Quotes
The Great Gatsby
Hemingway
Grammar
Miscellaneous
100
'All right,' I said, 'I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool-- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.'
Daisy
100
Who is Nick Carraway's cousin?
Daisy Buchanan
100
What is the Icerberg Theory?
Hemingway only gives his readers the "tip of the iceberg." Through close reading and inference making, the reader can fill in the blanks of his stories.
100
Today is Ms. Orzel's last day of student teaching and she is sad to leave. Where do you insert the comma? Why?
Today is Ms. Orzel's last day of student teaching, and she is sad to leave. These are two independent clauses.
100
What is the adverb form of quick?
quickly.
200
"No, you don't," ... "Myrtle'll be hurt of you don't come up to the apartment. Won't you, Myrtle?"
Tom
200
Nick and Gatsby live in West Egg, while Daisy, Tom, and Jordan Baker live in East Egg. What is the difference between the two locations?
West Egg is "new" money, while East Egg is "old" money.
200
In Hemingway's, "Soldier's Home," Krebs is suffering from a psychological condition. What is this condition called?
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
200
Each shoe and each pair of socks ________ to be picked up from the floor. Need or needs? Why?
Needs. Anytime "each" is used in a sentence, the verb will always be singlular.
200
Where did Fitzgerald go to college?
Princeton University
300
"By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me. They meet all kinds of crazy fish." Who said this and what is he or she talking about?
Tom. He is suspicious of Daisy and Gatsby's "friendship."
300
Why does Gatsby throw lavish parties? Who are his guests?
He throws parties in hopes that Daisy with stop by. His guests are random, sometimes important, people.
300
In Hemingway's story, "Indian Camp," Nick goes with his father, who is a doctor, to a camp to become educated on life. What happens during the delivery that leaves Nick questioning death?
He witnesses the woman's husband commit suicide.
300
My brother or my mom ______ picking me up from school. Do we use is or are? Why?
Is. When two subjects are conjoined by "or" the verb will always be singular.
300
Fitzgerald uses color imagery in his writings. Name two instances where color imagery is used and what it symbolizes.
The description of the houses. Green= hope. Gray= valley of the ashes.
400
"He wished there were more maps. He looked forward with a good feeling to reading all the really good histories when they would come out with good detail maps." What story is this from and what can we infer from this quote?
"Soldier's Home" by Hemingway. After coming back from war, the main character, Krebs, is lost and disconnected from society. He is seraching for his way back.
400
How do the images in the chapter show that Gatsby is attempting to stop time and win Daisy?
Time is a major symbol in this chapter. Throughout the chapter, the time is brought up. Gatsby seems flustered and continues to look at the time. He tips a clock over, catching it in mid air-- this symbolizes Gatsby's attempt at catching "old times" and stopping them.
400
In "The End of Something" Nick breaks up with Margorie. Nick's friend, Bill, walks up and asks him, "How did it go?" What does this show about the break up?
It was something planned because Nick told Bill about it.
400
Fill in affect and effect. The weather will ______ what we wear. The ______ of the disease was blindness.
affect; effect.
400
In the short story, "Indian Camp," Krebs sits on his porch and observes the girls passing by. He says that he likes American girls better than the Germain and French girls. Using your inference skills, why do you think he likes to look at the American girls rather than the foreign girls?
The foreign girls remind him of the war and life after he left. He wants to turn back time and return to his life before he left for war.
500
"I waited, and about for o'clock she came to the window and stood there for a minute and then turned out the light." Who is the speaker and what does this quotation signify? What is the context?
Gatsby. After the accident, Daisy asks Gatsby to wait for him. She doesn't, and this is the moment he loses all hope. Daisy will never leave Tom.
500
How old is Nick Carraway?
Nick Carraway turns 30 years old in chapter 7.
500
Where did Hemingway grow up?
He grew up in Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago.
500
Each of the American Studies students ______ going to turn in their Junior Research Project. Is or are? Why?
Is. There are two reasons. Whenever using "each" always use the singular verb. Also, "students" is the object of the prepositional phrase.
500
When is Ms. Orzel's birthday?
Septemeber 19, 1988
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