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Trivia: The Great Gatsby

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1. At the end of the novel - Daisy chooses to be with
To learn about the bond business
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Tom
Oxford

2. When he renews his acquaintance with Daisy at Nick's house - what does Gatsby knock off of the mantle?
To learn about the bond business
A clock
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's

3. Motifs
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 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;
1922
Geography

4. Where is Gatsby's mansion located?
Long Island 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.
The Green Light
West Egg

5. tone

6. Symbols
Dan Cody
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 Green Light
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg

7. Where does Gatsby recognize Nick from?
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
Golfer
Because she taunts him about Daisy
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I

8. What is Nick's home state?
A clock
The Valley of Ashes
Minnesota
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s

9. point of view
Long Island and New York City
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
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

10. At the end of the novel - Daisy chooses to be with
Dan Cody
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Tom
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

11. When he renews his acquaintance with Daisy at Nick's house - what does Gatsby knock off of the mantle?
Because she taunts him about Daisy
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A clock
Myrtle

12. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
A clock
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 was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.

13. Jay Gatsby
Long Island and 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
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.

14. Which woman is Tom's extramarital lover?
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
Myrtle
Tom
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg

15. How are Daisy and Nick related?
Oxford
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
A signboard in the valley of ashes
They are cousins.

16. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
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
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
1922
Between West Egg and New York City

17. Where did Daisy meet Gatsby?
Louisville
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.
America and France
They are cousins.

18. 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
Louisville
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
The Jazz Age

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

20. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City?
To impress Daisy.
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;
Louisville

21. Symbols
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.
A clock
The Valley of Ashes

22. What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A signboard in the valley of ashes
1922
The Jazz Age

23. Where were Nick and Tom educated?
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
Myrtle
Yale
To impress Daisy.

24. Why does Gatsby throw his weekly parties?
They are cousins.
Yale
To impress Daisy.
Minnesota

25. Where did Gatsby study after the war?
The Jazz Age
Oxford
Long Island and New York City
F. Scott Fitzgerald

26. Where is the valley of ashes?
Between West Egg and New York City
America and France
Drain the pool
Long Island and New York City

27. time and place written
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
America and France
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
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

28. Tom Buchanan

29. What is Nick's home state?
The Green Light
Because she taunts him about Daisy
Gatsby's father
Minnesota

30. George Wilson

31. Which millionaire hired the young Gatsby as an assistant?
Minnesota
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
Dan Cody
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners

32. Jordan Baker

33. Where were Nick and Tom educated?
The Green Light
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
Yale
Drain the pool

34. point of view
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
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 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

35. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
A clock
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
1922
West Egg

36. Daisy Buchanan

37. genre
Minnesota
Dan Cody
Oxford
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners

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

39. Where did Gatsby study after the war?
The Green Light
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.
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Oxford

40. climax
Daisy
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
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg

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

42. 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
Long Island and New York City
To impress Daisy.
A signboard in the valley of ashes

43. On the day after the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby in New York City - what does Gatsby instruct his gardener not to do?
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
Drain the pool
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
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.

44. Daisy Buchanan

45. Which millionaire hired the young Gatsby as an assistant?
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
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

46. What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s?
Weather
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
Dan Cody
The Jazz Age

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

48. Motifs
Drain the pool
Dan Cody
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
Weather

49. Where is Gatsby's mansion located?
The Valley of Ashes
West Egg
The Green Light
America and France

50. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
America and France
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Between West Egg and New York City
He rigged the 1919 World Series