English III
2nd Semester Exam
Mrs. Williams
The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Character Identification
Write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items on your separate answer document.
1. Jay Gatsby A. the “border”
2. Nick Carraway B. golf player
3. Daisy Buchanan C. Buchanan’s mistress
4. Tom Buchanan D. principle witness to the accident
5. Jordan Baker E. narrator
6. Myrtle Wilson F. rich man who followed a dream
7. George Wilson G. the dream sought by (F)
8. Wolfsheim H. rich, discontented ex-athlete
9. Klipspringer I. business associate of Gatsby’s
10. Michaelis J. man who shot Gatsby
Multiple Choice
Write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items on your separate answer document.
11. The narrator of The Great Gatsby is
a. Jordan Baker
b. Jay Gatsby
c. Nick Carraway
d. Daisy Buchanan
12. Nick’s occupation is
a. as a lawyer
b. as a bonds salesman
c. as a bootlegger
d. as a stock broker
13. Which of the following words best describes Daisy’s girlhood?
a. White
b. Unforgettable
c. Romantic
d. Humiliating
14. Myrtle asks Tom to purchase
a. a dog
b. a house
c. a coat like Daisy’s
d. a new dress
15. Tom slaps Myrtle and breaks her nose at their apartment in the city because
a. it was an accident
b. they were dancing together and he slipped
c. she said daisy’s name to many times
d. she was being annoying and talking to much
16. Tom’s reason for not divorcing Daisy and marrying Myrtle is
a. because he doesn’t really love her c. because his wife is Catholic
b. because her husband would kill him d. because she is not wealthy enough
17. Gatsby and Nick meet because
a. Gatsby invites Nick to a party
b. Wolfsheim introduces them
c. Nick goes to one of Gatsby’s parties without being invited
d. Daisy introduces them at one of Gatsby’s parties
18. Gatsby’s pet name for Nick is
a. “old buddy”
b. “old pal”
c. “old chum”
d. “old sport”
19. Daisy originally met Gatsby
a. during the depression
b. at Nick’s house
c. shortly after her wedding
d. during World War I
20. When George discovers that Myrtle is unfaithful to him he wants to
a. kill her
b. get a divorce
c. take her far away from there
d. accepts it because he loves her
21. Where does the confrontation between Gatsby, Tom, and Daisy occur?
a. In a suite at the Plaza Hotel.
b. At Nick’s house during afternoon tea.
c. At Gatsby’s mansion during one of his parties.
d. During lunch at the Buchanan’s residence.
22. Tom’s first reaction to Gatsby’s charge that Daisy didn’t love him was
a. grief
b. disbelief
c. relief
d. none of the above
23. Gatsby’s car is
a. Orange
b. White
c. Green yellow
24. After the argument between Gatsby, Tom, and Daisy, what does Nick realize?
a. That it is his brother’s thirtieth birthday.
b. That it is his thirtieth birthday.
c. That he is in love with Jordan.
d. That Gatsby is no good.
25. Why does Myrtle try to flag down the yellow/cream car the night of the argument between Gatsby, Tom, and Daisy?
a. She wanted to run away from George.
b. She saw Tom driving it before so she thought it was him.
c. She recognized Tom at the wheel and thought he was coming to take her away.
d. She desperate for help from anyone.
26. The night of Myrtle’s death Nick finds Gatsby
a. trying to get rid of the car
b. watching Daisy’s house
c. giving his story to the police
d. pushing his way through the crowd to get to Myrtle
27. Nick compliments Gatsby by saying
a. he’s a better man than the rest of them
b. Daisy should have chosen him
c. he was extremely wealthy
d. he himself would like to move in with him
28. When we meet Gatsby’s father he
a. Is so overwhelmed by grief that he can’t speak about his son
b. Is impressed by his son’s success and can’t stop talking about him
c. Is ashamed of his son’s occupation and does not speak
d. Is sad but ashamed of his son and his success
29. When Nick sees Tom in the city a while after the funeral, Tom admits that he
a. killed Gatsby
b. told Wilson that Gatsby hit Myrtle with the car
c. was wrong about Gatsby and wanted to make amends
d. did not attend the funeral because he still despised Gatsby
30. The setting of The Great Gatsby is
a. the 1940’s
b. the 1930’s
c. the 1920’s
d. World War I
31. The narrator showed Tom and Daisy as being
a. careless
b. selfish
c. destructive
d. all of the above
32. Daisy didn’t stop after the accident because
a. She couldn’t stop
b. She didn’t want to stop
c. Gatsby wouldn’t let her stop
d. She ran into a tree
Literary Elements: Paradox and Symbolism
Write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items on your separate answer document.
