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Trivia: The Great Gatsby

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1. Symbols
The Valley of Ashes
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.
They are cousins.

2. Symbols
To learn about the bond business
Gatsby's father
The Green Light
Louisville

3. Symbols
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
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
Daisy

4. Where does Gatsby recognize Nick from?
Tom
The Valley of Ashes
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Drain the pool

5. Symbols
Oxford
Daisy
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 Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg

6. On the day after the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby in New York City - what does Gatsby instruct his gardener not to do?
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;
Yale
Drain the pool
The Green Light

7. falling action

8. Jordan Baker

9. Where is the valley of ashes?
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
The Jazz Age
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
Between West Egg and New York City

10. Owl Eyes

11. Where did Gatsby study after the war?
Between West Egg and New York City
Oxford
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

12. author
Dan Cody
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Valley of Ashes
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

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

14. Symbols
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
Weather
The Green Light
Drain the pool

15. settings (place)
Weather
Because she taunts him about Daisy
Yale
Long Island and New York City

16. Why does Gatsby throw his weekly parties?
To impress Daisy.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
A signboard in the valley of ashes

17. Where is Gatsby's mansion located?
West Egg
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
1922

18. major conflict
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.
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 eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.

19. How are Daisy and Nick related?
Drain the pool
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
They are cousins.

20. Themes
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.
Oxford
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I

21. point of view
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
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
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties

22. Jay Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder

23. Tom Buchanan

24. Which woman is Tom's extramarital lover?
Myrtle
Yale
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 Jazz Age

25. Daisy Buchanan

26. rising action

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
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
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.
Yale

28. How are Daisy and Nick related?
They are cousins.
America and France
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
West Egg

29. 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.
At Nick's house
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.
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

30. Nick Carraway

31. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
Yale
He rigged the 1919 World Series
The Valley of Ashes
A signboard in the valley of ashes

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

33. time and place written
At Nick's house
America and France
Myrtle
Between West Egg and New York City

34. Owl Eyes

35. George Wilson

36. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
The Jazz Age
Between West Egg and New York City
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
West Egg

37. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
At Nick's house
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
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Myrtle

38. Where did Daisy meet Gatsby?
Louisville
A clock
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 and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I

39. genre
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
A signboard in the valley of ashes
They are cousins.
A clock

40. What is Nick's home state?
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Minnesota
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

41. Motifs
Minnesota
Drain the pool
Weather
At Nick's house

42. What are the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg?
At Nick's house
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
A signboard in the valley of ashes
Louisville

43. What is Jordan Baker's occupation?
Golfer
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Drain the pool

44. Where were Nick and Tom educated?
Dan Cody
1922
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Yale

45. falling action

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

47. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City?
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
Because she taunts him about Daisy
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;
F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

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

50. Myrtle Wilson