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Trivia: The Great Gatsby

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

2. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
They are cousins.
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
1922
Tom

3. Tom Buchanan

4. Daisy Buchanan

5. Jay Gatsby
The Green Light
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
Myrtle
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties

6. Symbols
The Valley of Ashes
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
Between West Egg and New York City
West Egg

7. Jordan Baker

8. What is Jordan Baker's occupation?
Tom
Gatsby's father
Golfer
He rigged the 1919 World Series

9. Which woman is Tom's extramarital lover?
Myrtle
The Green Light
1922
The Jazz Age

10. rising action

11. At the end of the novel - Daisy chooses to be with
To impress Daisy.
Tom
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

12. Jordan Baker

13. Owl Eyes

14. On the day after the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby in New York City - what does Gatsby instruct his gardener not to do?
Long Island and New York City
Drain the pool
Myrtle
Weather

15. Where did Gatsby study after the war?
Oxford
Louisville
Drain the pool
A signboard in the valley of ashes

16. Who drives the car that kills Myrtle?
Daisy
Golfer
The Jazz Age
They are cousins.

17. point of view
Tom
The Green Light
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
Minnesota

18. What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s?
The Jazz Age
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
Myrtle
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. time and place written
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.
Yale
America and France
Geography

20. Myrtle Wilson

21. Themes
They are cousins.
Gatsby's father
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg

22. Where is the valley of ashes?
Between West Egg and New York City
1922
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.

23. Where is the valley of ashes?
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
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.
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.

24. major conflict
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
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
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.
To impress Daisy.

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

26. author
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
Louisville
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;
F. Scott Fitzgerald

27. Motifs
Geography
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
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

28. Owl Eyes

29. point of view
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 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;
Tom
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. Where is Gatsby's mansion located?
Minnesota
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
The Green Light
West Egg

31. At the end of the novel - Daisy chooses to be with
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
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

32. Symbols
The Valley of Ashes
Tom
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
Myrtle

33. Symbols
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
A clock
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg

34. Which millionaire hired the young Gatsby as an assistant?
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
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
Because she taunts him about Daisy

35. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
Weather
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
Weather
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's

36. What is Nick's home state?
Minnesota
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.
Weather
The Jazz Age

37. Motifs
Between West Egg and New York City
America and France
The Valley of Ashes
Weather

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

39. Where did Daisy meet Gatsby?
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
To impress Daisy.
Myrtle
Louisville

40. major conflict
Yale
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
Minnesota

41. author
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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
Between West Egg and New York City

42. Which woman is Tom's extramarital lover?
Myrtle
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
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.

43. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
To learn about the bond business
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
A signboard in the valley of ashes
He rigged the 1919 World Series

44. Motifs
The Valley of Ashes
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Geography
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's

45. How are Daisy and Nick related?
Oxford
West Egg
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.
They are cousins.

46. Where is Gatsby's mansion located?
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
West Egg
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
Drain the pool

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

48. Why does Nick move to New York?
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 Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
The Jazz Age
To learn about the bond business

49. What is Jordan Baker's occupation?
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
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
Louisville

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