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According to the speaker, what has England lost?

its inward happiness

What metaphor is used to describe the subject’s soul?

a star dwelling apart

Which of the following qualities is NOT attributed to the subject’s voice in the poem?

fierce

The speaker's purpose in the octet is to

lament the state of English culture

The speaker praises Milton for all EXCEPT

perfection of classical model

What does the speaker ask the subject to do?

return and raise up the people

References to nature here are primarily used to

figuratively compare to human qualities

How does the aunt treat Swann during visits?

as a toy or object of casual use

Based upon the information in the passage, the aunt's actions and comments MOST suggest that she is a person of

ignorance

It is MOST implied in the passage that in his regular life Swann is a(n)

gentleman of fashion

The aunt's comment to Swann that the Princes of the House of France, “Gentlemen you and I will never know, will we, and don't want to, do we?” is BEST described as an example of

situational irony

The tone of the passage is BEST described as

Reflective

The speaker's primary purpose in the passage is to

explore the process of perception

From the descriptions in the passage, it is clear that, in addition to being schizophrenic, Nicole is each of the following EXCEPT

Composed

The expression "but it was just an attempt to catch at a rope that was playing out too swiftly" is a metaphor for

to clutch at fading reality

What image is used to describe Nicole’s mental state and its challenges?

water seeping through a dike

The extended metaphor in the last two paragraphs is of

water

The main character, Dick, realizes most importantly that

Dick cannot be both intimate partner and psychiatric nurse

The author’s intention is to

satirize the speaker’s opinion

The main purpose of the passage is to

demonstrate how mental illness fractures a family

What was the significance of Harlem in the early 1920s?

It became an epicenter for a vibrant African-American artistic community.

What did jazz music of the 1920s combine according to Michael Broyles?

Blues, ragtime, brass bands, gospel, and Tin Pan Alley

What was one goal of the Harlem Renaissance according to Samuel A. Floyd?

to secure economic, social, and cultural equality

Which major event marked the beginning of “First Wave Feminism” in the United States?

the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848

Which organization was led by Carrie Chapman Catt and played a significant role in advocating for women’s suffrage?

The League of Women Voters

All of the following are true about flappers in relation to women of previous generations, EXCEPT

flappers took jobs as doctors and lawyers in greater numbers

What storytelling techniques did John Dos Passos use in his novels?

journalistic techniques

Which of the following was one reason Prohibition was difficult to enforce effectively?

Wealthy Americans continued to drink despite criminalization.

What kind of writing did Lois Long contribute to The New Yorker under the name “Lipstick”?

observations about nightlife and fashion

Cultural critic Greil Marcus states what about The Great Gatsby?

It has become part of America’s “iconographic lingua franca.”

Which technological advancement contributed significantly to the rapid urbanization of the 1920s?

the widespread availability of automobiles

Which controversial topic did Margaret Sanger advocate for?

birth control access for women

What did “First Wave Feminism” in the U.S. mainly focus on?

securing women’s right to vote

The Great Gatsby is considered to be the definitive Jazz Age novel but features no meaningful engagement with ____________.

jazz itself

Which actor starred in the 2013 film adaptation of The Great Gatsby as the lead character?

Leonardo DiCaprio

Which type of literature did NOT follow the Hays Code’s strict standards?

Novels

Prohibition meant that

drinking was lessened, though it remained common

T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land was known to be influential in modernist literature because of its

use of collage, disjunction, and cultural references

Which poem by Dorothy Parker is mentioned in the Literature Resource Guide?

The Flapper

What did Gertrude Stein focus on in her writing?

radical new linguistic forms

What was a common criticism of Margaret Sanger’s activism?

It openly discussed women’s bodies and medical needs.

Joshua Zeits argues that understanding the flapper can help us understand the period itself: “Her story is the story of America in the 1920s—the first ‘________ decade)’

modern

Which of the following was a famous venue where Harlem Renaissance musicians performed?

The Cotton Club

Which writer is credited with popularizing the flapper in fiction?

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Which poet is known for experimenting with new poetic forms inspired by jazz rhythms?

Langston Hughes

A significant social result of the “Great Migration” was

the flourishing of African-American culture in northern cities like New York and Chicago

Richard A. Long consider the blues to be for Black artists of the time?

a “musical ethos,” or a way of thinking about the purpose of art

Which of the following was NOT a jazz musician during the 1920s?

Benny Goodman

What strategy did American modernist poets often use in their writing?

non-rhyming, musical or conversational style

The Volstead Act related to

Prohibition

What did Nick say he was unjustly accused of being during his college years?

a politician

What kind of business did Nick’s family start, a business which was carried on by his father?

hardware

The Great Gatsby was Fitzgerald’s

third novel

How does Nick characterize Tom Buchanan’s life after Tom’s many accomplishments in college?

anticlimactic

Nick specifically describes Tom Buchanan’s physical body as which of the following?

cruel

Why does Daisy Buchanan murmur when speaking to people, according to what Nick has heard?

to make people lean toward her

What comment from Tom Buchanan annoys Nick?

saying he never heard of Nick’s employer

Why does Daisy extinguish the candles on the porch table in the late afternoon?

