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Gatsby vocab review

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
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1.

What decade was the setting for the story of the Great Gatsby

a)

1950s

b)

1940s

c)

1920s

d)

1930s

2.

"Daisy's world was redolent of orchids and pleasant flowers"

What does the word redolent mean in the above sentence?

a)

musty

b)

fragrant

c)

foul

d)

stench

3.

The narrator of the Great Gatsby excerpt is.....

a)

Nick Carraway

b)

Jay Gatsby

c)

Daisy

d)

Tom Buchanan

4.

"The afternoon had made them tranquil for a while"

Tranquil in this statement means:

a)

excited

b)

agitated

c)

peaceful

d)

nervous

5.

" he knew that he was in Daisy’s house by a colossal accident"

Colossal in this statement means:

a)

massive

b)

petite

c)

minuscule

d)

miniature

6.

The dialogue of the Great Gatsby excerpt is between Nick Carraway and Jay Gatsby.

What does dialogue mean?

a)

silence

b)

monologue

c)

conversation

d)

debate

7.

" ‘Jay Gatsby’ had broken up like glass against Tom’s hard malice"

Malice in this statement means:

a)

goodwill

b)

viciousness

c)

friendliness

d)

valor

8.

In the excerpt from the Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is the ...

a)

antagonist

b)

narrator

c)

secondary character

d)

protagonist

9.

"He did extraordinarily well in the war."

Extraordinarily in this sentence means:

a)

typical

b)

poorly

c)

sensational

d)

awful

10.

" He took what he could get, ravenously and unscrupulously."

Unscrupulously in this sentence means:

a)

honorable

b)

degraded

c)

noble

d)

unethical

11.

The beginning of the Great Gatsby excerpt starts with a flashback from Gatsby's early life.

Flashback in this sentence means:

a)

recollection of experience

b)

present experience

c)

future experience

d)

current event

12.

"Gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth can preserve."

Preserve means:

a)

neglect

b)

damage

c)

harm

d)

maintain

13.

"There were always rooms that throbbed incessantly with this low sweet fever."

Incessantly in this sentence means:

a)

seldom

b)

occasionally

c)

consistently

d)

periodically

14.

Jay Gatsby states, "Well, there I was, way off my ambitions"

Ambitions in this sentence means:

a)

procrastination

b)

aspirations

c)

laziness

d)

apathy