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Trivia: The Great Gatsby

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1. Why does Nick move to New York?
To impress 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;
Long Island and New York City
To learn about the bond business

2. Tom Buchanan

3. Motifs
Geography
Oxford
West Egg
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.

4. rising action

5. Where were Nick and Tom educated?
Yale
The Green Light
1922
Daisy

6. genre
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 impress Daisy.
Yale
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners

7. Klipspringer

8. Where is Gatsby's mansion located?
West Egg
Weather
To impress Daisy.
The Green Light

9. major conflict
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
To learn about the bond business
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

10. author
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Dan Cody

11. Symbols
America and France
They are cousins.
The Green Light
The Valley of Ashes

12. What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s?
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
The Jazz Age
Dan Cody
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg

13. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City?
Drain the pool
Dan Cody
Because she taunts him about Daisy
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion

14. Motifs
Louisville
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Weather
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. Where did Gatsby study after the war?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Oxford
Long Island and New York City
Geography

16. Where does Gatsby recognize Nick from?
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Geography
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

17. Where did Daisy meet Gatsby?
Tom
Louisville
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;
To learn about the bond business

18. Where did Gatsby study after the war?
Oxford
Gatsby's father
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Minnesota

19. Symbols
The Green Light
Between West Egg and New York City
To impress 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.

20. When he renews his acquaintance with Daisy at Nick's house - what does Gatsby knock off of the mantle?
America and France
A clock
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

21. Klipspringer

22. Which millionaire hired the young Gatsby as an assistant?
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
West Egg
Dan Cody

23. At the end of the novel - Daisy chooses to be with
Myrtle
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tom

24. genre
The Valley of Ashes
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
Drain the pool

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

26. How are Daisy and Nick related?
West Egg
Dan Cody
America and France
They are cousins.

27. Why does Gatsby throw his weekly parties?
1922
To impress 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
To learn about the bond business

28. Owl Eyes

29. Nick Carraway

30. What are the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg?
Tom
West Egg
Oxford
A signboard in the valley of ashes

31. What is Nick's home state?
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
Gatsby's father
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
Minnesota

32. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
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.
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Golfer

33. author
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Between West Egg and New York City
Between West Egg and New York City
Daisy

34. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
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 Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I

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

36. Symbols
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;
Dan Cody
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
Louisville

37. Which woman is Tom's extramarital lover?
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Geography
Myrtle
Yale

38. Myrtle Wilson

39. Which millionaire hired the young Gatsby as an assistant?
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
Dan Cody
Louisville
At Nick's house

40. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
1922
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.
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

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

42. climax
Long Island 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
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.

43. How are Daisy and Nick related?
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
They are cousins.
A signboard in the valley of ashes

44. Where is Gatsby's mansion located?
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
West Egg

45. Jordan Baker

46. At the end of the novel - Daisy chooses to be with
To impress Daisy.
Tom
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
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;

47. Why does Gatsby throw his weekly parties?
Drain the pool
They are cousins.
A signboard in the valley of ashes
To impress Daisy.

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

49. Jordan Baker

50. Where is the valley of ashes?
Minnesota
Gatsby's father
Between West Egg and New York City
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.