Setting
Where does Nick live?
West Egg
What two characters are introduced in the room with the white flowing curtains?
Daisy Buchanan and Jordan Baker
Where did Nick get drunk for the second time?
At Myrtle's apartment
What is a bootlegger?
Someone who imports and sells alcohol illegally.
Daily double - Who reaches out to the green light?
Bonus 100: What does the green light represent?
Gatsby
Daisy
Where is Tom and Daisy's house?
What do Gatsby and Nick find they have in common?
Both fought in WWI
What color were Doctor Eckleburg eyes?
Blue
Daily double - "Where from in the Middle West?"
What does Gatsby respond with?
"San Francisco"
"The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door..." - What type of figurative language?
Personification
White
Who says "Old Sport"?
Gatsby
Daily double - Why does Tom take Nick to Wilson's autoshop?
So Nick can meet Tom's mistress.
What is prohibition?
The amendment that made alcohol illegal.
"In the blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths..." Type of figurative language?
Simile
What year does this story take place?
(Summer of) 1922
Daily double - What sport was Tom famous for in college?
Football
Where is Nick's first introduction to Gatsby?
At Gatsby's party
What car does Gatsby's chauffeur drive?
A Rolls Royce
...enough colored lights to make a Christmas tree of Gatsby's enormous garden." Type of figurative language?
Metaphor
Daily double - Where do George and Myrtle live?
The Valley of Ashes
How does Tom know George Wilson?
Why does Tom break Myrtle's nose?
She keeps saying Daisy's name.
What university did Tom and Nick attend?
Yale
"as she expanded the room grew smaller and smaller around her, until she seemed to be revolving on a noisy, creaking pivot through the smoky air." Type of figurative language?
Bonus - who?
Imagery
- Myrtle