Historical Context
This amendment to the US Constitution gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife.
Who is Zelda Sayer?
"In consequence, I'm inclined to reserve all judgments..."
Who is Nick Carraway?
As Daisy and her guests move outside to the porch, she becomes annoyed with these items on the outside table.
What are candles?
"The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sun-dials and brick walks and burning gardens - finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though from the momentum of its run."
What is personification?
This term refers to a decade in the US history characterized by rapid economic growth, social and cultural changes, such as less strict moral values, overindulgence, mass consumerism, excessive drinking, etc.
What is the Roaring Twenties?
This is where Fitzgerald was born.
What is St. Paul, Minnesota?
"My own house was an eyesore, but it was a small eyesore, and it had been overlooked..."
Who is Nick Carraway?
This is Nick's excuse for not attending Daisy's wedding.
What is he wasn't back from the war?
"The whole town is desolate. All the cars have the left rear wheel painted black as a mourning wreath, and there's a persistent wail all night along the north shore."
What is verbal irony?
One of the effects of Prohibition, this term refers to the illicit manufacturing and selling of intoxicating beverages.
What is bootlegging?
F. Scott Fitzgerald's birth date.
What is September 24, 1896?
"Do they miss me?"
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
This is the kind of dog that Myrtle says she wants to get.
What is a police dog?
"I bought a dozen volumes on banking and credit and investment securities, and they stood on my shelf in red and gold like new money from the mint, promising to unfold the shining secrets that only Midas and Morgan and Maecenas knew."
What is an allusion?
This young woman, wearing short skirts and bobbed hair, smoking, drinking, and dancing to Jazz music was an epitome of independence in the 1920s.
Who is a flapper?
Fitzgerald was named after this famous person.
Who is Francis Scott Key?
"Civilization's going to pieces [...] It's up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these other races will have control of things."
Who is Tom Buchanan?
According to the man selling puppies in the street, the dog's coat will prevent this.
What is a cold?
"Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock."
What is symbolism?
Langston Hughes and Zora Neal Hurston are amongst the representatives of this cultural movement in the 1920s.
What is Harlem Renaissance?
The cause of Fitzgerald's death.
What is a heart attack?
"Absolutely real - have pages and everything. I thought they'd be a nice durable cardboard."
Who is Owl Eyes?
At Gatsby's party, Jordan Baker told Nick that she didn't like small parties because they lacked this.
What is privacy?
"I had been actually invited [...]the honor would be entirely Gatsby's, it said, if I would attend his "little party" that night."
What is understatement?