Definitions
The Great Gatsby
Colin in Black and White
Friday Night Lights
100

The state of how things really are? 

Reality

100

How did Gatsby die? 

He was shot

100

Colin compared the NFL combine draft to what?

Slavery 

100

Why does Bissinger begin the chapter with a story about the civil war?

The civil war is in relation to the game, of how it should go. Bissinger thought it was the proper parallels.

200

How the narrative is presented to the reader, listener or viewer? 

Narrative Structure

200

What is Jay Gatsby’s real name?

James Gatz

200

In Episode 1 of Colin says the first step to making any football team is the…?

Tryout

200

What is the moral of the story that the coach tells the players?

That loyalty and the brotherhood you should behold.

300

Disappointment in someone or something that one discovers to be less good than one has believed

Disillusioned

300

After the party, what does Tom suggest is Gatsby’s occupation?

A Bootlegger

300

In the NFL, over 70% of athletes are black and yet the prototypical quarterback is what race?

White 

300

What is the “Mason-Dixon line”?

The “Mason-Dixon line” is the boundary line separating the two schools.

400

The subject or talk, a piece of writing, a person’s thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic? 

Theme 

400

To which character is Nick most sympathetic to?

Jordan

400

When Colin had cornrows he was told he had to cut them off if he wanted to be a part of the baseball team.

True or False?

True

400

What is the importance of the Permian-Odessa football game?

Permian and Odessa are huge football rivals. It was a class of values between the nouveau riche east side of town and the older, humblerwest, between white and Hispanic, between rich and poor, between the suburban-style mal and the decrepit, decaying downtown.

500

An unfulfilled generation coming to maturity during a period of instabilities?

The Lost Generation 

500

Why did Gatsby expect Daisy to leave her husband for him? 

Money 

500

While Kaepernick was a quarterback in the NFL, he protested against police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem and people called him unpatriotic, un-American, disrespectful, they said it was an attack on the country, fans burned his jerseys and the NFL banned him from the league and he never played again.

True or False? 

True

500

How did the desegregation of Odessa schools affect Odessa High?

It creates a sense of lower status and how they feel every time they lose. It is between the nouveau riche east side of town and the older, humbler west. Between white and Hispanic, between rich and poor...

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