Characters
The narrator of the novel
Who is Nick Carraway?
What is the time and place for the setting of the novel?
What is 1922 New York?
"A fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens. . . "
Gatsby recognizes Nick from this event in their past.
What is the war?
Dr. T. J. Eckleburg's billboard of a pair of giant blue eyes with yellow glasses represents this person watching over those who live below.
Who is God?
Nick's second cousin, once removed
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
What advice did Nick's father give him?
The place were Tom and Nick stop in the Valley of Ashes.
What is George Wilson's garage?
Who is Nick?
What does West Egg represent?
What is tacky, new money (self-made people)?
"A great big hulking physical specimen. . . "
Who is Tom Buchanan?
Tom reads and discuses with Nick a book entitled The Rise of the Colored Empires about this topic.
What is white supremacy?
What does Mrs. Wilson ask Tom to buy while on their way to Tom's apartment?
What is a puppy?
Who is asked to meet with Gatsby alone?
Who is Jordan Baker?
What does East Egg represent?
What is old money?
A wealthy man who lives next door to Nick Carraway
Who is Jay Gatsby?
Daisy wants her daughter to be this
What is "a beautiful fool"?
Tom's mistress
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
What is the books are real and not made of cardboard?
What can the Valley of Ashes represent?
What is the moral decay of society or the plight of the poor?
A pro golfer described as "dishonest"
Who is Jordan Baker?
Who does Nick see stretching his arms out to a small, green light?
Who is Jay Gatsby?
Tom break's Myrtle's nose because of this.
What is Myrtle keeps saying Daisy's name?
What is one rumor Nick hears about Gatsby at the party?
What is he killed a man once, he was a German spy, he graduated from Oxford, or he is part of an underground bootlegging operation?
What is the difference between Gatsby and the party guests?
What is the guests are rowdy and drunk while Gatsby is reserved and doesn't drink alcohol?