REVIEW AND QUIZ OVER THE GREAT GATSBY FOR HIGH SCHOOL ENGLISH STUDENTS Julia Keller EDCI 270 Project 3

TARGET AUDIENCE:  9 th or 10 th grade High School Students who have read The Great Gatsby in class.

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT:  In class work. Once the unit on The Great Gatsby is done, the class will go to a computer lab to do this overview.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:  Given that a student has read The Great Gatsby and given a PowerPoint review of the characteristics and quotes about and by the main characters, individual students will be able to match the characters with their characteristics and quotes in a multiple choice format on those materials with 100% accuracy.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES:  Given that a student has read The Great Gatsby and given a PowerPoint review of the vocabulary throughout the novel with definitions and example sentences from the novel, individual students will be able to match those vocab words into new example sentences in a multiple choice format with 100% accuracy.

THE GREAT GATSBY REVIEW In this review we will go over characters and vocabulary of The Great Gatsby. After the review, there will be a quiz, so pay attention!!

BUTTONS:  These are the main buttons that you will encounter throughout this review. Any other buttons will be explained as they appear. ~ Takes you back to the menu. ~will take you back to the last page you were viewing ~will take you to the next page

MAIN MENU:

VIDEOS:  Remember that since this is so short and uses humor it does not cover everything, but it should remind you of some of the big events from the novel.

EXTRA VIDEO:  This video introduces The Great Gatsby by over-viewing the first chapter and mentioning some themes that go throughout the book.

EXTRA VIDEO:  This video overviews various topics in The Great Gatsby, pay special attention to what Green says about the symbols in the book.

CHARACTERS: Click on each character to see their page. When you are done, take the Practice Quiz. Jay Gatsby Nick Carraway Daisy Buchanan Tom Buchanan Jordan Baker

JAY GATSBY

Quote: "If it wasn't for the mist we could see your home across the bay... You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock." (about Daisy’s house)(pg 98) The green light is a very significant symbol throughout the novel, Gatsby sometimes watches it at night.

Quote: “Just tell him the truth—that you never loved him—and it’s all wiped out forever” (to Daisy about Tom)(pg 139) Gatsby wants Daisy to have never loved Tom in order for his fantasy to be perfect, but this is not the case. Daisy admits that she did love Tom for a time.

NICK CARRAWAY

Quote: “I was a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler.” (about himself)(pg8) This is right after Nick moves to West Egg. He is asked directions by a newcomer and this makes him really feel like a part of the community.

Quote: "Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known." (pg 64) This shows that we can trust the impressions that Nick gives us of the other characters. Honesty is an important quality in a narrator.

DAISY BUCHANAN

Quote: “I hope she’ll be a fool— that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.” (Daisy about her daughter)(pg 21) This shows Daisy’s attitude toward women’s place in her society. She lives a superficial life and realizes that if a girl is foolish she may never realize how little power she has over her life.

Quote: “It makes me sad because I've never seen such—such beautiful shirts before.” (pg 98) Daisy bursts into tears in this memorable scene where Jay is showing Nick and Daisy his huge wardrobe. But do you think she is really crying over the shirts?

TOM BUCHANAN

Quote: “It was a body capable of enormous leverage — a cruel body.” (Nick about Tom)(pg 11) This shows how Nick sees Tom as a human being. Rough around the edges, Tom is not a very loving person. He does not like to be called out on his size, as exemplified in one of his conversations with Daisy.

Quote: “I told him[George] the truth…He came to the door while we were getting ready to leave” (pg 187) This shows the sad truth of how George found out who supposedly hit his wife. Tom did not have all of the information correct, however, and told George that it was Jay Gatsby who was driving the car.

JORDAN BAKER

Quote: “She wasn’t able to endure being at a disadvantage” (Nick about Jordan)(pg 63) Jordan really likes to be the best at everything, and is willing to cheat to do so.

Quote: “I couldn’t have talked to her across a teatable that day if I never talked to her again in this world” (Nick about Jordan)(pg 163) In the end, even though Nick had liked Jordan for awhile, her actions led to him truly disliking her.

PRACTICE CHARACTER QUIZ:

SORRY, TRY AGAIN! Think about how Nick describes himself at the very beginning of the novel.

CORRECT! Nick even goes so far as to say that he has the virtue of honesty in his description of himself.

PRACTICE CHARACTER QUIZ:

SORRY, TRY AGAIN! Remember how George was actually misinformed about who was driving the car that hit his wife? Who was it that told him it was Gatsby?

CORRECT! Tom was the one who told George that Gatsby was driving the car that hit Myrtle. This was not actually the truth, however, and led to some nasty consequences.

PRACTICE CHARACTER QUIZ:

SORRY, TRY AGAIN! Remember to choose the quality that does not apply to Daisy.

CORRECT! Daisy actually did love Tom at a point in time, and this was a point of contention for Gatsby, who wanted the opposite to be true. You have completed the Practice Character Quiz!

