Trivia: The Great Gatsby

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1. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City?
Because she taunts him about Daisy
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
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
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's


2. Why does Gatsby throw his weekly parties?
To impress Daisy.
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
They are cousins.
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg


3. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
1922
Between West Egg and New York City
Because she taunts him about Daisy
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.


4. tone

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5. Where did Daisy meet Gatsby?
Louisville
He rigged the 1919 World Series
The Jazz Age
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


6. Myrtle Wilson

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7. Nick Carraway

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

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9. falling action

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10. major conflict
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 Green Light
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
1922


11. Themes
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
To impress Daisy.
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
The Valley of Ashes


12. major conflict
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
West Egg
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
Tom


13. Klipspringer

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14. climax
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.
Weather
West Egg
Geography


15. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
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
Tom
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


16. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
Louisville
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
Louisville
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.


17. author
He rigged the 1919 World Series
A signboard in the valley of ashes
A clock
F. Scott Fitzgerald


18. Motifs
West Egg
Weather
Minnesota
Geography


19. Where did Gatsby study after the war?
Myrtle
Golfer
Tom
Oxford


20. On the day after the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby in New York City - what does Gatsby instruct his gardener not to do?
He rigged the 1919 World Series
To learn about the bond business
Drain the pool
Gatsby's father


21. What is Nick's home state?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Valley of Ashes
Minnesota
A clock


22. What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s?
Long Island and New York City
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Geography
The Jazz Age


23. On the day after the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby in New York City - what does Gatsby instruct his gardener not to do?
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
Drain the pool
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Long Island and New York City


24. When he renews his acquaintance with Daisy at Nick's house - what does Gatsby knock off of the mantle?
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
A clock
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.


25. Themes
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
Minnesota
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
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


26. Why does Nick move to New York?
Louisville
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.
A signboard in the valley of ashes
To learn about the bond business


27. Symbols
Tom's lover - whose lifeless husband George owns a run-down garage in the valley of ashes. Myrtle herself possesses a fierce vitality and desperately looks for a way to improve her situation.
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
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
The Valley of Ashes


28. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
The Valley of Ashes
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
1922
They are cousins.


29. Motifs
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
Geography
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


30. Symbols
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
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
The Valley of Ashes
America and France


31. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
He rigged the 1919 World Series
To impress Daisy.
The Green Light
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion


32. Tom Buchanan

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

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34. rising action

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35. time and place written
1922
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
Long Island and New York City
America and France


36. settings (place)
America and France
Weather
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
Long Island and New York City


37. Symbols
They are cousins.
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 Green Light
He rigged the 1919 World Series


38. genre
Golfer
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
Dan Cody
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners


39. How are Daisy and Nick related?
Yale
They are cousins.
America and France
F. Scott Fitzgerald


40. Symbols
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
Myrtle
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
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


41. At the end of the novel - Daisy chooses to be with
Myrtle
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
The Jazz Age
Tom


42. Motifs
Weather
He rigged the 1919 World Series
At Nick's house
A clock


43. How are Daisy and Nick related?
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.
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
They are cousins.
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


44. Tom Buchanan

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45. Where were Nick and Tom educated?
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.
Minnesota
Yale
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's


46. climax
Tom
Tom
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
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.


47. What are the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg?
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.
Golfer
A signboard in the valley of ashes
To learn about the bond business


48. Where is the valley of ashes?
A clock
Between West Egg and New York City
West Egg
Weather


49. settings (place)
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
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
Weather
Long Island and New York City


50. Where did Daisy meet Gatsby?
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
Yale
Tom
Louisville