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11th Grade
03/06/2012

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What were the years of modernism?
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1900 to 1945
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Who coined the phrase "jazz age"?
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f. scott fitzgerald
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When did the jazz age occur?
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1920s
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When did the great depression occur?
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1930s
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Modernist writing is marked by what four things?
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a break from tradition, question to find new ways to find man's view in the universe, experimentation in form and style, elevation of the individual over the social
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What was ezra pound's famous phrase about modernism?
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make it new
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Modernism is bleak because of what major war? Why?
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world war one; civilizations are destroying themselves
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How does urbanization and technology make modernism bleak?
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it shows an increasing gap between rich and poor, large scale migration, and cultural dislocation
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What two philosophers were incolved in changing science and changing ourselves?
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marx and freud
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What scientific advances are seen in the modernist era?
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world is not just what is perceived, time and space are relative to the observer, something can be changed by looking at it
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Explain schrodinger's cat.
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until the box is open, the cat is living and dead.
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Karl Marx says that history can only be understood through_______.
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economics
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Who is the father of psychoanalysis?
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Sigmund Freud
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What are the three parts of the mind?
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id, ego, superego
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The id is the ____, the ego is the _____, and the superego is the _____.
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uncocious mind, executive mediator, internalized ideal
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The id focuses on satisfying ____.
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desires
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The ego is based on the _____.
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reality principle, other people have needs or desires
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The superego develops due to ____and_____placed on us by our caregivers.
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moral and ethical restraints
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What is the strongest of the three parts of the mind?
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ego
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MOdernist writers tend to look to ____for answers.
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themselves
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What are three characteristics of modernist writing?
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abstraction, complexity, elitism
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Modernist writers try to use ____techniques where the reader is given bits and pieces and has to do work trying to figure it out.
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fragmentary
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What is an example of a novel that uses fragmentary techniques?
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the sound and the fury by william faulkner
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F. Scott Fitzgerald comes from ____descent. And when was he born? where?
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irsih catholic; september 24, 1896; st. paul, minnesota
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Who was he named after?
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F. Scott Key
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f scott fitzgerald mother was ____and his father was ____. was his family poor or rich?
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molly; edward;rich
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What happened to f scott fitzgerald in 1913?
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he was accepted to princeton
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FSF joined the _____.
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triangle club
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When did FSF withdraw from princeton? why?
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he was failing too many classes; dropped out in 1917
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Where was FSF in June 1918?
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world war I--second lieutenant
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What was FSF's greatest regret of his life?
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lack of combat experience
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Where did FSF marry zelda?
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st. patrick's cathedral in nyc
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F scott fitz was known as teh _______and zelda was known as the _____.
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king of the jazz age; queen of the flappers
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Who did f scott fitz write for?
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saturday evening post
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in march 1922, f scott published his second novel called ______. first novel?
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the beautiful and damned
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In the Spring of 1924, the Fitzgeralds decided to move to _____.
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europe
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Zelda has an affair with a _____.
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french aviator
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What happened October, 29 1929?
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the stock market crashed
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FSF was assigned to work on a film called _____which was the most popular film of 1938.
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three comrades
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When and why did FSF die?
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died of a heart attack at the age of 44 on december 21, 1940
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Who said this: "What would a play or an ending of a play be without the introduction, which you don't know the meaning of till you get to the end?
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Christopher Marlowe
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know the meaning of ulysses by james joyce
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Term
What was the name of fSF's first novel?
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this side of paradise
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East Egg people are more _____, less _____, _____matters to them, they come from _____, they have "______".
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fashionable; friendly; geography; nobility; old money
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What main character in the story comes from West Egg?
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nick
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West Egg is less _____. They have a strange ____. Most people belong to the _____. They come from "____".
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fashionable; community; working class; new money
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Tom is from ____. Daisy is from _____.
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Louisville
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T. S. Elliot wrote what tow poems?
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the hollow men; the wasteland
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What is repeated over and over again in the hollow men?
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eyes
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Human productions are outgrowths of _____.
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human experiences
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Literary critcism tries to explain the literary works to us including its: ___, ____, _____, ____.
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production, meaning, design, beauty
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Criticial theory tries to explain the ______and____upon which literary critcism rests.
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assumptions and values
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Gatsyby's perception of _______drives his psychology.
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economic authority
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Daisy's _____keeps her passive.
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economic need
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What is the difference between "with the grain and without the grain"?
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with the grain means you interpret work the way it invites us to interpret; without the grain says this is what it wants to say and this is why it's not saying it
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What is an example of with the grain and "without the grain" in the great gatsby?
Definition
gatsby's love for daisy is not real love, however with the grain would be seeing Gatsby as a romantic
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What are the four -isms?
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psychoanalytical critcism, marxist critcism, feminist criticism, multicultural criticism
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Psychoanalytical criticism seems to try and figure out how the text is shaped by its representation fo the _____, _____, and _____of its characters or even its author.
