Trivia: The Great Gatsby

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1. Why does Nick move to New York?
West Egg
To learn about the bond business
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
Daisy


2. time and place written
America and France
Louisville
The Valley of Ashes
Because she taunts him about Daisy


3. At the end of the novel - Daisy chooses to be with
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 signboard in the valley of ashes
To learn about the bond business
Tom


4. Daisy Buchanan

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5. author
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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
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


6. Jordan Baker

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7. Which woman is Tom's extramarital lover?
Geography
Myrtle
Dan Cody
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion


8. climax
Golfer
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.
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


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


10. Themes
Minnesota
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
To impress Daisy.


11. author
America and France
They are cousins.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners


12. tone

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13. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
Dan Cody
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I


14. Klipspringer

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15. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Oxford
Yale
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


16. What is Jordan Baker's occupation?
Golfer
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
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.
F. Scott Fitzgerald


17. When he renews his acquaintance with Daisy at Nick's house - what does Gatsby knock off of the mantle?
To impress Daisy.
Yale
They are cousins.
A clock


18. Jay Gatsby
Minnesota
Yale
At Nick's house
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties


19. Motifs
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.
Minnesota
Geography
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg


20. genre
Drain the pool
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.
Golfer
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners


21. Where does Gatsby recognize Nick from?
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Weather
The Valley of Ashes


22. Symbols
The Green Light
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
To impress Daisy.


23. Where did Gatsby study after the war?
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
Oxford
To impress Daisy.
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


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

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25. Themes
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 Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
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
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I


26. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
Myrtle
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
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


27. Symbols
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
To impress Daisy.
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s


28. falling action

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29. Where is Gatsby's mansion located?
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
Golfer
Tom
West Egg


30. rising action

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31. time and place written
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
Between West Egg 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;
America and France


32. Tom Buchanan

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33. Where did Daisy meet Gatsby?
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
At Nick's house
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


34. Owl Eyes

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35. What are the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg?
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Gatsby's father
A signboard in the valley of ashes
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder


36. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
1922
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;
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


37. Symbols
Tom
Between West Egg and New York City
The Valley of Ashes
A clock


38. Myrtle Wilson

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39. settings (place)
America and France
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.
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


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

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41. What is Nick's home state?
Minnesota
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 Jazz Age
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.


42. falling action

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43. George Wilson

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44. Who drives the car that kills Myrtle?
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.
Louisville
Daisy
To impress Daisy.


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


46. Klipspringer

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47. Symbols
The Jazz Age
Yale
Myrtle
The Valley of Ashes


48. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
At Nick's house
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


49. Nick Carraway

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