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Trivia: The Great Gatsby

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1. Symbols
They are cousins.
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
The Jazz Age
West Egg

2. Where were Nick and Tom educated?
Long Island and New York City
Louisville
Yale
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.

3. Why does Gatsby throw his weekly parties?
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
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.
To impress Daisy.
Geography

4. Jordan Baker

5. author
The Green Light
He rigged the 1919 World Series
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
F. Scott Fitzgerald

6. settings (place)
A clock
They are cousins.
Long Island and New York City
To impress Daisy.

7. major conflict
Between West Egg 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
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 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

8. 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
America and France
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.
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties

9. Which woman is Tom's extramarital lover?
Dan Cody
Myrtle
Minnesota
Drain the pool

10. What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s?
The Jazz Age
Louisville
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

11. Owl Eyes

12. settings (place)
West Egg
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
Long Island and New York City

13. Where did Daisy meet Gatsby?
Weather
Louisville
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
Because she taunts him about Daisy

14. falling action

15. Why does Nick move to New York?
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Gatsby's father
To learn about the bond business

16. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
They are cousins.
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
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.

17. At the end of the novel - Daisy chooses to be with
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Tom
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
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

18. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
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
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Louisville
He rigged the 1919 World Series

19. What are the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg?
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
A signboard in the valley of ashes
Geography

20. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
Golfer
Weather
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.

21. Jordan Baker

22. Who drives the car that kills Myrtle?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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;
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
Daisy

23. When he renews his acquaintance with Daisy at Nick's house - what does Gatsby knock off of the mantle?
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
A clock
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
Dan Cody

24. falling action

25. Tom Buchanan

26. time and place written
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
America and France
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

27. 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
Weather
A signboard in the valley of ashes
Louisville

28. George Wilson

29. Motifs
Long Island and New York City
Myrtle
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.
Geography

30. Where is Gatsby's mansion located?
West Egg
Geography
To impress Daisy.
The Valley of Ashes

31. What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s?
The Jazz Age
Between West Egg and New York City
To impress Daisy.
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.

32. Nick Carraway

33. Owl Eyes

34. George Wilson

35. Motifs
At Nick's house
Dan Cody
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

36. Tom Buchanan

37. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
Long Island and New York City
He rigged the 1919 World Series
America and France
Daisy

38. Where is the valley of ashes?
Gatsby's father
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
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
Between West Egg and New York City

39. What is Nick's home state?
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;
Louisville
The Valley of Ashes
Minnesota

40. Daisy Buchanan

41. Themes
The Green Light
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.
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Dan Cody

42. Motifs
Dan Cody
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 eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
Weather

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

44. Themes
They are cousins.
Weather
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s

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

46. 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
Because she taunts him about Daisy
Yale
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

47. When he renews his acquaintance with Daisy at Nick's house - what does Gatsby knock off of the mantle?
1922
Yale
A signboard in the valley of ashes
A clock

48. On the day after the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby in New York City - what does Gatsby instruct his gardener not to do?
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.
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.
Drain the pool
They are cousins.

49. climax
Louisville
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
West Egg
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.

50. tone