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Trivia: The Great Gatsby

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1. George Wilson

2. Owl Eyes

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

4. author
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A signboard in the valley of ashes
To impress Daisy.
They are cousins.

5. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
To learn about the bond business
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
Yale
Between West Egg and New York City

6. Tom Buchanan

7. Symbols
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
A signboard in the valley of ashes
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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

8. Which millionaire hired the young Gatsby as an assistant?
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
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.
Dan Cody

9. major conflict
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
Tom

10. What are the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg?
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
A signboard in 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
Daisy

11. Where were Nick and Tom educated?
Yale
Minnesota
A clock
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties

12. Where did Gatsby study after the war?
Long Island and New York City
A signboard in the valley of ashes
The Valley of Ashes
Oxford

13. Owl Eyes

14. Nick Carraway

15. On the day after the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby in New York City - what does Gatsby instruct his gardener not to do?
Myrtle
America and France
West Egg
Drain the pool

16. Why does Nick move to New York?
To learn about the bond business
Dan Cody
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

17. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
They are cousins.
The Green Light
Gatsby's father
1922

18. Themes
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Gatsby's father
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
The Valley of Ashes

19. Where were Nick and Tom educated?
Yale
America and France
Tom
Myrtle

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

21. What is Jordan Baker's occupation?
Dan Cody
Myrtle
Golfer
Oxford

22. rising action

23. Daisy Buchanan

24. Klipspringer

25. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
1922
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
Long Island and New York City

26. Motifs
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.
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.
Geography

27. Myrtle Wilson

28. What is Jordan Baker's occupation?
Myrtle
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Golfer
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties

29. author
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.
Long Island and New York City
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;

30. Daisy Buchanan

31. time and place written
At Nick's house
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
To learn about the bond business
America and France

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

33. Nick Carraway

34. Symbols
Daisy
Tom
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
The Valley of Ashes

35. At the end of the novel - Daisy chooses to be with
Yale
Gatsby's father
The Green Light
Tom

36. Where is the valley of ashes?
Between West Egg and New York City
Gatsby's father
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
Weather

37. George Wilson

38. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in 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
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
Because she taunts him about 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

39. Where did Daisy meet Gatsby?
Louisville
Dan Cody
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 and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I

40. How are Daisy and Nick related?
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.
At Nick's house
They are cousins.

41. Where is the valley of ashes?
Louisville
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
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. When he renews his acquaintance with Daisy at Nick's house - what does Gatsby knock off of the mantle?
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
A clock
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

44. Symbols
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
Weather
At Nick's house
The Valley of Ashes

45. What is Nick's home state?
Minnesota
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Long Island and New York City
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.

46. genre
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
Louisville
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
Drain the pool

47. Where did Gatsby study after the war?
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
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.
Oxford
Weather

48. 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.
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.
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 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

49. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
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.
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
Gatsby's father
He rigged the 1919 World Series

50. Where is Gatsby's mansion located?
To impress Daisy.
Dan Cody
Minnesota
West Egg