33. Which of the following is an example of a paradox?
a. “I tried to go then, but they wouldn’t hear of it; perhaps my presence made them feel more satisfactorily alone.”
b. “. . . and I was conscious of wanting to look squarely at everyone and yet to avoid all eyes.”
c. “And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”
d. All of the above
34. The green light symbolizes
a. Gatsby’s dream of success
b. Nick’s disgust with the upper class
c. Tom’s greed
d. Daisy’s faithfulness to Gatsby
35. The eyes on the sign symbolize
a. Tom’s knowledge of infidelity
b. Nick’s policy of looking on but not taking part
c. Suspiciousness among everyone
d. An all-knowing divine power of destiny
Matching
Write the letter of the answer to each of the following items on your separate answer document.
a. Myrtle c. Wolfsheim e. Gatsby g. Daisy
b. Wilson d. Klipspringer f. Nick h. Tom
36. “I can’t stand my husband. The only crazy thing I did was marry him.”
37. “Do you think everything will please her, old sport?”
38. “I’m one of the few honest people I know.”
39. “He’d have killed me if I hadn’t told him who owned the car.”
40. “But I did love Tom once – I loved you.”
41. “I’m really sorry, but I don’t get involved with my friend’s deaths.”
42. “I have a way to find out who killed my wife.”
43. “I won’t be able to get away for the funeral, but will you please send my tennis shoes?”
44. “In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.”
45. “Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can.”
a. West Egg b. The Valley of Ashes c. New York City d. The Metropole e. East Egg
46. Tom and Myrtle’s apartment
47. Wolfsheim’s memories
48. Buchanan’s home
49. Wilson’s garage
50. Gatsby’s House
I Never Saw Another Butterfly
Write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items on your separate answer document.
51. When discussing I Never Saw Another Butterfly what historical events did we research and discuss?
a. The Holocaust and genocide occurring in other countries.
b. The use of army vehicles and Red Cross vans.
c. The how dictators are sick people that should be shot before they get to power.
d. The use of the guillotine on Mari Antoinette and King Louis.
52. What is genocide?
a. Acts committed with the intent to humiliate, embarrass, or bully an ethnical, racial, or religious group.
b. Acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group.
c. Acts committed with the intent to maim, kill, or destroy, in whole, any ethnical group.
d. Acts committed with the intent to kill, in part any national, ethnical, racial, or religious group.
53. What is a holocaust?
a. A state-sponsored random persecution and annihilation of European blacks by European Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1940.
b. A state-sponsored, bureaucratic killing of European Gypsies by Nazi Italy between 1933 and 1940.
c. A state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and it collaborators between 1933 and 1945.
d. A government sponsored, systematic persecution of American Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1930 and 1940.
54. Where were the children, whose poems and artwork are displayed in I Never Saw Another Butterfly, housed?
a. Terezin (Teresienstadt)
b. Belzec
c. Auschwitz-Birkenau
d. Treblinka
55. How many children survived?
a. Less than 100
b. More than 100
c. 1,000
d. About 100
56. What other groups of people, besides the Jews, did the Nazis target as part of their genocide?
a. Homosexuals
b. Political prisoners
c. Gypsies
d. All of the above
57. What does the term “Final Solution” mean?
a. The Germans’ plan to physically liquidate all Jews in Europe.
b. The Europeans’ plan to physically liquidate all Germans in Europe.
c. The Germans’ plan to physically liquidate all Germans in Europe.
d. The Italians’ plan to physically liquidate all Jews in Europe.
