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WorksheetsGreat Gatsby
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Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
excerpt from “Ain’t I a woman” by Sojourner Truth
"I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me!"
excerpt from “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott FItzgerald.
“It’ll show you how I’ve gotten to feel about—things. Well, she was less than an hour old and Tom was God knows where. I woke up out of the ether with an utterly abandoned feeling, and asked the nurse right
away if it was a boy or a girl. She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. ‘All right,’ I said, ‘I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.’”
Why do both women grieve for their children"?
Neither woman wanted children
Both women were sad they could not keep their children
Both women wished their children had a different father
Both women are sad because their children will be judged by what they look like
excerpt from “Ain’t I a woman” by Sojourner Truth
"I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me!"
excerpt from “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott FItzgerald.
“It’ll show you how I’ve gotten to feel about—things. Well, she was less than an hour old and Tom was God knows where. I woke up out of the ether with an utterly abandoned feeling, and asked the nurse right
away if it was a boy or a girl. She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. ‘All right,’ I said, ‘I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.’”
What is different about each woman’s grief for their children?
Truth grieves that her children are sold into slavery. Daisy grieves that her daughter will have to act a fool to marry well and maintain the lifestyle she is accustomed to.
Truth grieves because she had too many children. Daisy grieves because she did not have enough children.
Truth grieves that nobody listens to her. Daisy grieves that nobody was with her.
Truth grieves that she did not get enough money for the sale of her children. Daisy grieves that she will have to sell her daughter into marriage.
excerpt from "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
"About halfway between West Egg and New York the motor road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land. This is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of ash-grey men, who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. Occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track,gives out a ghastly creak, and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud, which screens their obscure operations from your sight. "
The tone evoked by the imagery used to describe the Valley of the Ashes is:
Temperate
Forlorn
Jovial
Extravagant
When Nick sees Daisy come to one of Gatsby’s big parties, he looks at the party from Daisy’s perspective and says to himself, ““It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment.” What does the author mean by this?
Sometimes we romanticize a place or event to justify or hide the cheap or absurdity of it, but when we bring someone we respect to share the experience, we can no longer deny the ridiculousness.
It is unavoidable to be sad when you get new glasses.
If you adjust your powers, you will see how sad you are.
It is sad when your friend does not share your enthusiasm for something.
“I was able to do the commissioner a favor once, and he sends me a Christmas card every year.” Based on what we know about Gatsby, what can we guess about the nature of this favor?[
Gatsby helped the commissioner pass his classes at Oxford.
Gatsby helped the commissioner move from Los Angeles.
Gatsby helped the commissioner with something illegal, probably related to his bootlegging business.
Gatsby helped the commissioner catch a dangerous criminal.
What is the main take away from Nick’s description about Tom.
…one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterward savors of anti-climax. His family were enormously wealthy--even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach--but now he'd left Chicago and come east in a fashion that rather took your breath away: for instance he'd brought down a string of polo ponies from Lake Forest.It was hard to realize that a man in my own generation was wealthy enough to do that.
Tom has a lot of ponies.
Tom is extremely wealthy because he was born rich, and not because of his own efforts.
Nick is jealous of Tom.
Nick admires Tom for being so wealthy at such a young age.
Read the following and then answer the question.
'(Gatsby’s Funeral) A little before three the Lutheran minister arrived from Flushing, and I began to look involuntarily out the windows for other cars. So did Gatsby’s father. And as the time passed and the servants came in and stood waiting in the hall, his eyes began to blink anxiously, and he spoke of the rain in a worried, uncertain way. The minister glanced several times at his watch, so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour. But it wasn’t any use. Nobody came."
This excerpt from the text could be best used as which of the following?
An example of the resolution of the suspense.
Evidence of the theme of wealthy people are all dishonest.
Evidence of the theme of money can’t buy you friends.
An example of foreshadowing the exposition.
Which of the following is the best evidence of the author using symbolism to foreshadow the plot?
Daisy is introduced as a happy person which symbolizes her eventual death by accidental defenestration during the horse race.
Gatsby is seen again and again staring at the green light across the water at the end of Daisy’s boat dock, the green symbolizes his irish ancestry.
the author repeatedly describes the hottest days of summer before the argument in the hotel, the next day the author is describing autumn before Gatsby is murdered, and the day of his funeral is rainy.
Gatsby is seen again and again staring at the green light across the water at the end of Daisy’s boat dock, his car has green leather seats, the green symbolizes money and foreshadows him winning the lottery.
Read and analyze American literature across literary periods.
“Well, these books are all scientific,” insisted Tom, glancing at her impatiently. “This fellow has worked out the whole thing. It’s up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these other races will have control of things.”
The excerpt from the text shows this literature is a product of American culture of the 1920s because of…
the racism against who are black and often recently freed slaves.
the racism against people who are Hispanic and often recent immigrants.
the racism against Asian people who are Catholic and often recent immigrants.
the casual expression of racism by an upper class person
When Gatsby mentions how the mist blocks the Green light at the end of Daisy’s dock, the author wants the reader to infer:
The possibility of a relationship between Gatsby and Daisy is as unreliable as a faint Green light in a foggy harbor/bay.
The possibility of a relationship between Gatsby and Daisy is like a ship at sea relying on a faint Green light guiding the ship into port.
Both A and B
None of the above
When Gatsby throws his shirts and clothing out for Daisy to see, she begins to cry. What does the author want the reader to infer?
She is sad because she realizes Gatsby doesn’t understand the true meaning of love.
She is sad because she realizes Gatsby is materialistic and is trying to buy her love.
She is sad because she realizes Gatsby and her cannot actually be together forever.
She is sad because she realizes Gatsby only wants her for her beauty and riches.
Gatsby’s nervousness before meeting Daisy reveals:
The fact Gatsby is genuinely in love with Daisy.
The fact Gatsby is not emotionally fit to actually be in a relationship with Daisy.
The fact Gatsby is pretending to be someone else at all other times except the times he spends alone with Daisy.
All of the above.
By the end of the novel, we know that Gatsby has made his money as a bootlegger during Prohibition. What does this tell us about his pursuit of the American Dream?
Gatsby believes hard work and patience will help him win Daisy back.
Gatsby is a strict follower of societal rules and laws.
Gatsby believes money is an unimportant part of his dream to win Daisy back.
Gatsby is willing to break the law to make enough money to try and win Daisy back
What concept does this novel undermine?
the American Dream
Defenestration
Baroque Architecture
Aestheticism
What does the following line reveal?
“I found out what your ‘drug-stores’ were…”He and his Wolfsheim bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores…sold grain alcohol over the counter…I picked him for a bootlegger the first time I saw him…”
The text evidence reveals The Great Gatsby was set in the time of Prohibition.
The text evidence reveals The Great Gatsby was set in the time of The Red Scare.
The text evidence reveals The Great Gatsby was about dreams denied.
The text evidence reveals The Great Gatsby was about racism.
