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Trivia: The Great Gatsby

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1. Klipspringer

2. falling action

3. At the end of the novel - Daisy chooses to be with
They are cousins.
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
Between West Egg and New York City
Tom

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

5. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
West Egg
1922
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

6. Klipspringer

7. climax
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
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.
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
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

8. Jay Gatsby
1922
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
Louisville
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties

9. rising action

10. What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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
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 Jazz Age

11. settings (place)
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;
Long Island and New York City
The Valley of Ashes
Daisy

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

13. Tom Buchanan

14. major conflict
To impress Daisy.
Weather
The Green Light
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

15. Jordan Baker

16. What is Jordan Baker's occupation?
Golfer
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 eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.

17. time and place written
America and France
West Egg
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

18. Where were Nick and Tom educated?
Yale
At Nick's house
To impress Daisy.
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion

19. falling action

20. Why does Nick move to New York?
Oxford
Minnesota
The Green Light
To learn about the bond business

21. genre
Long Island and New York City
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
Geography
Between West Egg and New York City

22. Where is the valley of ashes?
Geography
Between West Egg and New York City
The Green Light
Dan Cody

23. Where did Daisy meet Gatsby?
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
Louisville
Drain the pool

24. When he renews his acquaintance with Daisy at Nick's house - what does Gatsby knock off of the mantle?
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
A clock
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Oxford

25. 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
To learn about the bond business
Yale
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

26. time and place written
America and France
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
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tom

27. Myrtle Wilson

28. Motifs
Geography
The Jazz Age
To impress Daisy.
He rigged the 1919 World Series

29. Daisy Buchanan

30. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
They are cousins.
Weather

31. Which millionaire hired the young Gatsby as an assistant?
Louisville
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Dan Cody
Gatsby's father

32. How are Daisy and Nick related?
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
The Green Light
They are cousins.
At Nick's house

33. Symbols
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.
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.
The Green Light
At Nick's house

34. Owl Eyes

35. Nick Carraway

36. Where were Nick and Tom educated?
Between West Egg and New York City
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.
To learn about the bond business
Yale

37. Themes
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
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
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s

38. 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.
The Jazz Age
Long Island and New York City
Between West Egg and New York City

39. Which woman is Tom's extramarital lover?
The Valley of Ashes
Long Island and New York City
Myrtle
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

40. What is Jordan Baker's occupation?
A clock
Golfer
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
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion

41. Motifs
Weather
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
The Valley of Ashes
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg

42. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
America and France
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Drain the pool
The Valley of Ashes

43. Symbols
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
Dan Cody
The Valley of Ashes

44. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City?
Long Island and New York City
Because she taunts him about Daisy
Yale
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

45. settings (place)
Long Island and New York City
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
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.

46. What are the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg?
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 Valley of Ashes
A signboard in the valley of ashes
West Egg

47. Where is Gatsby's mansion located?
Myrtle
West Egg
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
At Nick's house

48. Nick Carraway

49. rising action

50. Symbols
Geography
Tom
Minnesota
The Valley of Ashes