Part 1: Consolidation exercises

1.Write down the words according to the definitions.

1.____________ to find out something.

2.____________ an abundant, usually overwhelming flow or fall, as of a river or rain

3.____________ showing that you think someone or something deserves no respect

4.____________ unwilling to believe that people have good, honest, or sincere reasons for doing something

5.____________ a man who accompanies a woman to a particular social event

6.____________ (formal) the quality of being homogeneous

7.____________ an indirect remark about sb/sth, usually suggesting sth bad or rude; the use of remarks like this

8____________ a large group of people who play various musical instruments together, led by a conductor

9.____________ to walk in a slow relaxed way, especially so that you look confident or proud

10.____________ a formal statement saying that something is true, especially one a witness makes in a court of law

2.Fill in the blanks in the following sentences.

1.There was machine in the kitchen which could ________ the juice of two hundred oranges in half an hour.

2.The lights grow brighter as the earth away from the sun.

3.They were at least aware of the easy money in the vicinity and convinced that it was theirs for a few words in the right key.

4.That was for the golf . She had lost in the finals the week before.

5.With Jordan’s slender golden arm resting in mine, we the steps and sauntered about garden.

6.The two girls and Jordan leaned together .

7.As our switched back to her she leaned forward with enthusiasm.

8.The undergraduate nodded in a cynical, way.

9.“What do you think?” he demanded .

10.He the book from me and replaced it hastily on its shelf.

3.Answer the following questions in short.

1.What works does Fitzgerald have?

 

2.What is the “Lost Generation”??

 

3.Describe the historical background of the Prohibition.

 

Part 2: Extension exercises

1.Fill in the blanks in the following sentences.

1.Laughter is easier minute by minute, spilled with____________ , tipped out at a cheerful word.

2.Gatsby engages himself in____________ and other shady activities.

3.The crowds hardly know their host; many come and go without____________ .

4.Fitzgerald was____________ a 1920s person.

5.Fitzgerald was one of the great____________ in American literature.

6.The wealthy become the____________ of hope and optimism and success.

7.“You can’t ____________ the past,” Nick says to Gatsby.

8.Through this____________ (“I”) narrative technique, we also gain insight into the author’s perspective.

9.Tom sees no wrongdoing in having an ____________ with Myrtle Wilson.

10.It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal____________ in it.

2.Answer the following questions in short.

1.Explain the theme of honesty of The Great Gatsby.

 

2.In what ways can you see the theme of decay in the novel?

 

3.What was the American Dream in the novel?