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The Great Gatsby Quiz

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  1. 1What does the green light symbolise in 'The Great Gatsby'? (2 correct answers)
    1. ATom's marriage to Daisy
    2. BGatsby's love and longing for Daisy
    3. CTime
    4. DGatsby's hope and the American Dream
    5. EDistance
  2. 2What type of narrator is Nick? (4 correct answers)
    1. ARetrospective
    2. BUnreliable
    3. CThird Person Omniscent
    4. DFirst Person
    5. EPresent-Tense
    6. FReliable
    7. GPeripheral
    8. HObjective
  3. 3What do Dr T.J. Eckleberg's eyes represent? (2 correct answers)
    1. ADeath
    2. BJudgement
    3. CGod
    4. DLife
    5. EEye-sight
  4. 4'The Great Gatsby' ends with the line 'So we beat on, boats against the current, travelling ceaselessly into the past'.
    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
  5. 5Which setting of the novel is more exclusive and known as being 'Old Money'?
    1. AEast Egg
    2. BWest Egg
    3. CNew York
    4. DThe Midwest
  6. 6What does the first line of the novel show about Nick?
    1. AHe is an unreliable narrator
    2. BHe is vulnerable
    3. CHe is from a rich family
    4. DHe is inclined to withhold all judgement
  7. 7Which war were both Nick and Gatsby involved in?
    1. AWorld War One
    2. BWorld War Two
    3. CAmerican Civil War
    4. DFalklands War
  8. 8Why does Gatsby throw extravagant parties?
    1. ATo distract from his illegal business ventures
    2. BHe is lonely and hopes to make friends this way
    3. CHe hopes to that they will attract Daisy one day
    4. DTo show off his lavish lifestyle and wealth
  9. 9What does the repetition of imagery of clocks represent? (2 correct answers)
    1. AThe passing of time
    2. BThe future
    3. CGatsby's dream of turning back time
    4. DMaterialistic views of 1920s American society
  10. 10What is Gatsby's father's name, and what does he represent?
    1. AJames Gatz; The difference between Gatsby and his old life
    2. BHenry B. Gatz; Old fashioned values
    3. CHenry C. Gatz; The difference between reality and Gatsby's facade
    4. DJames C. Gatz; The difference between Old Money and New Money

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A-Level English Literature Quiz on The Great Gatsby Quiz, created by 09ewhite on 20/04/2015.
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