58. Do poems always have to rhyme?
a. Yes
b. No
59. Which of the following is a type of poetry?
a. Sonnet
b. Free verse
c. Haiku
d. All of the above
The Things They Carried: Transitions
Write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items on your separate answer document.
60. What are transition words/phrases?
a. Passage from one form, state, style, or place to another
b. Passage between time and space
c. Changing one form, style or place to another
d. Really big words that make you sound smart
61. Why do we use transition words?
a. To make you sound smarter.
b. To eliminate choppy sentences/paragraphs so that the writing will flow smoothly from one topic, point, paragraph, etc. to the next.
c. To make essays longer in order for you to meet the required number of words and pages.
d. To eliminate long sentences so the writing will be choppy and not flow from one topic to the next.
62. Which of the following is a transition word/phrase that shows addition?
a. Furthermore
b. Next
c. Yet
d. Likewise
63. Which of the following is a transition word/phrase that shows comparison?
a. In addition to
b. Similarly
c. Yet
d. And
64. Which of the following is a transition word/phrase that shows contrast?
a. Comparable
b. Moreover
c. And then
d. Besides
65. Which of the following is a transition word/phrase that shows time?
a. Nevertheless
b. Adjacent to
c. Meanwhile
d. In any event
66. Which of the following is a transition word/phrase that shows purpose?
a. On the other side
b. To this end
c. Specifically
d. for one thing
67. Which of the following is a transition word/phrase that shows place?
a. Generally
b. Notwithstanding
c. Eventually
d. Adjacent to
68. Which of the following is a transition word/phrase that shows result?
a. Hence
b. Remarkably
c. Assuredly
d. Importantly
69. Which of the following is a transition word/phrase that shows example?
a. In sum
b. For this purpose
c. Thereupon
d. An instance of this
70. Which of the following is a transition word/phrase that shows summary or emphasis?
a. Specifically
b. Beyond
c. Because of this
d. In any event
The Grapes of Wrath
By John Steinbeck
Symbolism
Write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items on your separate answer document.
71. In The Grapes of Wrath to what does “the mother road” refer?
a. Highway 1
b. Interstate 43
c. Route 66
d. Route 11
72. What did Tom crush with his fingers?
a. butterfly
b. grasshopper
c. ladybug
d. mosquito
73. What does Tom hear more of in prison than out of prison?
a. birds
b. people
c. music
d. chewing
74. What tries to cross the road?
a. turtle
b. frog
c. rabbit
d. goat
75. What is about life, cultivation, and growth?
a. walking
b. farming
c. eating
d. singing
Vengeful Fuit
Write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items on your separate answer document.
76. Why was Tom Joad in jail?
a. He shoveled some guy.
b. He issued tickets for “lameness” while impersonating a police officer.
c. He stole eighteen dollars.
d. He like the fact that prisoners get three meals a day.
77. Why are tenet farmers heading west?
a. They were inspired by the Katy Perry song.
b. They were inspired by the Beach Boys song.
c. There were rumors of work and space out west.
d. Tenet farming had become illegal everywhere but California.
78. How do the Joads get Grampa to go west?
a. They tie him to the back of the truck.
b. They tell him if he doesn’t go they’ll throw him in the river.
c. They drug him up with cough medicine and toss him in the truck.
d. They tell him about how there’s a torrent of Zombies about to overrun the town.
79. What does Noah decide?
a. To be king.
b. To live by the Colorado River
c. To build some big boat and gather up pairs of animals.
d. To kill Tom.
80. Why does Tom have to leave the family?
a. Ruthie lets people know he’s a killer.
b. He steals from the peach farm.
c. Ma kicks him out for being lazy.
d. He’s an alien.
Short Answer
Choose 3 out of the following 7 essays and write one to two paragraphs (minimum) for each. Use a separate sheet of paper for your responses.