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desires, needs, conflicts
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Marxist criticism seems to question whether or not the text is shaped by its representation of _____or ______.
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capitalism or classism
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What is an example of marxist criticism?
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itsy bitsy spider
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Feminist criticism seems to try and figure out how the text is shaped by its representation of ____and ____-.
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patriarchial norms and values
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What would be an example of feminist criticism?
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does hermionie granger get the credit she deserves
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Multicultural critcism asks how the text is shaped by its representation of ____and _____.
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race and racial differences
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what is an example of multicultural criticism?
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black spiderman by donald glover
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Eros is the ____ and thanatos is the _____>
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sexual drive; death drive
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What causes anxiety?
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the return of repressed feelings
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____attachments can be associated with psychoanalytical critcism.
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oedipal
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Marxist criticism considers what other five isms?
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classism, patriotism, individualism, consumerism, capitalism
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Marxist criticism says that everything comes out of _____
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economic reality
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Marxist criticism is made up of the superstructure and the base. What are the three parts of the superstructure? What is the main part of the base?
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soceity, government, religion; economic
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_____is biological. _____is a product of soceity.
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sex; gender
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What is the Bechdel Test? Who founded it?
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two women who to talk to each other about something other than a male; allison bechdel
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Women opressed by ______. Where patriarchy reigns, woman is _____. All of _____is deeply rooted in patriarchal ideology. All feminist activity can be seen as a form of ____.
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patriarchy; other; western civilization; activism
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Where is Nick Carraway from?
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minnesota
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Nick works in the ____business.
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bond
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Nick graduated from _____and has many connections to ____.
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yale; east egg
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At the beginning of the book Tom tries to interest Daisy, Jordan, and Nick in a book called:______.
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rise of the colored empires
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The eyes of ____watch over things that happen in the valley of ashes.
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dr. T. J. eckelburg
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What is the name of the apartment complex that Tom uses for his affair?
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Morningside Heights
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The valley of ashes represents ____. It is a symbol for_____.
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poverty; the fake facade of the east and west egg, that both are declining morally and are actually as dirty as the valley of ashes
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Who speculates that gatsby was a german spy during the war?
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lucille
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What does Gatsby show nick to prove himself?
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a picture and a medal
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Where is james gatz from?
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north dakota
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Gatsby worked for ____on a yacht.
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Dan Cody
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How much money did Cody leave gatsby when he died? Why couldn't gatsby obtain the money?
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$25, 000; his mistress got in the way
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During the quarrel at the end of the novel, what does nick realize?
Definition
it is his thiritieth birthday
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Who is Michaelis?
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a greek man who runs the restaurant next to wilson's garage
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What color is gatsby's car?
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yellow
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Which character thinks that the eyes of dr. t.j. eckleburg are the eyes of god?
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george wilson
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What does Wilson do at the end of the novel?
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shoots gatsby and then shoots himself
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Who attends gatsby's funeral?
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nick, owl eyes, henry gatz (his father)
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What charcter is daisy related to?
Definition
nick's cousin
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What does the green light represent?
Definition
gatsby's dream for the future
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What does the valley of ashes symbolize?
Definition
how the rich are ultimately going nowhere because they are obsessed with pleasing themselves
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where is the valley of ashes located?
Definition
between west egg and new york city
Term
what does fitzgerald call the 1920s?
Definition
the jazz age
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_____claims to always watch for the longest day of the year and miss it.
Definition
daisy
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_____is myrtle's sister who claims that tom can't divorce because his wife is catholic.
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catherine
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____is in the car the goes into the ditch.
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owl eyes
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___narrates the novel.
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nick
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____is also known as the border.
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klipsringer
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_____is a photographer looking for work.
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mr. mckee
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_____owns a string of polo ponies.
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tom buchanan
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____remembers the days at the metropole where Rosy Rosental was shot.
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meyer wolfsheim
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_____wants to buy a car from tom.
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george
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Gatsby's parents were _____.
Definition
farmers
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How long did gatsby work for dan cody? what are four examples of jobs he did?
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5 years; mate, skipper, secretary, jailor
Term
Who actually received cody's money?
Definition
ella kaye
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What special preparations does gatsby make for having tea with daisy at nick's house?
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the grass was cut and flowers were sent
Term
What does the puppy symbolize in the great gatsby?
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the relationship between master and servant; myrtle is a servant to tom
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What does gatsby's car symbolize in the great gatsby?
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materialism
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What does the lcock on nick's mantle represent?
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when gatsby knocks it over, it represents his desire to stop time and to ultimatley live in the past
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How long are george and myrtle married?
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12 years
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What is gatzby's nickname?
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trimalchio
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How long does gatsby spend away from daisy?
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five years
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where did gatsby go to college?
Definition
st. olaf
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