Oakland Military Institute College Preparatory Academy
May 2020

AP English-0450

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26	27	28	29 “Self-control!” Repeated Tom incredulously. “I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife. Well, if that’s the idea you can count me out.... 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.” Flushed with his impassioned gibberish, he saw himself standing alone on the last barrier of civilization. Respond to this passage by answering both: a. How this passage reflects Tom’s character / personality b. Argue how this passage adds to the novel’s meaning as a whole (What commentary is Fitzgerald making about life or society through this passage?). 11:59 PM	30	1	2
3 Unit 9 (AP College Board) MCQ 11:59 PM	4	5 Based on Chapter 8, at the beginning of the chapter, the story is interrupted at its most dramatic point. What is the author’s purpose in breaking the story here? Why not continue with what happened after the accident? 11:59 PM	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13 How do you feel about Jay Gatsby? Love him? Can’t stand him? Is he a romantic dreamer with a heroic pursuit or a morally corrupt figure? Make your argumentative opinion very CLEAR with evidence from the text. 11:59 PM	14	15	16
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