Trivia: The Great Gatsby

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1. genre
There are two possible climaxes: Gatsby's reunion with Daisy in Chapters 5-6; the confrontation between Gatsby and Tom in the Plaza Hotel in Chapter 7.
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
Daisy's friend - a woman with whom Nick becomes romantically involved during the course of the novel. A competitive golfer - Jordan represents one of the 'new women' of the 1920s—cynical - boyish - and self-centered. Jordan is beautiful - but also di
Myrtle


2. Klipspringer

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3. What are the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg?
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
Gatsby's father
A signboard in the valley of ashes
America and France


4. Which woman is Tom's extramarital lover?
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
The novel's narrator. Honest - tolerant - and inclined to reserve judgment - Nick often serves as a confidant for those with troubling secrets. The Great Gatsby is told entirely through Nick's eyes;
Myrtle
America and France


5. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City?
Because she taunts him about Daisy
Myrtle's husband - the lifeless - exhausted owner of a run-down auto shop at the edge of the valley of ashes. George loves and idealizes Myrtle - and is devastated by her affair with Tom.
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Geography


6. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
Daisy's friend - a woman with whom Nick becomes romantically involved during the course of the novel. A competitive golfer - Jordan represents one of the 'new women' of the 1920s—cynical - boyish - and self-centered. Jordan is beautiful - but also di
There are two possible climaxes: Gatsby's reunion with Daisy in Chapters 5-6; the confrontation between Gatsby and Tom in the Plaza Hotel in Chapter 7.
1922
At Nick's house


7. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City?
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
They are cousins.
The Valley of Ashes
Because she taunts him about Daisy


8. At the end of the novel - Daisy chooses to be with
Daisy's immensely wealthy husband - once a member of Nick's social club at Yale. Powerfully built and hailing from a socially solid old family - Tom is an arrogant - hypocritical bully. His social attitudes are laced with racism and sexism - and he n
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tom
A clock


9. Which woman is Tom's extramarital lover?
To impress Daisy.
Daisy's immensely wealthy husband - once a member of Nick's social club at Yale. Powerfully built and hailing from a socially solid old family - Tom is an arrogant - hypocritical bully. His social attitudes are laced with racism and sexism - and he n
Nick Carraway narrates in both first and third person - presenting only what he himself observes. Nick alternates sections where he presents events objectively - as they appeared to him at the time - with sections where he gives his own interpretatio
Myrtle


10. tone

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11. On the day after the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby in New York City - what does Gatsby instruct his gardener not to do?
Weather
1922
Drain the pool
Louisville


12. rising action

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13. Why does Nick move to New York?
Oxford
To learn about the bond business
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
The shallow freeloader who seems almost to live at Gatsby's mansion - taking advantage of his host's money. As soon as Gatsby dies - Klipspringer disappears—he does not attend the funeral - but he does call Nick about a pair of tennis shoes that he l


14. Jay Gatsby
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
To learn about the bond business
Myrtle's husband - the lifeless - exhausted owner of a run-down auto shop at the edge of the valley of ashes. George loves and idealizes Myrtle - and is devastated by her affair with Tom.
The Valley of Ashes


15. Where did Gatsby study after the war?
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
Oxford
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.


16. Tom Buchanan

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17. author
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
Gatsby has amassed a vast fortune in order to win the affections of the upper-class Daisy Buchanan - but his mysterious past stands in the way of his being accepted by her
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gatsby's father


18. falling action

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19. Myrtle Wilson

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20. What is Jordan Baker's occupation?
The Valley of Ashes
Gatsby's father
Golfer
Tom


21. Where is the valley of ashes?
He rigged the 1919 World Series
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
At Nick's house
Between West Egg and New York City


22. Symbols
Myrtle
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
The Valley of Ashes


23. Which millionaire hired the young Gatsby as an assistant?
The novel's narrator. Honest - tolerant - and inclined to reserve judgment - Nick often serves as a confidant for those with troubling secrets. The Great Gatsby is told entirely through Nick's eyes;
Between West Egg and New York City
Daisy's friend - a woman with whom Nick becomes romantically involved during the course of the novel. A competitive golfer - Jordan represents one of the 'new women' of the 1920s—cynical - boyish - and self-centered. Jordan is beautiful - but also di
Dan Cody


24. climax
Oxford
Yale
F. Scott Fitzgerald
There are two possible climaxes: Gatsby's reunion with Daisy in Chapters 5-6; the confrontation between Gatsby and Tom in the Plaza Hotel in Chapter 7.