She said the longest day of the year is coming.

Which character states, “—And we’ve produced all the things that go to make civilization—oh, science and art, and all that. Do you see?”

Tom Buchanan

Who is described as “a solemn old man, very helpless and dismayed, bundled up in a long cheap ulster against the warm September day”?

Gatsby’s father

What is Daisy’s attitude “..about everything,” as expressed by her in Chapter 1?

cynical

How did Nick respond when Daisy and Tom said they heard he was engaged?

He said he was too poor.

What animal did Nick notice while he saw Gatsby reach his arms out over the water?

a cat

Which minor character attended a party at Gatsby’s house?

Catherine

When Tom invites Nick to take the train to the valley of ashes, what is Nick’s assumption?

Tom thinks Nick has nothing better to do.

How does Nick describe Myrtle Wilson soon after seeing her for the first time?

smouldering

Soon after Tom and Daisy were married, Tom

had a fling with a hotel chambermaid

How did Gatsby come to be living in West Egg?

He moved there to be near Daisy.

When Nick was driving over to Fifth Avenue with Myrtle Wilson and Tom Buchanan, the summer environment was so warm and soft, according to Nick, it was almost

pastoral

What critique does Nick make about Myrtle Wilson’s apartment?

The furniture is too large.

According to Nick, what influences Myrtle Wilson’s personality change at her apartment?

when she puts on a different dress

What is the attitude of Catherine (Myrtle Wilson’s sister) towards Gatsby?

She is scared of him.

What kind of answer does Myrtle Wilson give when she overhears Nick saying, “Doesn’t she like Wilson either?”

violent and obscene

How does Tom characterize Gatsby’s feelings for Daisy?

“his presumptuous little flirtation”

What example does Myrtle provide when she states she was crazy for marrying George Wilson?

He borrowed a suit for the wedding.

Why does Tom Buchanan break Myrtle Wilson’s nose?

She keeps shouting “Daisy, Daisy, Daisy!”

What metaphor does Nick use to characterize the people who come and go from Gatsby’s parties?

moths

What almost breaks when Gatsby sees Daisy again after so many years?

a clock

When Nick Carraway first meets Meyer Wolfshiem, Wolfshiem is reminiscing about

the night a man got shot

Nick writes that Tom has “a supercilious manner.” The BEST definition of supercilious is

arrogant

Which of the following is a rumor or depiction that is NOT mentioned about Gatsby at one of his parties?

He was a descendant of Kaiser Wilhelm.

Nick describes the scene during his first attendance at one of Gatsby’s parties as “something significant, elemental, and _________.”

profound

How does Nick characterize Gatsby’s smile?

reassuring

What ironic statement does Jordan Baker give regarding large parties?

They are more intimate.

In Chapter 3, during Gatsby’s party, who did Gatsby request to speak to alone?

Jordan Baker

What did Nick notice was happening near the end of Gatsby’s party?

Most of the women were having fights with men.

The first automobile accident in the book takes place

after one of Gatsby’s parties

Who was the person Nick recognized who had been in an accident while leaving Gatsby’s party?

Owl Eyes

Who “began throwing mean looks” in Nick’s direction when he dated a girl who worked in the accounting department at his company?

her brother

What did Jordan Baker do with a car she had borrowed?

She left it out in the rain with the top down.

What type of dishonesty does Jordan Baker have, according to Nick?

incurable

How did Nick decide to remember Gatsby’s parties?

He wrote down all the guests’ names who attended that summer.

Before they meet again, Gatsby and Daisy have not seen each other for nearly

five years

James Gatz changed his name to Jay Gatsby at the point that

he was about make contact with Dan Cody

One character is described this way: “a slender, worldly girl of about thirty, with a solid, sticky bob of red hair, and a complexion powdered milky white... When she moved about there was an incessant clicking as innumerable pottery bracelets jingled up and down upon her arms.” This is describing

Catherine, Myrtle’s sister

The name of the establishment that Meyer Wolfshiem and Gatsby reminisced about was known as the ________.

Metropole

How does Gatsby characterize Meyer Wolfshiem, as he and Nick are eating lunch in New York City?

sentimental

What was Daisy Buchanan’s maiden name?

Daisy Fay

What was ironic about Daisy Buchanan the night before her wedding?

She was drunk.

When Nick came home one night, he thought at first that _____________.

Gatsby’s party was playing “hide-and-go-seek”