WorksheetsGreat Gatsby
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins
Which of the following examples represents the motif "gender roles"?
Tom believes he can lead Nick like a chess piece
Myrtle has an affair with Tom
Daisy wishes her daughter will be a pretty fool
Jordan is a professional golf player
Which example represents the theme of money not being able to buy true happiness?
Gatsby spends money on extravagant parties that he does not seem to partake in
Gatsby will only be happy when he is with Daisy again
Myrtle uses Tom for his money so that she can have a "better life"
Nick has a crush on Jordan Baker
When Nick introduces Gatsby to Tom at lunch in Ch. 4, Gatsby quickly disappears. This represents which motif?
Judgement
Wealth/American Dream
Class
Jealousy
Why did Fitzgerald place the Valley of Ashes in a location where Gatsby and Nick would have to drive through it in order to get from the West Egg to New York City?
To show where Gatsby came from
To highlight the vast difference between the upper and lower classes
To show you Myrtle's home again
So Nick could would feel the need to tell Gatsby about Tom's mistress
Gatsby's dream is to be with Daisy again, but he isn't doing anything to make this happen. Which theme does this represent?
In the end, money and material wealth does not allow you to buy actual happiness. Happiness has to come from within.
In the pursuit of personal wealth and vanity, one person's success comes at the expense of another's.
Regardless of hopes and dreams, the future is a product of present actions and past experiences. Failure to recognize this reality results in misguided aspirations.
It is often difficult to distinguish what is fair or unfair, right or wrong. Often, it is better just to assume that all humans are capable of some dishonest or deceitful behavior.
For Gatsby, the white flannel suit, silver shirt and gold-colored tie symbolizes
purity
genuine love
underlining wickedness
superficial and materialistic nature
What is the most effective revision to make in the following sentence?
Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I pulled the door to against the increasing rain.
Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I closed the door against the increasing rain.
Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I closed the door forward away from the increasing rain.
Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I closed the door behind me toward the increasing rain.
Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I pulled the door forward to the increasing rain.
Which sentence is the best sentence to insert between the following two sentences?
His bedroom was the simplest room of all - except where the dresser was garnished with a toilet set of pure dull gold.
Daisy took the brush with delight and smoothed her hair whereupon Gatsby sat down and shaded his eyes and began to laugh.
While standing next to the toilet, she picked up the toilet brush.
While standing at the door, she took up the dusting brush and glided her hands over the bristles.
While standing at the dresser, she lightly ran her hand over the brush, comb, and mirror that made up the toilet set.
While standing in the bathroom, she took the toilet brush out and sat it on the dresser.
The point of view used by the author in the following sentence, "So I don't know whether or not Gatsby went to Coney Island, or for how many hours he 'glanced into rooms' while his house blazed gaudily on." (Pg. 83) gives the reader insight into -
why the people from East Egg were regarded disdainfully from people in various parts of New York.
why people from East Egg regarded people from West Egg in the way they did.
why the people from West Egg were actually intellectually and socially superior to the people from East Egg, the Valley of Ashes, and New York.
why people from West Egg regarded people from New York in the way they did.
F. Scott Fitzgerald relies heavily on symbolism to further his message. His use of color throughout his novel most likely
helps the reader understand his theme of an Almighty God always watching.
connects the east coast to the west coast and the two separate lifestyles.
adds an element of imagery to make the text more enjoyable.
carries his theme of unforgotten desires and dreams throughout the novel.
Read the passage below then answer the question that follows:
"On Sunday morning while church bells rang in the villages alongshore, the world and its mistress returned to Gatsby's House and twinkled hilariously on his lawn" (61).
What is so significant about it being Sunday?
The proper societal expectation is to attend church on a Sunday morning, but instead Gatsby's house is a place of frivolty and immorality.
The church bells shouldn't be ringing so early in the morning. The stars are still out, as indicated by the "twinkling" on the lawn.
Most church services in this time era would have occurred on Saturday night; therefore, the bells shouldn't be ringing and waking everyone up.
They didn't have churches out on East and West Eggs. It was too difficult to reach because they were islands.
