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Miscellaneous
Mx. Lyle Lore
100
This character, a Jewish-American based on notorious gambler Arnold Rothstein, is said to have fixed the 1919 World Series.
Who is Meyer Wolfshiem
100
When Nick first sees Gatsby, Gatsby is looking out toward this.
What is the green light
100
‘Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’
Who is Nick's father
100
Nick meet's Tom's mistress here
What is George B. Wilson's Repair Shop in the Valley of Ashes
100
Gatsby claims to be educated from here.
What is Oxford
100

Name one "Lyle-ism" or a phrase that Mx. Lyle says almost every day, if not every day.

What is "Everyone good? Everyone great?" What is "What's my one rule when we do this?" What is "all phones/headphones in backpacks, all backpacks should be touching a wall, not your desk." What is "to some degree or another." What is "I'm sorry, friend, I can't hear you because other people are talking."

**Other Lyle-isms will be approved at Mx. Lyle's discretion** 

200

He, native to the midwest and a bondsman, is the novel's narrator.

Who is Nick Carraway

200
This represents old money; this represents new money
What is East Egg and West Egg
200
‘I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.’
Who is Daisy
200
Tom breaks Myrtle's what
What is her nose
200

One of the major themes we have discussed

What is American dream?

200

Which sport did Mx. Lyle play in high school?

What is track and field? (I was a thrower, specializing in the discus throw!)

300
"Her husband, among various physical accomplishments, had been one of the most powerful ends that ever played football at New Haven—a national figure in a way, one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterward savors of anti-cli- max. His family were enormously wealthy—even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach—but now he’d left Chicago and come east in a fashion that rather took your breath away: for instance he’d brought down a string of polo ponies from Lake Forest."
Who is Tom Buchanan
300
This is the advertisement overlooking the Valley of Ashes
What is The Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg
300
"He smiled understandingly—much more than understandingly. 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. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey."
Who is Nick
300

What does Tom do when he and Daisy return from their honeymoon?

What is Tom ran into a wagon on the Ventura road one night and ripped a front wheel off his car. The girl with him got into the papers, too, because her arm was broken—she was one of the chambermaids in the Santa Barbara Hotel. AKA Tom was cheating on Daisy

300
Why does Nick move east
What is to learn the bond business
300

What two instruments does Mx. Lyle play?

What are the piano and the trumpet?

400
She is in her middle thirties, faintly stout, and carries her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can.
Who is Myrtle
400
Where Gatsby hosts his extravagant parties.
What is his mansion
400
"I didn't want you to think I was just some nobody."
Who is Gatsby
400

Name two ways Gatsby tries to get close to Daisy in the novel so far.

What is throwing parties? What is buying a house across the bay from her? What is reading the Chicago newspaper every day? What is Jordan asking Nick to invite her over for tea? What is sending her a letter before her wedding?

400
According to Jordan, what did Daisy do on her wedding day
What is she began to cry—she cried and cried.
400

What is Mx. Lyle's middle name?

What is Lynn?

500
This man is found looking at books in Gatsby's library and, after realizing the realness of all the books, calls Gatsby a real Belasco.
Who is Owl Eyes
500

On multiple occasions Nick mentions Jordan's arms as being this color

What is Gold

500
"Tom's got some woman in New York."
Who is Jordan Baker
500

Name five things that you could find at a Gatsby party. 

What are alcoholic drinks/cocktails, lots of food, music, caterers, two dinners, Broadway understudies, orchestras, uninvited guests, servants

500
Where does Gatsby want to reacquaint with Daisy
What is Nick's house
500

When is Mx. Lyle's birthday?

What is May 27, 2001?

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