Overview & Summary (Leaving Cert English): Quizzes
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In what year was The Great Gatsby published?
In what year was The Great Gatsby published?
1925
What type of narrator is Nick Carraway described as in the novel?
What type of narrator is Nick Carraway described as in the novel?
An unreliable narrator
Which literary movement was Fitzgerald writing during?
Which literary movement was Fitzgerald writing during?
Modernist movement
What term did Fitzgerald use to describe the era of the 1920s?
What term did Fitzgerald use to describe the era of the 1920s?
The Jazz Age
Which Act in 1919 paradoxically created opportunities for wealth through illegal activities?
Which Act in 1919 paradoxically created opportunities for wealth through illegal activities?
Prohibition Act
What are the three social classes presented in the novel?
What are the three social classes presented in the novel?
Old Money, New Money, No Money
What does the green light primarily symbolise in the novel?
What does the green light primarily symbolise in the novel?
Hope
According to George Wilson, what do the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg represent?
According to George Wilson, what do the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg represent?
God's eyes
What was Jay Gatsby's original name?
What was Jay Gatsby's original name?
James Gatz
How did Gatsby acquire his 'new money' wealth?
How did Gatsby acquire his 'new money' wealth?
Bootlegging during Prohibition
Where does Gatsby die?
Where does Gatsby die?
In his swimming pool
What is Nick Carraway's relationship to Daisy Buchanan?
What is Nick Carraway's relationship to Daisy Buchanan?
Her cousin
Who actually kills Myrtle Wilson with a car?
Who actually kills Myrtle Wilson with a car?
Daisy