Characters
The story is narrated by:
Nick Carraway
Nick and Gatsby live in:
West Egg
Why does Tom break Myrtle's nose at the apartment?
She won't stop saying Daisy's name.
What does Jordan Baker do for a living?
She is a professional golfer.
What do the eyes of Dr. TJ Eckelburg sympolize?
The eyes of God
What does Nick do for a living?
Works on Wall Street
Who lives in the Valley of Ashes?
George and Myrtle Wilson
Gatsby's real name is:
James Gatz
Who were the only 3 people at Gatsby's funeral?
Nick, Mr. Gatz, the man with the owl-eyed spectacles
The green light is a dual symbol for what TWO things?
Why did Tom and Daisy leave Chicago?
Tom had an affair.
Where does Gatsby go to school for a brief period during the war?
Oxford
What sport did Tom play in college? (Hint: Gatsby introduces him as "the _____ player" at his party and it annoys Tom).
Polo
Which sporting event (year and event) did Meyer Wolfsheim "fix" to win gambling money?
The 1919 World Series
The color yellow represents what?
The death of The American Dream
What is the name of the man that Gatsby works on the yacht for?
Dan Cody
What does Gatsby do to his house on the night before Daisy is going to come over? (Hint: When Nick sees it he tells Gatsby it "looks like the world's fair").
Turns on every light in the house and stands outside to see it lit up.
Why does George Wilson need money at the end of the novel?
He is planning to move "west" with Myrtle because she was having an affair.
What was a rumor that Tom and Daisy heard about Nick before he moved from Chicago?
They heard he was engaged.
Explain the quote: "I hope she'll be a fool; that's the best thing a girl can be in this life, a beautiful little fool."
Who said it and why?
Daisy was talking about her daughter. She's saying that it's better to be ignorant of everything and think that you're happy than to know the horrible things that are happening in your life and to be miserable.
What does Nick say is his best virtue?
"I am one of the only truly honest people I have ever met."
Where is Gatsby really from?
North Dakota
What makes Daisy cry when she first visits Gatsby? (He's throwing what does from his closet? What does that make her realize?)
What happened to F. Scott Fitzgerald's (the author) wife Zelda? Where/how did she die?
She died in a fire at the asylum she was committed to.
Explain the following quote:
“Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that's no matter--tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.... And one fine morning-- So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
Gatsby believed so hard in his past that he tried to repeat it - to find that feeling again that he lost. And Nick is saying that we as people always do this. We try to find those feelings of love and happiness that we've lost to recreate them.