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Scarlet Letter & Great Gatsby
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A #english review of the #ScarletLetter and #GreatGatsby
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What is Pearl a symbol for? How does she change?
She goes from demon child to good girl
She's a symbol for sin
She's a symbol for the good that can come out of bad
She goes from good to evil
2
How does Hester change in the novel?
She's made herself less feminine in a sense
Hawthorne explains she becomes tougher throughout the book
She's changed from female to male
She went from crazy to sane throughout the novel
3
An exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Overstatement
Simile
4
Tom & Myrtle?
Tom has significant feelings for Myrtle that consume him
Myrtle is Becky with the good hair to Tom
Myrtle and Tom are best friends turned lovers
Myrtle is Tom's sister
5
How does the novel end?
Dimmesdale died on the scaffold
Roger dies a year later & left everything to Pearl
Hester dies in Boston and on her tombstone is the "A"
Hester takes Pearl to Europe to raise her for adulthood
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Why did Gatsby fire his servants?
He thought they didn't meet his needs correctly
He wanted to live in solitude for the rest of his life
He didn't have the money to pay for them
He didn't want him to gossip about his affair with Daisy
7
What is the setting of the novel?
1749-1752; Cleveland, OH
1642-1649; Roanoke, VA
1642-1649; San Francisco, CA
1642-1649; Boston, MA
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a companion piece to a story within a story
Frame(d) Story
Becky with the good hair
Old Literature
New Criticism
9
How do the townspeople view Pearl?
They think she was created out of sin & her birth is unholy
She's a demon child
She is beloved by all of the Townspeople
She is adored by some but hated by many
10
What must every new settlement have?
A hospital & kitchen
A hospital & cemetery
A prison & cemetery
A home & garden
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It aims at explaining that idea or thing by comparing it to something that is familiar
New Criticism
Analogy
Setting
Tone
12
What is the point of view of this novel?
2nd person
1st person
3rd person
13
An interruption of the chronological sequence of an event/story of earlier occurrence
Document
Flashback
Analogy
Conflict
14
What is the setting of The Great Gatsby?
Summer 1922; Long Island, NY
Winter, 1922; NYC, NY
Fall, 1922; Long Island, NY
Spring, 1920; NYC, NY
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Why was Chillingworth late arriving to Boston?
He was handling a surgery
He was kidnapped by Indians
He was abducted by aliens
He was taken by British soldiers
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What does the A mean? How does it change throughout the novel?
It stands for adultery and evolves to angel
It mean's angel for the governor's death at the end
It stands for abstinence that Hester didn't obtain
It sends for abomination for Pearl
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They are relatively uncomplicated and do not change throughout the course of a work/novel
Flat Character
New Criticism
Irony
Becky
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The resolution of the issue of a complicated plot in fiction
Suspense
Symbol
Denouement
Hyperbole
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Why does Hester tell Dimmesdale the truth about Chillingsworth?
Hester sees Dimmesdale becoming sick
She wants to love him appropriately
She wants to warn Dimmesd. that he's living w/ his tormentor
She wants to be a good person for God
20
Select a statement that is true about Gatsby
Gatsby was highly decorated as an officer in WWI
He went to Hampton University
He was a cook for WWI
He went to Oxford
21
The location and time frame in which the action of a narrative takes place
Tone
Setting
22
What do the weeds symbolize?
Moral evil
The adolescent development of people
The truth found throughout the lies
The innocence that some people still have
23
What does Dimmesdale do to punish himself?
Whips himself & fasts; & he gets on the scaffold that night
He drinks until he passes out
He gets someone to beat him up
He stabs himself
24
A main idea or an underlying
meaning
of a
literary
work that may be stated directly/indirectly
Irony
Tone
Theme
Biography
25
Feeling, emotion, or mood a writer shows to a reader from the description of setting & objects
Atmosphere
Theme
New Criticism
Irony
26
where an object, person, or situation has another
meaning
other than its literal
meaning
Symbol
Stage
Conflict
Irony
27
Who is Dan Cody? What happened between him and Gatsby?
He killed Gatsby
He's the man who taught Gatsby how to be a gentleman
28
Intended
meaning
is different from the actual
meaning
of the words
Theme
Irony
Setting
Antagonist
29
Jay Gatsby & Daisy Buchanan?
She cried for him the day before her wedding with Tom
Daisy hates him and wishes he would leave her alone
They met years ago, he still loves her although shes married
He left her for the war
30
The author specifically reveals traits about the character in a
direct
, straightforward way
Direct Characterization
Simile
Indirect Characterization
Analogy
31
What happens b/w Hester, Pearl, & Dimmesdale in the forest? What plans do they make?
Hester & Dimmesdale have a private convo
Hester takes off her hat & scarlet letter
Hester tells Dimmesdale that Roger is her husband
Hester and Dimmesdale make plans to run away to Europe
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Emphasis close reading to discover how a work of
literature
functioned as a aesthetic object.
Carrie Whitley
New Criticism
Framed Story
New Literacism
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a struggle between two opposing forces usually a protagonist and an antagonist
Suspense
Plot Twists
Symbol
Conflict
34
Why does Gatsby throw big parties?
Because he's a drug lord and wants money
So he can impress & reconnect with Daisy
He wants to sleep with Myrtle
He wants to sell his house to merchants
35
What important virtue does Nick claim for himself?
Honesty
Cleanliness
Trustworthiness
Faithfulness
36
Complex and undergo development, sometimes sufficiently to surprise the reader
Becky
Round Character
Myrtle
Flat Character
37
When a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story
Flashback
Foreshadowing
Round Character
Conflict
38
The color green symbolizes..? The ash heaps symbolize..?
Green= Gatsby's money and longing for Daisy
Ash heaps= the ashes of those who've perished in NYC
Ash heaps= moral wasteland
Green= a light for the people who attended Gatsby's party
39
Where the
narrator
knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters
3rd Person Omniscient
2nd Person
1st Person
3rd Person Limited
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Shows the attitudes toward the subject and toward the audience implied in a
literary
work
Tone
Setting
41
What does Dimmesdale tell Hester about the two of them being together in Heaven?
They won't make it to heaven
They'll be separated b/c of their temptations here on Earth
God will cherish their relationship just as much as they did
They'll be together forever
42
How does Hester earn a living?
She's an ironsmith
She's a blacksmith
She's a seamstress
She's a housewife
43
When the personality of a fictitious character is revealed through speech, actions, etc
New Criticism
Analogy
Indirect Characterization
Direct Characterization
44
Who is Nick Carraway?
Daisy's cousin who lives in West Egg; is in bond business
A young man from Chicago who has hope for a better life
Myrtle's cousin who's in the boat business
The old sport who lives next door to Gatsby
45
Comparison between two things that are unrelated but share some common characteristics
Metaphor
Framed Story
Simile
Irony
