Characters
Very wealthy; changes his name
Jay Gatsby
At the end of the novel Daisy chooses to be with...
Tom Buchanan
The Valley of Ashes is described as a “fantastic farm where the ashes grow like wheat.” This phrase contains a(n)…
Simile
“Daisy! Daisy! Daisy! […] I’ll say it whenever I want to!”
Myrtle Wilson
Describe Fitzgerald's attitude toward the American dream. Does he believe it is attainable?
Fitzgerald portrays the American Dream as largely unattainable and corrupted, rather than a realistic aspiration.
Narrator of the novel
Nick Carraway
Where is Gatsby's mansion located?
West Egg
The phrase “The whole town is desolate” is an example of a(n)…
Hyperbole
“She only married you because I was poor, and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart, she never loved anyone except me!”
Jay Gatsby
What does the green light most likely symbolize?
The American Dream, Daisy, a strong yearning of Gatsby’s, etc.
Killed in a car accident
Myrtle Wilson
Why does Gatsby throw his weekly parties?
To impress Daisy
The statement “as my taxi groaned away, I saw Gatsby walking toward me across his lawn” contains an example of…
Personification
“I’ve been here too long. I want to get away. My wife and I want to go west.”
George Wilson
During what year is The Great Gatsby set?
1922
Runs an auto shop
George Wilson
From where does Gatsby recognize Nick?
Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in WWI
What is Ms. Allison's favorite literary device
Alliteration
“Civilization’s going to pieces, […] I’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. Have you read ‘The Rise of the Colored Empires’ by this man Goddard?”
Tom Buchanan
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby belongs to what literary movement?
American Literary Modernism
Jay Gatsby's father
Henry Gatz
When (during which season) does Nick leave the East?
Autumn
The sentence, “And so it happened that on a warm windy evening I drove over to East Egg to see two old friends whom I scarcely knew at all” contains a(n)…
Oxymoron
He gives large parties […] and I like large parties. They’re so intimate.”
Jordan Baker
When was The Great Gatsby published?
1925