Character: Nick Carraway (Leaving Cert English): Quizzes
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Where is Nick Carraway originally from before moving to New York?
Where is Nick Carraway originally from before moving to New York?
Minnesota
What type of narrator is Nick, meaning he exists within the story he tells?
What type of narrator is Nick, meaning he exists within the story he tells?
Intradiegetic narrator
Which phrase describes Nick's paradoxical position of involvement and detachment?
Which phrase describes Nick's paradoxical position of involvement and detachment?
Within and without
Nick claims to be 'one of the few' what kind of people he has ever known?
Nick claims to be 'one of the few' what kind of people he has ever known?
Honest
Which word does Nick use that encourages readers to question his honesty claim?
Which word does Nick use that encourages readers to question his honesty claim?
Suspect
How long after the events does Nick narrate the story?
How long after the events does Nick narrate the story?
Two years later
What happens to Nick's narration when he becomes intoxicated in Chapter 2?
What happens to Nick's narration when he becomes intoxicated in Chapter 2?
It becomes distorted
What does Nick's frequent reference to lights symbolise in the novel?
What does Nick's frequent reference to lights symbolise in the novel?
Instability of economic/emotional systems
Which Conrad novel does Nick's 'constant flicker' imagery reference?
Which Conrad novel does Nick's 'constant flicker' imagery reference?
Heart of Darkness
What significant age does Nick turn during the novel's events?
What significant age does Nick turn during the novel's events?
Thirty
Despite having less wealth, Nick is more accepted than Gatsby by which society?
Despite having less wealth, Nick is more accepted than Gatsby by which society?
East Egg society
What does Jordan Baker represent according to Nick's perspective?
What does Jordan Baker represent according to Nick's perspective?
Ideal society girl of American Twenties
How does Nick's relationship with Jordan Baker ultimately end?
How does Nick's relationship with Jordan Baker ultimately end?
With indifference
Nick describes Gatsby as representing 'everything for which I have an unaffected' what?
Nick describes Gatsby as representing 'everything for which I have an unaffected' what?
Scorn
Which two literary movements does the novel combine through Nick's narration?
Which two literary movements does the novel combine through Nick's narration?
Realism and modernism