ENGLISH TEST

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OREADING COMPREHENSION : Gatsby is Back
GENERAL COMPREHENSION
C NATURE AND ORIGIN OF THE TEXT

Briefly introduce the document under study .

C STRUCTURE OF THE TEXT

Read the whole text at normal speed. In what order do the following ideas
appear ?
Indicate the order in the box and specify the line numbers. Quote the text
to justify.
E ( L. .... L. ....) The parallel between the 1920s and the present time .
E( L. .... L. ....) Opposed interpretations of the novel.
E( L. .... L. ....) The survival of the American dream in question.
E( L. .... L. ....) The originality of the 1920s.
E( L. .... L. ....) What the novel The Great Gatsby is about .
E( L. .... L. ....) The revival of the novel.
E( L. .... L. ....) The validity of the storys moral today .
DETAILED COMPREHENSION

C PART ONE (from the beginning to line 11)
a) What words from the article may refer to the moral decadence of
Prohibition ?
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Note down the dates mentioned . What do they refer to ?
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b) What is said of : Quote the key word(s) and the line
O Jay Gatsbys personality ?
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O Jay Gatsbys problems ?
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O The atmosphere at his parties ?
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c) Find in the text the equivalent of :
O acclaimed : O symbolic :

C PART TWO (from line 12 to 41)
d) True or false ? Tick the correct answer and justify by quoting the text .
O The novel the Great Gatsby has been turned into a Broadway musical entitled Gatz . T E F E

O The performance required great endurance from the actors . T E F E

O Americans evoke the 1920s with shame (honte) . T E F E

O The similarities between the present time and the 1920s may explain the revival of the novel. T E F E

e) Pick out words and expressions showing that in both periods successful
economic development was
followed by a disaster .
O 1920s


O 2010s


f) Cross out the translations that do not correspond to the context .

hit ( L.17) : gros success - tube
epic ( L.18) : homrique - grand spectacle
resonate ( L.23) : rsonner - trouver un cho
boom ( L.24) : grondement - essor
longing ( L.26) : nostalgie - distance
wealth ( L.29) : sant - fortune
wreckage ( L.32) : catastrophe - pave
property ( L.33) : biens - propret
fetishised ( L.35) : devenue objet de culte - fte
decade ( L.35) : decade - dcennie
legacy ( L.35) : hritage- lgalit
lecturer ( L.17) : lecteur professeur duniversit
C PART THREE (from line 42 to the end)
g) True or false ? Tick the correct answer and justify by quoting the text .
O In the 1920s, American society was ready to offer social opportunities to almost anybody . T E F E

O Paragraph 6 mentions that, indeed, everybody could make their American dreams come true. T E F E

O According to the poll, the majority of Americans believe that the American dream does not exist any more. T E F E

O Only wealthy people can still believe in the American dream . T E F E

O The spirit of the American dream nowadays is in contradiction with its basic principles . T E F E

C GOING FURTHER
h) How do you explain the present interest for Gatsbys story ? (40 Words)

j) What does the ABC News Poll reveal about the American dream today .
Explain in your own words. (30 Words)

i) Give your interpretation of the last sentence of the text. The lessons taught
by The Great Gatsby are living on ? (40-50 Words)