Post Utme Pan Atlantic University 2019 Literature Question 9

Practice objective / multiple choice question 9 from the 2019 Post Utme Pan Atlantic University Literature examination.

Post Utme Pan Atlantic University 2019 Literature Objective / Multiple Choice
Question 9 POST_UTME_PAN-ATLANTIC_UNIVERSITY • 2019 • LITERATURE • objective

In the novel 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald, what is the significance of the character's use of the phrase 'So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past'?

Answer Options

A. To convey the character's sense of disillusionment
B. To illustrate the character's emotional numbness
Correct Answer C. To symbolize the character's feelings of nostalgia
D. To highlight the character's sense of moral decay
Correct Answer
C
Correct Option:
To symbolize the character's feelings of nostalgia

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This is Post Utme Pan Atlantic University 2019 Literature Question 9. It is one of the objective questions from the 2019 Post Utme Pan Atlantic University Literature examination.

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