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Characters
1920s
Symbols
100
The expression of disapproval or disappointment
What is Reproach?
100
haughtiness of manner; disdainful pride
What is hauteur?
100
the narrator of Gatsby.
Who is Nick Carraway?
100
happening by accident or chance rather than by design
What is fortuitous?
100
Gatsby stretches out his arms towards this at the end of chapter 1.
What is the "green light?"
200
The vocabulary word reproach has 2 parts of speech.
What is verb and noun?
200
repulsively ugly or distorted
What is grotesque?
200
golf professional
Who is Jordan Baker?
200
Nick and Gatsby live on this "egg."
What is West Egg?
200
where people's dreams go to die; void of color.
What is the Valley of Ashes?
300
displaying little effort; slow and relaxed
What is languid (ly)?
300
relating to an owner or ownership
What is proprietary?
300
Nick's cousin
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
300
The settings for Gatsby.
What is West and East Egg and New York City?
300
symbolizes God is always watching.
What is the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg?
400
behaving or looking like you are superior to others
What is supercilious?
400
acting or done quickly without thought or care
What is impetuous?
400
having an affair with Mrytle
Who is Tom Buchanan?
400
Fitzgerald coined the 1920s as this
What is the Jazz Age?
400
represents the mysteriousness and perhaps dual nature of Gatsby.
What is the library books?
500
sharing in the knowledge of something secret or private
What is privy?
500
concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty
What is aesthetic?
500
the photographer/neighbor at the impromptu party in the city
Who is Mr. McKee?
500
The Fitzgeralds spent a lot of time in this place due to prohibition in the United States
What is the French Riviera?
500
the voice of reason, understands the nature of Gatsby.
Who is Owl Eyes?
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