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Trivia: The Great Gatsby

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1. Who drives the car that kills Myrtle?
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
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.
Daisy
F. Scott Fitzgerald

2. 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.
Oxford
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 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

3. Where did Gatsby study after the war?
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
A signboard in the valley of ashes
Oxford

4. genre
Daisy
Oxford
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
Geography

5. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
1922
To learn about the bond business
The Jazz Age

6. Klipspringer

7. Why did Gatsby drop out of college?
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
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
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A signboard in the valley of ashes

8. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
Between West Egg and New York City
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Long Island and New York City
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder

9. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
Yale
West Egg
A clock
1922

10. Symbols
Because she taunts him about Daisy
The Valley of Ashes
The Green Light
Dan Cody

11. On the day after the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby in New York City - what does Gatsby instruct his gardener not to do?
The Jazz Age
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
Drain the pool

12. Klipspringer

13. Daisy Buchanan

14. Which millionaire hired the young Gatsby as an assistant?
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
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
Dan Cody
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

15. On the day after the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby in New York City - what does Gatsby instruct his gardener not to do?
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
West Egg
Drain the pool
Long Island and New York City

16. How are Daisy and Nick related?
Minnesota
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
They are cousins.
To learn about the bond business

17. Jay Gatsby
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;
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg

18. Which millionaire hired the young Gatsby as an assistant?
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
Dan Cody
Golfer

19. Nick Carraway

20. rising action

21. Motifs
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
The Green Light
Minnesota
Geography

22. time and place written
Tom
America and France
The Valley of Ashes
At Nick's house

23. Symbols
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 Green Light
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

24. Who drives the car that kills Myrtle?
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
Daisy
Yale
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's

25. How are Daisy and Nick related?
Drain the pool
They are cousins.
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
The Jazz Age

26. Daisy Buchanan

27. What is Meyer Wolfshiem's claim to fame?
To impress Daisy.
The Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
He rigged the 1919 World Series
Because she taunts him about Daisy

28. Which woman is Tom's extramarital lover?
Myrtle
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
Dan Cody
West Egg

29. rising action

30. Symbols
The Valley of Ashes
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
Oxford
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.

31. tone

32. 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
Oxford
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 Green Light

33. What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s?
Modernist novel - Jazz Age novel - novel of manners
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
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's

34. What is Jordan Baker's occupation?
They are cousins.
Yale
Golfer
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

35. Which woman is Tom's extramarital lover?
Myrtle
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
Drain the pool
Geography

36. Motifs
Gatsby's lavish parties - Gatsby's arrangement of a meeting with Daisy at Nick's
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 Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
Weather

37. Symbols
Long Island and New York City
1922
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

38. Tom Buchanan

39. major conflict
Between West Egg and New York City
He was humiliated by having to work as a janitor to pay his tuition.
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.
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

40. Where is the valley of ashes?
Oxford
1922
Daisy's rejection of Gatsby - Myrtle's death - Gatsby's murder
Between West Egg and New York City

41. Myrtle Wilson

42. What is Nick's home state?
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I
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
Minnesota
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. At the end of the novel - Daisy chooses to be with
They are cousins.
Long Island and New York City
Tom
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

44. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in 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
Because she taunts him about Daisy
Drain the pool
Dan Cody

45. Where is the valley of ashes?
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;
Oxford
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.
Between West Egg and New York City

46. Jay Gatsby
Weather
Protagonist of the novel - Gatsby is a fabulously wealthy young man living in a Gothic mansion in West Egg. Famous for the lavish parties
The eccentric - bespectacled drunk whom Nick meets at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
F. Scott Fitzgerald

47. George Wilson

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

49. 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 Eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
A signboard in the valley of ashes
Long Island and New York City

50. What are the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg?
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
West Egg
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