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The narrator whose father told him to reserve his judgments.
Who is Nick Carraway?
100
Owner of the car garage in the Valley of Ashes.
Who is George Wilson?
100
While they look identical, these places house two different breeds on people, one being more "fashionable" than the other.
What is East and West Egg?
100

"A fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens"

What is the Valley of Ashes?

100
Gatsby recognizes Nick from this event in their past.
What is the war?
200
Nick's second cousin, once removed.
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
200
Mistress to Tom who "carried her surplus flesh sensuously."
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
200
Nick comes from this place.
What is the Midwest?
200
The place where Tom and Nick stop in the Valley of Ashes.
What is George Wilson's garage?
200
Gatsby invites Nick to the party by doing this.
What is sending a chauffeur to his house with an invitation?
300

"A great big hulking physical specimen"

Who is Tom Buchanan?

300
A pair of giant blue eyes with yellow glasses on a billboard; represents God.
Who is Dr. T. J. Eckleburg?
300

(1) humor or frivolity, esp. of a serious matter. 

(2) behaving or looking superior to others. 

What are (1) levity; and (2) supercilious?

300

She is described as a snob, as having “her chin raised a little as if she were balancing  something on it which was quite likely to fall.”  

Who is Jordan Baker?

300
Nick meets Gatsby after this.
What is he speaks to him about fighting in the war (unknown to him, it's Gatsby)?
400
According to Nick, "a dishonest person."
Who is Jordan Baker?
400
Couple living in the apartment below Tom and Myrtle's apartment.
Who are the McKees?
400

This represents Gatsby's desire for the one thing he cannot have.

What is the green dock light?

400

In the beginning of the novel, lunch at Tom and Daisy’s is interrupted by a “fifth guest” who is...

Who is Tom's mistress, Myrtle?

400
"Owl-eyes," as Nick calls him, thinks this of Gatsby's books at first, but learns they're not.
What is he thinks the books were fake and made of cardboard?
500

A man "exempt from [Nick's] reaction."

Who is Gatsby?

500

(1) Sharing in something private

(2) Pretend to be affected by 

(3) Having/showing vague/regretful longing


What are (1) privy; (2) feign; and (3) wistful?

500

(1) epigram; (2) riotous; and (3) fractious

What are (1) a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way; (2) marked by or involving public disorder; and (3) irritable and quarrelsome?

500
Tom break's Myrtle's nose because of this.
What is Myrtle keeps saying Daisy's name?
500
Nick hears these things about Gatsby at the party. (List at least 3 things.)
What is he killed a man once, he was a German spy, he graduated from Oxford, he is part of an underground bootlegging operation...?
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