Symbolism
This is what the Green Light symbolizes.
acceptable answers: daisy, dreams, yearning, american dream, etc
This is Jay Gatsby's original name.
What/Who is "James Gatz"?
Someone claims that Gatsby had an underground pipeline to this country.
What is Canada?
"Can't repeat the past? Why, of course you can!"
Gatsby to Nick
This literary device appears in the title of the novel.
What is alliteration?
something along the lines of "wanting to repeat the past"
This is Daisy Buchanan's maiden name.
(aka her last name before getting married)
What/Who is "Fay"?
Someone claims that Gatsby doesn't actually live in a house, instead he live in one of these.
What is a boat?
"You remind me of a rose, an absolute rose."
Daisy to Nick
The audience knows that Myrtle is having an affair, but Wilson does not. This is an example of...
What is Dramatic Irony?
The distinction between East Vs. West represents the distinction between...
Acceptable answers: Old money vs New money, Rich vs Poor, etc
Who/What is "Jimmy"?
That Gatsby was a part of the US Army.
"Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall."
Jordan to Daisy.
Car accidents are mentioned multiple times before Myrtle's death. This is an example of...
What is foreshadowing?
Acceptable answers: Wealth, status, death, etc
This is the full name of Gatby's father.
What/Who is "Henry C. Gatz"?
"You dream, you. You absolute little dream."
Daisy to Pammy
Nick references something he expects the reader to know in this quote. "...promising to unfold the shining secrets that only Midas and Morgan and Mæcenas knew." This is...
What is an allusion?
This is what the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg represent
acceptable answers: wealth, god, worshipping money
This is the name of the woman who takes Dan Cody's money after his death.
What/Who is "Ella Kay"?
Some partygoers in ch3 claim that Gatsby is related to this person.
Who is Paul Von Hindenburg?
You may be thinking, erm, isn't it Kaiser Wilhelm? Well guess what, CATHERINE says that in ch2, and she isn't a partygoer.
"I came across this book by accident. It just shows you."
Gatsby's father to Nick
"Mr. Wolfshiem ... began to eat with ferocious delicacy."
The use of two contradicting words here is called...
What is an Ooymoron?