Characters And Quotes Flashcards
(37 cards)
Who is the protagonist of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’?
Jay Gatsby
Fill in the blank: ‘So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.’ is a quote from _____
The Great Gatsby
True or False: Holden Caulfield is the main character in ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ by J.D. Salinger.
True
What is the name of the author who wrote ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’?
Harper Lee
Who said, ‘It is never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name.’?
Harper Lee
In ‘The Bell Jar’, who is the main character?
Esther Greenwood
Multiple Choice: Who wrote ‘The Grapes of Wrath’? A) John Steinbeck B) Ernest Hemingway C) F. Scott Fitzgerald
A) John Steinbeck
What is the central theme of ‘The Catcher in the Rye’?
Alienation and loss of innocence
Fill in the blank: ‘I am no bird; and no net ensnares me.’ is a quote from _____
Jane Eyre (though it’s often misattributed in discussions of 20th-century literature)
True or False: ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ was written by Kurt Vonnegut.
True
Who is the main character in ‘The Old Man and the Sea’?
Santiago
What is the significance of the green light in ‘The Great Gatsby’?
It represents Gatsby’s hopes and dreams for the future.
In ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’, who is Blanche DuBois?
A fading Southern belle and the play’s tragic heroine.
Multiple Choice: What is the setting of ‘The Sun Also Rises’? A) Paris B) New York C) London
A) Paris
Who wrote the quote, ‘The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.’?
Mahatma Gandhi (often referenced in American literature discussions)
Fill in the blank: ‘I have measured out my life with _____’ is a quote from ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’.
coffee spoons
Who is the author of ‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’?
Zora Neale Hurston
True or False: The character Tom Joad appears in ‘The Grapes of Wrath’.
True
What is the primary focus of ‘Invisible Man’ by Ralph Ellison?
The social and intellectual issues facing African Americans in the early 20th century.
Who wrote ‘The Sound and the Fury’?
William Faulkner
Fill in the blank: ‘I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.’ is a quote from _____
The Great Gatsby
What is the main conflict faced by the character of Jay Gatsby?
His desire to reunite with Daisy Buchanan.
Multiple Choice: Who wrote ‘Of Mice and Men’? A) John Steinbeck B) Mark Twain C) Ernest Hemingway
A) John Steinbeck
Who is the narrator of ‘The Great Gatsby’?
Nick Carraway
