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Great Gatsby Vocab Quiz #2

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If something is grotesque, it is ...

a)

fantastically ugly

b)

full of vitality

c)

totally beautiful

d)

pessimistic

2.

The funeral I attended was a _____ event.

a)

solemn

b)

cynical

c)

grotesque

d)

bantering

3.

Mr. Bragg likes very strong coffee. His father makes weak coffee that Mr. Bragg does not like. Mr. Bragg called his father's coffee _____.

a)

anemic

b)

wan

c)

supercilious

d)

incessant

4.

Myrtle Wilson is described by Nick as having a kind of ______.

a)

vitality

b)

anemia

c)

epigram

d)

cynicism

5.

Hauteur can be understood as a kind of...

a)

pride or arrogance

b)

anemia

c)

bantering

d)

epigram

6.

Mr. Bragg never stops talking in class. This means his talking is _____.

a)

incessant

b)

strident

c)

solemn

d)

vitality

7.

An antonym (opposite) of disdain could be...

a)

love

b)

cynicism

c)

anemic

d)

wan

8.

Jim says Pam has a _____ voice when she wakes up in the morning.

a)

strident

b)

grotesque

c)

tranquility

d)

agricultural

9.

Which character says, "You can't live forever; you can't live forever"?

a)

Myrtle

b)

Daisy

c)

Tom

d)

Jordan

10.

Nick says he, "...was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life." What does the author want us to think about Nick from this quote?

a)

Nick is both a part of the "rich" world and also not a part of it

b)

Nick is very intoxicated during Chapter 2

c)

Nick is not a very perceptive narrator

d)

Nick was inside Myrtle's apartment, but he also left it to go to the store

11.

What is the definition of the term motif? What is ONE possible motif we have encountered so far in the story?

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