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Gatsby
Symbols and Figurative Language
100
This character is the first to reveal the history of Daisy and Gatsby's relationship to Nick.
Who is Jordan Baker?
100
This is the section of New York where Nick and Gatsby live.
What is West Egg?
100
Gatsby uses this short phrase to address Nick.
What is old sport?
100
Gatsby uses this phrase to figuratively describe what Daisy's voice sounds like.
What is "her voice is full of money"?
200
This character is having an affair with Myrtle Wilson.
Who is Tom Buchanan?
200
This is the nickname of the area where you can find the billboard of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg.
What is the Valley of Ashes?
200
This man was Gatsby's mentor; he left an inheritance to Gatsby that Gatsby was unable to claim.
Who is Dan Cody?
200

What big idea, external to the book, could the Green Light symbolize?

What is the elusiveness of the American Dream?

300

Poor boy who learned to be a gentleman from Dan Cody (real name)

Who is James Gatz?

300
This is the section of New York associated with "Old Money."
What is East Egg?
300
This is how Gatsby dies.
Who is George Wilson?
300

What symbolizes the idea of God watching over the world in the book?

What is the billboard of T. J. Eckleburg and the owl-eyed man?

400
This acquaintance of Gatsby's fixed the 1919 World Series.
Who is Meyer Wolfshiem?
400
This is the state where James Gatz was born.
What is North Dakota?
400
Gatsby served in Europe during this war.
What is WWI?
400

What does the green light symbolize in the book?

What is Gatsby's dream and hope to be with Daisy?

500
This party-goer plays the piano and lives at Gatsby's house.
Who is Ewing Klipspringer?
500
This city is where Jordan and Daisy knew each other and grew up before moving to New York.
What is Louisville?
500
This is what Gatsby wants Daisy to tell everyone in the tense scene at the hotel in Chapter VII.
What is that she never loved Tom?
500

What metaphor does Nick use in the final line of the book to convey humanity's relentless pursuit of their dreams, despite being held back by the past?

What is "boats against the current"?

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