Trivia: The Great Gatsby

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1. Owl Eyes

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2. What are 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
A signboard in the valley of ashes
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.
Oxford


3. Why does Nick move to New York?
Between West Egg and New York City
Because she taunts him about Daisy
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.


4. What is Nick's home state?
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.
Tom
Minnesota
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's


5. Where does Gatsby recognize Nick from?
1922
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
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I


6. Where is Gatsby's mansion located?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Minnesota
Yale
West Egg


7. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
West Egg
Louisville
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 rigged the 1919 World Series


8. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
Oxford
Drain the pool
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Louisville


9. Why does Nick move to New York?
To learn about the bond business
Oxford
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
He rigged the 1919 World Series


10. Which millionaire hired the young Gatsby as an assistant?
Dan Cody
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
A clock
West Egg


11. climax
Yale
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
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.


12. falling action

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13. Jordan Baker

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14. Owl Eyes

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15. Why does Gatsby throw his weekly parties?
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
To impress Daisy.
He rigged the 1919 World Series
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


16. point of view
Minnesota
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
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
He rigged the 1919 World Series


17. What is Nick's home state?
They are cousins.
Minnesota
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
Because she taunts him about Daisy


18. On the day after the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby in New York City - what does Gatsby instruct his gardener not to do?
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
To impress Daisy.
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Drain the pool


19. When he renews his acquaintance with Daisy at Nick's house - what does Gatsby knock off of the mantle?
Dan Cody
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
A clock


20. Where is Gatsby's mansion located?
The Valley of Ashes
West Egg
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg


21. 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.
Drain the pool
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;
The Green Light


22. settings (place)
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
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
Minnesota


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


24. rising action

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25. What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s?
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
Louisville
Myrtle
The Jazz Age


26. Myrtle Wilson

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27. Where did Daisy meet Gatsby?
Tom
Gatsby's father
Louisville
To impress Daisy.


28. Tom Buchanan

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29. On the day after the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby in New York City - what does Gatsby instruct his gardener not to do?
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
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.
A signboard in the valley of ashes
Drain the pool


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

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31. What is Jordan Baker's occupation?
Golfer
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
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.
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.


32. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
The Green Light
West Egg
Dan Cody
1922


33. Themes
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Between West Egg 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
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties


34. Where is the valley of ashes?
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Between West Egg and New York City
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I


35. 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
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Weather
A clock


36. Why does Gatsby throw his weekly parties?
Golfer
To impress Daisy.
The Green Light
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.


37. Motifs
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
Dan Cody
Weather
Because she taunts him about Daisy


38. tone

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39. Klipspringer

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40. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City?
Because she taunts him about Daisy
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
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 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


41. Where were Nick and Tom educated?
Yale
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
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.
Louisville


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


43. tone

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44. Tom Buchanan

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45. Where were Nick and Tom educated?
Drain the pool
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
Yale
He rigged the 1919 World Series


46. What is Jordan Baker's occupation?
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;
A clock
Golfer


47. rising action

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48. Which woman is Tom's extramarital lover?
Tom
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
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners


49. Jay Gatsby
West Egg
Drain the pool
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


50. Jordan Baker

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