25. settings (place)
Long Island and New York City
Dan Cody
A signboard in the valley of ashes
Myrtle


26. Tom Buchanan

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27. point of view
Nick Carraway narrates in both first and third person - presenting only what he himself observes. Nick alternates sections where he presents events objectively - as they appeared to him at the time - with sections where he gives his own interpretatio
Drain the pool
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.
Weather


28. Where is Gatsby's mansion located?
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
West Egg
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Daisy's friend - a woman with whom Nick becomes romantically involved during the course of the novel. A competitive golfer - Jordan represents one of the 'new women' of the 1920s—cynical - boyish - and self-centered. Jordan is beautiful - but also di


29. How are Daisy and Nick related?
They are cousins.
The Jazz Age
Nick's attitudes toward Gatsby and Gatsby's story are ambivalent and contradictory.At times he seems to disapprove of Gatsby's excesses and breaches of manners and ethics - but he also romanticizes and admires Gatsby - describing the events of the no
To learn about the bond business


30. Owl Eyes

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31. Where did Daisy meet Gatsby?
Nick's attitudes toward Gatsby and Gatsby's story are ambivalent and contradictory.At times he seems to disapprove of Gatsby's excesses and breaches of manners and ethics - but he also romanticizes and admires Gatsby - describing the events of the no
Louisville
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Jazz Age


32. Who drives the car that kills Myrtle?
Dan Cody
Weather
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
Daisy


33. Which millionaire hired the young Gatsby as an assistant?
Dan Cody
At Nick's house
Daisy
Gatsby has amassed a vast fortune in order to win the affections of the upper-class Daisy Buchanan - but his mysterious past stands in the way of his being accepted by her


34. Why does Gatsby throw his weekly parties?
He rigged the 1919 World Series
To impress Daisy.
At Nick's house
Long Island and New York City


35. Who among the following comes to Gatsby's funeral?

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36. Jordan Baker

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37. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
Louisville
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
F. Scott Fitzgerald


38. Motifs
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Weather
Daisy's immensely wealthy husband - once a member of Nick's social club at Yale. Powerfully built and hailing from a socially solid old family - Tom is an arrogant - hypocritical bully. His social attitudes are laced with racism and sexism - and he n
The Jazz Age


39. major conflict
1922
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Gatsby has amassed a vast fortune in order to win the affections of the upper-class Daisy Buchanan - but his mysterious past stands in the way of his being accepted by her
The Valley of Ashes


40. Symbols
Daisy
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
F. Scott Fitzgerald
At Nick's house


41. major conflict
Drain the pool
Gatsby has amassed a vast fortune in order to win the affections of the upper-class Daisy Buchanan - but his mysterious past stands in the way of his being accepted by her
Weather
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's


42. Nick Carraway

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43. point of view
Daisy
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Nick Carraway narrates in both first and third person - presenting only what he himself observes. Nick alternates sections where he presents events objectively - as they appeared to him at the time - with sections where he gives his own interpretatio
The novel's narrator. Honest - tolerant - and inclined to reserve judgment - Nick often serves as a confidant for those with troubling secrets. The Great Gatsby is told entirely through Nick's eyes;


44. What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s?
Nick Carraway narrates in both first and third person - presenting only what he himself observes. Nick alternates sections where he presents events objectively - as they appeared to him at the time - with sections where he gives his own interpretatio
Gatsby has amassed a vast fortune in order to win the affections of the upper-class Daisy Buchanan - but his mysterious past stands in the way of his being accepted by her
There are two possible climaxes: Gatsby's reunion with Daisy in Chapters 5-6; the confrontation between Gatsby and Tom in the Plaza Hotel in Chapter 7.
The Jazz Age


45. Where were Nick and Tom educated?
The Green Light
Gatsby's father
Yale
Minnesota


46. Themes
Because she taunts him about Daisy
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
A signboard in the valley of ashes


47. Where does Gatsby's reunion with Daisy take place?

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48. How are Daisy and Nick related?
Daisy's immensely wealthy husband - once a member of Nick's social club at Yale. Powerfully built and hailing from a socially solid old family - Tom is an arrogant - hypocritical bully. His social attitudes are laced with racism and sexism - and he n
Louisville
At Nick's house
They are cousins.


49. Where were Nick and Tom educated?
Dan Cody
Yale
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion


50. Nick Carraway

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