Great Gatsby Vocabulary Quiz

What is the meaning of the word "levity"?

• Happiness, feelings of joy

• Lack of seriousness

• Irritability

• Self-satisfaction; smugness

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which word means "happiness, feelings of joy"?

• Elations

• Fractiousness

• Languid

• Extemporize

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What is an "epigram"?

• A recurring idea, structure, contrast, or device

• A witty saying expressing a single thought or observation

• Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others

• Sharing an edge or boundary; touching

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

Which of the following is an example of an epigram?

• "The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws." (Tacitus)

• Geography- East egg represents the old aristocracy and West Egg represents the newly rich.

• Eye doctor

• Sharing an edge or boundary; touching

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

What does "fractiousness" mean?

• Slow and relaxed

• Irritability

• Self-satisfaction; smugness

• To improvise

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What does "supercilious" mean?

• Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others

• Not allowing refusal or delay; imperative

• Eye doctor

• Sharing an edge or boundary; touching

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which word means "slow and relaxed"?

• Complacency

• Languid

• Extemporize

• Peremptory

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the meaning of "complacency"?

• Self-satisfaction; smugness

• To improvise

• Not allowing refusal or delay; imperative

• Eye doctor

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What does "extemporize" mean?

• To improvise

• Sharing an edge or boundary; touching

• A recurring idea, structure, contrast, or device

• Lack of seriousness

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What does "peremptory" mean?

• Not allowing refusal or delay; imperative

• Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others

• Happiness, feelings of joy

• Slow and relaxed

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4