Vocabulary Quiz Gatsby Week 3

Myrtle is ____________________ when Tom buys her a puppy in NYC.

• exultant

• sad

• angry

• indifferent

The Valley of Ashes is described ________________ as a place of filth and desolation.

• dismal

• beautiful

• prosperous

• vibrant

We should treat soldiers with respect, and make sure to acknowledge their _________________.

• valor

• bravery

• courage

• dedication

The last __________________________ of the house crumbled as the hurricane ripped through the town.

• vestiges

• remnants

• fragments

• traces

Nick is a very __________________________ narrator when he prefaces his tale with a warning that he is a nonjudgmental character, but, in spite of that, he has a limit.

• cynical

• optimistic

• naive

• trustworthy

Carla treated me with complete ________________ after we got into an argument about who the next president should be.

• cynicism

• Retribution

• Exultation

• Cynical

• valor

George Wilson is a very __________________ character.

• vestige

• valorous

• exulted

• dismal

• cynical

Andy was __________________ after Winston made a home run to tie the game.

• exulted

• exultation

• retributive

• cynical

• valorous

Tom believes he is safeguarding the last ________________ of Daisy’s honor by telling Myrtle she has no right to say her name.

• cynical

• exultation

• retribution

• valor

• vestiges

The National Honor Society recognizes students for their _________________.

• cynicism

• valor

• exultation

• retribution

• vestige