Characters/author
Who wrote The Great Gatsby?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Who kills Gatsby?
George Wilson
What does East Egg symbolize?
Old money
Illegal sale of alcohol during the 1920s
Who is your teacher's favorite Marvel hero?
Hint: haircut
Thor with short hair!
What is Jordan Baker's occupation (job)?
Golfer
Why does Nick move to New York City?
To learn the bond business.
Where is the green light located and what does it symbolize?
At the end of Daisy's dock.
Gatsby's love for Daisy; his dream of being reunited with Daisy.
In what year did World War I end?
1918.
Who is my favorite student in this Master class?
You! (just say me)
What is the name of the author's wife?
Zelda Fitzgerald
Where does Daisy and Gatsby meet for the first time (the name of the city)?
Identify 2 symbols and what they represent in the book besides the green light and West Egg/East Egg.
Jordan Baker - the new woman (independent; her dress code)
Valley of the ashes - the dark side of industrialization, modernization
What are the two nicknames for the time period 1920s?
The Jazz Age
The Roaring Twenties
Where am I from?
Arizona, United States
Where was Gatsby born?
A farm in North Dakota
Nick, Wolfsheim, and Gatsby's dad.
Nick finds the upper class (Daisy, Tom, Jordan) to be...? (adjective)
What is the title of the second book we will read after Gatsby?
A Separate Peace
What other Chungdahm classes do I teach other than Master?
Bridge and Eagle
What is Daisy's maiden name (her last name before she married Tom)?
Fay
Nick meets Tom again in New York City, after Gatsby's death, and Tom tells Nick that he suffered a lot after Gatsby died. What made him suffer and "cry like a baby"?
Tom had to sell the apartment that he and Myrtle used for that affair.
What does the "defunct mantelpiece clock" symbolize?
Gatsby's clumsiness/failure to realize the concept of time.
"Can't repeat the past!"
"Why, of course you can!"
Why makes Gatsby "great"?
Far more real and authentic than anyone Nick has met.
Name all 8 schools in the Ivy League.
Brown, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Cornell, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania