Plot & Events
Characters
Symbols
Quotes
Themes
100

In chapter 4, Gatsby takes Nick here for lunch and introduces him to Meyer Wolfsheim.

New York, Speakeasy in a Cellar

100

Fixed the 1919 World Series

Wolfsheim

100

In chapter 5, Gatsby's reunion with Daisy occurs in a heavy rain, which symbolizes this.

Tension or uncertainty

100

'Her voice is full of ___.' This famous line is spoken by Gatsby to Nick, completing the quote.

money

100

Tom's discomfort at Gatsby's party in chapter 6 reflects the novel's tension between old money and this.

New Money

200

Jordan tells Nick the story of Daisy and Gatsby's past romance, revealing they met in this year.

1917

200

Pro-Golfer

Jordan

200

This color, associated with Daisy's voice, her dock light, and her presence, represents money and the American Dream.

Yellow, gold, or green 

200

Nick describes Gatsby's smile as one that 'understood you just so far as you wanted to be understood,' suggesting Gatsby is this.

charming, but secretive 

200

The Valley of the Ashes represents

Poverty

300

In chapter 5, Gatsby reunites with Daisy at this location.

Nick's cottage

300

This man arrives at Gatsby's party in chapter 6 with his 'moving picture' crowd and is disgusted by the extravagance.

Tom

300

Cufflinks made of teeth

Serious business, does not play around

300

In chapter 6, Nick tells Gatsby 'You can't repeat the ___.'

Past

300

Gatsby refuses to accept the ____________

Present

400

Gatsby's real name

James Gatz

400

Gatsby idolized this older, self-made man as a youth, who gave him a taste of wealth.

Dan Cody

400

Green light at end of dock

American Dream

400

In the quote about being "pursued," who is the pursued?

Daisy

400

The fact that Gatsby's parties are full of strangers who gossip about him illustrates this theme about wealth and fame.

Isolation

500

Gatsby throws his colorful shirts at Daisy in chapter 5, and she reacts by doing this.

Crying

500

She is described as Gatsby's 'golden girl' and represents his dream of wealth and social status.

Daisy

500

Gatsby's mansion is described as a copy of this European architectural style, symbolizing his fabricated identity.

Normandy chateau(royalty, inherited wealth)

500

Nick says Gatsby's imagination had 'never really accepted' Daisy as a person, but only as this.

Dream

500

When Gatsby breaks the clock at Nick's house, this represents

Gatsby's desire for the past(time to not move forward)

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