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Scottish Higher/Advanced Higher (The Great Gatsby) Higher English Test sobre The Great Gasby - Character, creado por Heather Taylor el 07/05/2013.

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The Great Gasby - Character

Pregunta 1 de 6

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'Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had vanished forever... Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.'

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Nick believes Gatsby still worships Daisy after meeting her again after five years

  • Nick thinks that after five years Gatsby now realises there is nothing special about Daisy after all

  • Nick believes that after meeting Daisy again Gatsby must have felt some of the magic of his dream had gone

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Pregunta 2 de 6

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'I found myself on Gatsby’s side, and alone.'

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • At Gatsby's funeral, Nick feels he is the only person who has stayed loyal to Gatsby

  • At Gatsby's funeral, Nick feels uncomfortable about admitting he is Gatsby’s friend

  • At Gatsby's funeral, Nick feels he has made a mistake in getting involved with Gatsby

Explicación

Pregunta 3 de 6

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'What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon?... And the day after that, and the next thirty years?'

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Daisy enjoys planning out her life carefully and for a long time ahead

  • Although Daisy is very privileged, she is bored and aware her life lacks purpose

  • Daisy is bossy and tries to organize her friends’ lives for them

Explicación

Pregunta 4 de 6

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'Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions, and next they'll throw everything overboard and have intermarriage between black and white.'

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Tom Buchanan is a strong upholder of respectable family values

  • Tom believes that black people and white people should be free to intermarry if they wish to

  • Tom is a racist and a womaniser who pays lip service only to upholding family values

Explicación

Pregunta 5 de 6

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'Generally he was one of these worn-out men: when he wasn't working, he sat on a chair in the doorway and stared at the people and the cars that passed along the road.'

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • George Wilson arouses sympathy because he has had few breaks in life

  • George Wilson cannot work because he is unwell

  • George Wilson deserves to fail because he makes no effort to work

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Pregunta 6 de 6

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'"I see you're looking at my cuff buttons." I hadn't been looking at them, but I did now. They were composed of oddly familiar pieces of ivory. "Finest specimens of human molars," he informed me.'

Selecciona una de las siguientes respuestas posibles:

  • Meyer Wolfshiem is a dentist with a strange sense of humour

  • Meyer Wolfshiem is a sinister character and we imagine the teeth may come from a murder victim

  • Meyer Wolfshiem is a joker who likes to wind people up with tall stories

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