Trivia: The Great Gatsby

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1. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
At Nick's house
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Yale


2. tone

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3. Daisy Buchanan

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4. author
1922
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
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I


5. Why does Gatsby throw his weekly parties?
To impress Daisy.
Minnesota
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
F. Scott Fitzgerald


6. Themes
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
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s


7. Which woman is Tom's extramarital lover?
1922
They are cousins.
Yale
Myrtle


8. What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s?
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.
The Jazz Age
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s


9. time and place written
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
Golfer
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
America and France


10. What is Jordan Baker's occupation?
Long Island and New York City
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
Golfer
The Jazz Age


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


12. Where were Nick and Tom educated?
Yale
Myrtle
West Egg
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's


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


14. Daisy Buchanan

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15. What is Jordan Baker's occupation?
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
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.
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
Golfer


16. Nick Carraway

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17. climax
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
Tom
Minnesota
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.


18. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
Minnesota
1922
Weather
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg


19. What is Nick's home state?
Minnesota
To impress Daisy.
Myrtle
They are cousins.


20. What are the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg?
Long Island and New York City
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.
A signboard in the valley of ashes
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I


21. When he renews his acquaintance with Daisy at Nick's house - what does Gatsby knock off of the mantle?
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 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;
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 clock


22. genre
A clock
Oxford
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
Nick's cousin - and the woman Gatsby loves. Daisy lives with Tom across from Gatsby in the fashionable East Egg district of Long Island.


23. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
Between West Egg and New York City
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
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
They are cousins.


24. Myrtle Wilson

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25. Symbols
The Green Light
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
Long Island and New York City
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I


26. Who drives the car that kills Myrtle?
At Nick's house
Daisy
Golfer
Tom


27. Jordan Baker

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28. time and place written
To impress Daisy.
America and France
Louisville
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.


29. Motifs
Louisville
Weather
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
Drain the pool


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


31. Nick Carraway

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32. Jay Gatsby
West Egg
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
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


33. 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 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 and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Drain the pool
He rigged the 1919 World Series


34. author
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tom
1922
A signboard in the valley of ashes


35. Who drives the car that kills Myrtle?
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
America and France
Daisy
Geography


36. tone

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37. Why does Nick move to New York?
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
To learn about the bond business
Drain the pool
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I


38. falling action

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39. settings (place)
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
The Jazz Age
Long Island and New York City
The Green Light


40. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City?
Because she taunts him about Daisy
1922
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 Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s


41. Why does Gatsby throw his weekly parties?
Geography
To impress Daisy.
Gatsby's father
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


42. Which millionaire hired the young Gatsby as an assistant?
Dan Cody
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
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


43. settings (place)
Drain the pool
West Egg
Long Island and New York City
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s


44. rising action

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45. Motifs
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Weather
To impress Daisy.
Tom


46. What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s?
At Nick's house
The Valley of Ashes
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
The Jazz Age


47. Klipspringer

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48. Motifs
They are cousins.
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.
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.


49. Where is the valley of ashes?
At Nick's house
Between West Egg and New York City
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
Minnesota


50. Jordan Baker

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