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Trivia: The Great Gatsby

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1. George Wilson

2. Nick Carraway

3. Symbols
They are cousins.
Myrtle
The Valley of Ashes
Between West Egg and New York City

4. Owl Eyes

5. Motifs
The Green Light
At Nick's house
Geography
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.

6. Nick Carraway

7. time and place written
America and France
The Valley of Ashes
Golfer
They are cousins.

8. George Wilson

9. Where did Gatsby study after the war?
Oxford
To learn about the bond business
They are cousins.
The Valley of Ashes

10. Which millionaire hired the young Gatsby as an assistant?
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.
Dan Cody
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.

11. rising action

12. What are the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg?
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
A signboard in the valley of ashes
Golfer

13. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
1922
Gatsby's father
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
America and France

14. Where is the valley of ashes?
Between West Egg and New York City
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
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
Dan Cody

15. Jordan Baker

16. Where did Gatsby study after the war?
Oxford
Between West Egg and New York City
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.

17. author
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
The Green Light
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tom

18. How are Daisy and Nick related?
Yale
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
To learn about the bond business
They are cousins.

19. Motifs
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Tom
Weather
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

20. 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 and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Between West Egg and New York City
They are cousins.

21. Why does Nick move to New York?
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.
To learn about the bond business
Geography

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

23. What are the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg?
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.
A signboard in the valley of ashes
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.

24. What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s?
They are cousins.
Gatsby's father
The Green Light
The Jazz Age

25. Symbols
They are cousins.
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
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg

26. Why does Nick move to New York?
To learn about the bond business
Drain the pool
The Valley of Ashes
Geography

27. Which woman is Tom's extramarital lover?
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
Myrtle

28. Symbols
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
Drain the pool
They are cousins.
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.

29. What is Jordan Baker's occupation?
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
Golfer
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
A signboard in the valley of ashes

30. falling action

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

32. tone

33. Where is the valley of ashes?
Between West Egg and New York City
Gatsby's father
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I

34. rising action

35. Symbols
To learn about the bond business
They are cousins.
The Valley of Ashes
To impress Daisy.

36. Where did Daisy meet Gatsby?
Louisville
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
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

37. Who drives the car that kills Myrtle?
Gatsby's father
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.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

38. 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
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 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;
Weather

39. Klipspringer

40. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City?
Because she taunts him about Daisy
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
The Green Light

41. Who drives the car that kills Myrtle?
Daisy
Long Island and New York City
The Green Light
Drain the pool

42. Themes
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
America and France
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s

43. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
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;
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties

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

45. Daisy Buchanan

46. Motifs
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Weather
Because she taunts him about Daisy
To learn about the bond business

47. genre
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
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
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

48. Jay Gatsby
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.
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
Geography

49. Myrtle Wilson

50. 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
West Egg
1922
Daisy