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Miscellaneous
100
This character, a Jewish-American based on notorious gambler Arnold Rothstein, is said to have fixed the 1919 World Series.
Who is Meyer Wolfshiem
100
When Nick first sees Gatsby, Gatsby is looking out toward this.
What is the green light
100
‘Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’
Who is Nick's father
100
Nick meet's Tom's mistress here
What is George B. Wilson's Repair Shop in the Valley of Ashes
100
Gatsby claims to be educated from here.
What is Oxford
200
He, native to the midwest and a Yale graduate, is the novel's narrator.
Who is Nick Carraway
200
This represents old money; this represents new money
What is East Egg and West Egg
200
‘I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.’
Who is Daisy
200
Tom breaks Myrtle's what
What is her nose
200
According to Jordan, what did Daisy do on her wedding day
What is she began to cry—she cried and cried.
300
"Her husband, among various physical accomplishments, had been one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven—a national figure in a way, one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterward savors of anti-cli- max. His family were enormously wealthy—even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach—but now he’d left Chicago and come east in a fashion that rather took your breath away: for instance he’d brought down a string of polo ponies from Lake Forest."
Who is Tom Buchanan
300
This is the advertisement overlooking the Valley of Ashes
What is The Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg
300
"He smiled understandingly—much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced—or seemed to face—the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey."
Who is Nick
300
What Gatsby tells Nick about himself
What is I am the son of some wealthy people in the middle-west—all dead now. I was brought up in America but educated at Oxford because all my ancestors have been educated there for many years. It is a family tradition.
300
Why does Nick move east
What is to learn the bond business
400

Tom's mistress. "She is in her middle thirties, faintly stout, and carries her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can."

Who is Myrtle

400
Where Gatsby hosts his extravagant parties.
What is his mansion
400
"I didn't want you to think I was just some nobody."
Who is Gatsby
400
How does Myrtle behave as the party progresses
What is she was converted into impressive hauteur. Her laughter, her gestures, her assertions became more violently affected moment by moment and as she expanded the room grew smaller around her until she seemed to be revolving on a noisy, creaking pivot through the smoky air.
400

Two major historical accuracies of the 1920's that we've discussed and that are present in the novel.

What are prohibition, carefree/loose morals, booming economy (wall street), the 1919 World Series scandal, WW1?

500
This man is found looking at books in Gatsby's library and, after realizing the realness of all the books, calls Gatsby a real Belasco.
Who is Owl Eyes
500

This represents the decay of the American Dream

What is the Valley of Ashes?

500
"Tom's got some woman in New York."
Who is Jordan Baker
500
What does Tom do when he and Daisy return from their honeymoon
What is Tom ran into a wagon on the Ventura road one night and ripped a front wheel off his car. The girl who was with him got into the pa- pers too because her arm was broken—she was one of the chambermaids in the Santa Barbara Hotel.
500
Where does Gatsby want to reacquaint with Daisy
What is Nick's house
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