The REAL Origin
Gatsby's real legal name before he reinvented his identity at age seventeen.
Who is James Gatz?
The name of Dan Cody’s yacht that young James Gatz boarded to begin his new life.
What is the Tuolomee?
Daisy’s husband who unexpectedly stops by Gatsby’s house for a drink while out horseback riding.
Who is Tom Buchanan?
The guest who accompanies Daisy to Gatsby’s party in Chapter 6, marking her first time attending one.
Who is Tom Buchanan?
When Nick tells Gatsby "You can't repeat the past," Gatsby yells back this legendary line.
What is "Why of course you can!"?
The state in the middle of nowhere where Gatsby was born to broke parents.
What is North Dakota?
The Western industry that made fifty-year-old Dan Cody a multimillionaire.
What is mining (copper and silver)?
The horseback rider who insincerely invites Gatsby to dinner, leading Gatsby to accept the invitation literally.
Who is Mr. Sloane?
The title Gatsby repeatedly uses to introduce Tom to guests at the party, much to Tom's annoyance.
What is "the polo player"?
Gatsby wants Daisy to go to Tom and deliver these five specific words to undo the last five years.
What is "I never loved you"?
The Minnesota college Gatsby attended for just two weeks before dropping out because he hated working as a janitor to pay tuition.
What is St. Olaf College?
Dan Cody’s severe struggle with this substance led Gatsby to stay away from it almost entirely.
What is alcohol?
The mode of transportation Tom and his party use to ride away, leaving Gatsby behind before he can join them in his car.
What are horses?
What Daisy lends Tom at the party so he can literally write down other girls' numbers.
What is a gold pencil?
The city where Gatsby and Daisy first fell in love five years ago before everything got messy.
What is Louisville?
The giant lake where 17-year-old Gatsby rowed out to warn a rich guy that a bad storm was coming.
What is Lake Superior?
How much cash Dan Cody left Gatsby in his will that Gatsby got scammed out of.
What is $25,000?
The super hypocritical thing Tom complains about women doing nowadays.
What is "running around"?
The ONE thing Daisy actually likes at the party, which was a movie star and her director sitting under this tree.
What is a white-plum tree?
Where Gatsby expects to go back and marry Daisy once she dumps Tom.
What is Daisy's house?
Nick says Gatsby basically invented his entire personality out of a "Platonic conception of..." what?
What is himself?
The newspaper woman who boarded Cody's yacht and legally secured his entire $25 million fortune after his death.
Who is Ella Kaye?
The illegal crime Tom accuses Gatsby of doing to get all his money.
What is bootlegging?
Daisy hated the West Egg party because she thought it was tacky, loud, and way too what?
What is vulgar?
Nick compares Gatsby’s memory of kissing Daisy five years ago to a flower doing what?
What is blossoming / blooming?