Characters
This character is having an affair with Myrtle Wilson.
Who is Tom Buchanan?
This is the section of New York where Nick and Gatsby live.
What is West Egg?
How do the 1920s play a part in the story?
What is prohibition, bootlegging, jazz music, party lifestyle, New York City?
Gatsby uses this short phrase to address Nick.
What is old sport?
What does the green light symbolize?
What is Gatsby's dream and hope to be with Daisy?
This character is the first to reveal the history of Daisy and Gatsby's relationship to Nick.
Who is Jordan Baker?
This is the nickname of the area where you can find the billboard of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg.
What is the Valley of Ashes?
How does social class play a role in the novel?
What is old vs. new money and the stigma attached to both?
Gatsby served in Europe during this war.
What is WWI?
What could the Valley of Ashes symbolize?
What is the destruction of society and the poorer class?
This acquaintance of Gatsby's fixed the 1919 World Series.
Who is Meyer Wolfshiem?
This is the section of New York associated with "Old Money."
What is East Egg?
How does the American Dream play a part in the story?
What is both Nick and Gatsby try to make something of themselves by moving to New York; both are searching for a better life?
What Mid-western town does Gatsby say he is from?
What is San Francisco?
There is a lot of mention of cars in the novel. What do cars reflect in the people that own them?
What is (various explanations of wealth and material possessions and arrogance)
“It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced--or seemed to face--the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor.”
Whose smile is being described?
Jay Gatsby
This city is where Jordan and Daisy knew each other and grew up before moving to New York.
What is Louisville?
Name the characters that exemplify no money, new money, and old money.
Answers may vary: (Who are Myrtle, Gatsby, and Tom)
How is Gatsby introduced into the novel?
He is mentioned in a conversation between Nick and Jordan.
Daisy received a letter right before her wedding. What happened to the letter and what does it symbolize?
What is the letter disintegrated into the bath water, symbolizing Gatsby and Daisy's relationship dissolving and officially coming to an end. :(
"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
Who said this?
Nick's Father
The street on which Tom Myrtle have an apartment in New York?
What is 158th Street?
What is the importance of the East and the MidWest in the book?
What is the East is a place of destruction and obsession with wealth; the Midwest is a purer place with a better life?
Gatsby handed a 'metal of valor' he received from this country to Nick while explaining his backstory.
What is Montenegro?
What are the “eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg” and what do they symbolize?
A billboard overlooking the valley of Ashes, symbolizes the desolation of this community, the forgotteness of the poor, and possible the eyes of god watching over them (we'll discuss later in the book).