunted