Trivia: The Great Gatsby

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1. time and place written
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
America and France
Daisy
He rigged the 1919 World Series


2. author
Between West Egg and New York City
Louisville
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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. Symbols
Minnesota
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.
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg


4. settings (place)
Long Island and New York City
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
To learn about the bond business


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


6. What did Fitzgerald call 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.
The Jazz Age
The Green Light
A clock


7. climax
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
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.
Long Island and New York City
To learn about the bond business


8. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
Myrtle
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1922
Long Island and New York City


9. Symbols
1922
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
Gatsby's father


10. How are Daisy and Nick related?
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 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;
They are cousins.
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


11. Owl Eyes

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12. What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s?
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
The Jazz Age
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners


13. falling action

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14. What is Nick's home state?
They are cousins.
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Minnesota
Geography


15. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City?
Because she taunts him about Daisy
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.
A clock
Drain the pool


16. time and place written
The Green Light
America and France
F. Scott Fitzgerald
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.


17. 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
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
They are cousins.
Between West Egg and New York City


18. Where is the valley of ashes?
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
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
Yale


19. rising action

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20. Where is Gatsby's mansion located?
West Egg
Drain the pool
Louisville
He rigged the 1919 World Series


21. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
Golfer
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
He rigged the 1919 World Series


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

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23. Jordan Baker

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24. Why does Gatsby throw his weekly parties?
The Green Light
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
Drain the pool
To impress Daisy.


25. genre
To learn about the bond business
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.
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.
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners


26. Motifs
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
Geography
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
Because she taunts him about Daisy


27. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City?
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Myrtle
Because she taunts him about Daisy


28. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
They are cousins.
America and France
A signboard in the valley of ashes
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.


29. Myrtle Wilson

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30. Which woman is Tom's extramarital lover?
Dan Cody
1922
Myrtle
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's


31. Daisy Buchanan

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32. Symbols
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Golfer
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Green Light


33. Themes
To learn about the bond business
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 Valley of Ashes
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s


34. Klipspringer

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35. author
They are cousins.
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
He rigged the 1919 World Series
F. Scott Fitzgerald


36. climax
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Because she taunts him about Daisy
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.
Gatsby's father


37. What are the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg?
A signboard in the valley of ashes
He rigged the 1919 World Series
The Jazz Age
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I


38. Jay Gatsby
At Nick's house
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
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's


39. major conflict
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
Between West Egg and New York City
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.


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


41. Symbols
The Valley of Ashes
Yale
Louisville
Daisy


42. What is Jordan Baker's occupation?
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
Golfer
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
1922


43. George Wilson

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44. Who drives the car that kills 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;
Daisy
The Decline of the American Dream in the 1920s
Drain the pool


45. Motifs
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
Weather
1922
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I


46. Symbols
America and France
The Valley of Ashes
To impress Daisy.
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners


47. Where did Daisy meet Gatsby?
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
The Green Light
Louisville


48. Tom Buchanan

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49. Owl Eyes

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50. Jordan Baker

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