Literary Form (Leaving Cert English): Quizzes
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Which genres does The Great Gatsby combine?
Which genres does The Great Gatsby combine?
Tragedy, realism, modernism, satire
In modern tragedy, what becomes the destructive force instead of gods?
In modern tragedy, what becomes the destructive force instead of gods?
Society itself
What real location does Fitzgerald rename as East Egg?
What real location does Fitzgerald rename as East Egg?
Great Neck
What does Nick's guest list reveal about Gatsby's party attendees?
What does Nick's guest list reveal about Gatsby's party attendees?
None truly knew who Gatsby was
Which modernist characteristic does Hugh Holman describe?
Which modernist characteristic does Hugh Holman describe?
Alienation, loss & despair
Which poem's imagery does the Valley of Ashes directly allude to?
Which poem's imagery does the Valley of Ashes directly allude to?
Eliot's 'The Waste Land'
What does the nightingale scene show when the telephone interrupts?
What does the nightingale scene show when the telephone interrupts?
Modernity destroying natural beauty
What does the novel's metafictional element involve?
What does the novel's metafictional element involve?
Self-consciousness as a fictional work
Around which chapter does the quasi-volta structure pivot?
Around which chapter does the quasi-volta structure pivot?
Chapter five
When does Nick tell his story relative to the events?
When does Nick tell his story relative to the events?
Two years after summer 1922
What are Nick's three narrative strands?
What are Nick's three narrative strands?
His experiences, Gatsby's backstory, his reflections
What is synaesthetic language?
What is synaesthetic language?
Descriptions mixing different senses
In which chapter does Nick call Gatsby the 'son of God'?
In which chapter does Nick call Gatsby the 'son of God'?
Chapter six
What does the green light symbolise?
What does the green light symbolise?
Hope, longing & the American Dream
What does Gatsby do to the clock during his reunion with Daisy?
What does Gatsby do to the clock during his reunion with Daisy?
Leans too hard against it