Characters
This character was born in North Dakota.
Jay Gatsby.
Daisy tries to push these people together.
Nick and Jordan.
One of the final scenes the chair represents this object.
What is a swimming pool?
What does Gatsby think the green light means?
It means Daisy to him.
The other name for the 1920's.
The roaring 20's?
This character moved East to start a career in bonds.
Nick Carraway
Mr. Gatsby's catchphrase.
Old sport
Not in the book but in the play a playful flirtation between two characters existed, who were the characters?
Daisy and Nick
What does Nick associate the green light with?
America's rise.
The 1920's was a revelation for what people in general?
Young adults. Especially young women.
This character shot Jay Gatsby.
George Wilson.
Gatsby tells this to Nick about his family.
That his family died and left him a fortune.
How was Myrtle's death represented in the play? (2 parts)
By one of the actors holding two lights, as well as sound effects.
What does Daisy represent?
The American dream
What was banned during part of the 1920's?
Alcohol
The person that desperately wants out of a situation, but with dire consequences.
Myrtle.
After Gatsby's death Jordan tells this to Nick.
That she is engaged to another man.
Why was Nick so upset to see Daisy and Tom years after the death of Gatsby?
Because it was Nick blamed Daisy's and they both acted as if it had never happened. Neither of them attended his funeral, despite Daisy being Gatsby's true love.
What does the billboard featuring TJ represent?
God looking down on a moral wasteland. (The valley of ashes)
The year the novel was published.
1925
Jay Gatsby's real name.
James Gatz?
What does Wilson mistake the advertising featuring Doctor TJ Eckleburg for?
God
The first and final scene where the cast is dancing like zombies represents what?
It represents the mindlessness that the upper class had during the 1920's, which is also the theme of the novel.
What is the audience supposed to think the green light represent?
Gatsby's hopes and dreams.
The president when The Great Gatsby was published.
Calvin Coolidge