VOCABULARY:  Feign: (V.) -to imitate deceptively; to make believe; pretend. (pg 5) “frequently I have feigned sleep […] when I realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon”  Strident: (Adj.) -having a shrill, irritating quality or character. (pg 40) “each time I tried to go I became entangled in some wild strident argument”  Permeate: (V.) -to pass into or through every part of; to penetrate through the pores; to be diffused through; pervade; saturate. (pg 44) “The bar is in full swing and floating rounds of cocktails permeate the garden”

VOCABULARY:  Jaunty: (Adj.) -easy and sprightly in manner or bearing. (pg 84) “this clean, hard, limited person who dealt in universal skepticism and who leaned back jauntily just within the circle of my arm.”  Serf: (N.) -a slave, a person in bondage or servitude.(pg 93) “Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry.”  Laudable: (Adj.) -deserving praise; praiseworthy; commendable. (pg 103) “This was his day off and with laudable initiative he has hurried out “to see.””

VOCABULARY:  Tumult: (N.) -uproar; disorder; highly distressing agitation of mind or feeling. (pg 132) “The prolonged and tumultuous argument that ended by herding us into that room eludes me”  In cahoots: (Phrase) -in partnership; in league with; in conspiracy. (pg 162) “as if we’d been in estatic cahoots on that fact all the time.”  Borne: (V.) –carried. (pg.189) “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

PRACTICE VOCABULARY QUIZ:

SORRY, TRY AGAIN! Think about how much noise and confusion there would be surrounding a car accident, and maybe George thought that Nick was working with someone else to hurt Myrtle. What words fit into those slots?

CORRECT! Tumult is a word that is similar to uproar, and to be in cahoots with someone is like being their partner.

PRACTICE VOCABULARY QUIZ:

SORRY, TRY AGAIN! Think about it this way: The people were like slaves to their extravagant lifestyles. What is another word for slave?

CORRECT! A serf is like a slave or someone who is under someone else’s control.

PRACTICE VOCABULARY QUIZ:

SORRY, TRY AGAIN! The parties annoyed Daisy, and she did not think that the party-guests were very good people. What is another way to say that?

CORRECT! Strident means shrill and you would think someone was laudable if you were proud of their actions. You have finished the Practice Vocabulary Quiz!

QUIZ  At any time during the quiz, you can stop and go back to the Main Menu if you need to review again, but you will have to start the quiz over.  Are you sure you want to start the Quiz??

SORRY, TRY AGAIN! Pick the one that does not apply to Gatsby.

CORRECT! Gatsby could not have made that statement, which is “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” Nick wrote that as a closing statement that reflects on the seemingly unchangeable human nature of always looking into the past.

SORRY, TRY AGAIN! Think about which does not apply to Nick. He states all of these things about himself except for one, which he negates in the novel.

CORRECT! Nick did not know Gatsby, though they did end up being friends, and Gatsby often talked to him like he was an old friend.

SORRY, TRY AGAIN! Think about which one does not apply to Daisy.

CORRECT! Daisy did say that she loved Tom for awhile, which did not make Gatsby very happy because he only wanted her to have ever loved him.

SORRY, TRY AGAIN! Which one does not apply to Tom? One of the traits actually applies to Nick.

CORRECT! Nick was the one who said that he “was a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler” after giving directions to a man on the road.

SORRY, TRY AGAIN! Which does not apply to Jordan? Think about how Nick portrays her at the end of the novel.

CORRECT! Jordan is actually pretty cold to people because of her elitist attitude.

SORRY, TRY AGAIN! Remember when people were fighting about who Daisy was in love with? Who would have made that statement?

CORRECT! Jay Gatsby was trying to get Daisy to say that she never loved Tom, but that was not true.

SORRY, TRY AGAIN! Think about when this happened in the book? Whose shirts is the speaker talking about?

CORRECT! Daisy started crying when Gatsby was showing her and Nick the shirts from Gatsby’s closet. Though it may not have actually been the shirts that she was so upset about.

SORRY, TRY AGAIN! Think about who it was that was actually misinformed about who was driving the car that hit the woman? Who was it that told that man that it was Gatsby?

CORRECT! Tom was the one who told George that Gatsby was driving the car that hit Myrtle. This was not actually the truth, however, and led to some nasty consequences.

SORRY, TRY AGAIN! Nick was not actually interested in the conversations, since they annoyed him. And there were party guests all over Gatsby’s property. What vocab words fit in those slots?

CORRECT! Feigned is similar to faking, strident conversations would be shrill and annoying. For guests to permeate the atmosphere, there would have to be a lot of them, just like at Gatsby’s parties.

SORRY, TRY AGAIN! Gatsby acts like he is happy even though he is not always so on the inside. Some people would be very impressed by his actions under such circumstances even though he needs his money in order to continue his lifestyle as it is. What vocab words make sense in that context?

CORRECT! Jaunty is easy and springy, laudable means worthy of praise, and it could be said that Gatsby and some of the other characters in the book were like serfs, or slaves, to their money.

SORRY, TRY AGAIN! Think about how much noise and confusion there would be surrounding a car accident, maybe George thought that Nick was working with someone else to hurt Myrtle, and Gatsby took the blame for it all. What words fit into those slots?

CORRECT! Tumult is a large amount of disorder or an uproar, to be in cahoots is like to be a partner with someone, and borne means to be carried.

CONGRATULATIONS!! You have successfully completed the Quiz!

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