Trivia: The Great Gatsby

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1. Where did Daisy meet Gatsby?
Geography
Louisville
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Jazz Age


2. Symbols
Gatsby's father
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg


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

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4. Who drives the car that kills Myrtle?
They are cousins.
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Daisy
Dan Cody


5. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City?
Minnesota
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
Between West Egg and New York City


6. Myrtle Wilson

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7. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
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
Gatsby's father
Because she taunts him about Daisy
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.


8. major conflict
Long Island and New York City
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
Dan Cody
Tom


9. Daisy Buchanan

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10. Which millionaire hired the young Gatsby as an assistant?
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 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
Dan Cody
Minnesota


11. Where did Gatsby study after the war?
The Green Light
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;
Oxford
1922


12. Where did Daisy meet Gatsby?
The Green Light
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
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.
Louisville


13. Tom Buchanan

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14. Themes
Dan Cody
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Minnesota
The Jazz Age


15. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
Yale
The Green Light
1922


16. Motifs
Weather
Geography
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


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

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18. time and place written
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
America and France
Weather
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.


19. Where did Gatsby study after the war?
West Egg
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.
Oxford


20. At the end of the novel - Daisy chooses to be with
Long Island and New York City
America and France
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.
Tom


21. Motifs
Yale
Oxford
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
Weather


22. point of view
Yale
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
Myrtle
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s


23. settings (place)
Long Island 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.
Drain the pool
The Valley of Ashes


24. genre
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
Daisy
Dan Cody
Louisville


25. author
West Egg
At Nick's house
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.


26. Nick Carraway

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27. Tom Buchanan

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28. Who drives the car that kills Myrtle?
Daisy
To learn about the bond business
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 impress Daisy.


29. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City?
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
To impress Daisy.
Because she taunts him about Daisy
Long Island and New York City


30. Daisy Buchanan

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31. Where were Nick and Tom educated?
America and France
The Valley of Ashes
Yale
At Nick's house


32. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
Between West Egg and New York City
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Geography
Minnesota


33. What is Nick's home state?
Minnesota
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
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 eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion


34. Owl Eyes

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35. Why does Gatsby throw his weekly parties?
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
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
Because she taunts him about Daisy
To impress Daisy.


36. Symbols
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
To learn about the bond business
Because she taunts him about Daisy
The Green Light


37. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
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's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
Minnesota
1922


38. 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.
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
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


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


40. Myrtle Wilson

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41. author
At Nick's house
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
America and France
F. Scott Fitzgerald


42. Klipspringer

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43. Where is the valley of ashes?
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.
Between West Egg and New York City
Daisy
A clock


44. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
At Nick's house
Oxford
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
He rigged the 1919 World Series


45. falling action

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46. George Wilson

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47. Motifs
Geography
1922
Tom
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


48. Motifs
He rigged the 1919 World Series
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Geography
At Nick's house


49. Where is Gatsby's mansion located?
West Egg
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
To impress Daisy.
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.


50. point of view
Because she taunts him about Daisy
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 was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
Yale