PLACES
PEOPLE
AFFAIRS
EYES, PLACES, AND THINGS
VOCABULARY
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The Valley of Ashes is between these two places.
What are the East Egg and the West Egg?
100
Fitzgerald likely juxtaposed the descriptions of the two women to emphasize the differences in their lives and social class.
Who are Myrtle Wilson and Daisy Buchanan?
100
Tom has this person ride in a separate train car into the city in order to preserve his reputation in the East Egg.
Who is Myrtle?
100
This is looking down on to the Valley of the Ashes.
What are the eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleburg?
100
Relating to an ownership or property
Synonyms: exclusive, personal, sole, private, unshared
What is proprietary?
200
Tom and Nick visit Tom's mistress Myrtle Wilson in this location.
What is in the Valley of Ashes?
200
He is a blonde, spiritless man who owns and operates a repair shop; married to Myrtle.
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Who is George Wilson?
200
The lie that Myrtle tells George to get out of the apartment to continue her affair with Tom.
She said that she is visiting this person in the city:
Who is her sister Catherine?
200
Fitzgerald’s diction in Chapter 2 implies that there was a sense of decay and hopelessness for this class of people in the 1920s.
Who are the working class?
200
Not readily seen or noticed.
Synonyms: unnoticeable, hidden, concealed, inconspicuous
What is discreet?
300
This is the name of George Wilson's business in the Valley of Ashes.
What is Wilson's Garage?
300
"The thickish figure of a woman blocked out the light from the office door” refers to this sensuous character in Chapter 2.
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
300
Nick is shocked by Catherine’s assertion that Tom and Myrtle are not able to officially be together due to this factor.
What is Daisy's religion? (Catholic)
300
It is very tiny: "a small living-room, a small dining-room, a small bedroom and bath."
What is Tom and Myrtle's secret apartment in the city?
300
Somewhat old-fashioned : Having an unusual quality that is attractive and stylish
Synonyms: dashing, debonair, sporty, stylish, dapper
What is rakish?
400
Myrtle's apartment is on this floor of the building, which is usually the cheapest.
What is the top floor?
400
The name of the downstairs neighbors at Tom and Myrtle's secret apartment in the city.
Who are the McKees?
400
It is almost midnight and Nick overhears Tom and Myrtle fighting about whether she has any right to say Daisy's name. Myrtle says she will say Daisy's name any time she wants, so Tom does this to Myrtle
What is slap? (breaks her nose)
400
She can enjoy some of Tom’s wealth as his mistress, but she still cannot fulfill the role of an upper class wife the way Daisy can.
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
400
Not sensible or restrained; excessive
Synonyms: unbalanced, unrestrained, unlimited, self-indulgent
What is immoderate?
500
The decay of this is most likely represented by the Valley of Ashes
What is the American Dream?
500
"Well, they say he's a nephew or a cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm's. That's where all his money comes from."
Who is Jay Gatsby?
500
When Myrtle accompanied Tom and Nick into the city, she purchased cosmetics, magazines, and this
What is a dog?
500
Color is used this many times in the book as a way for the author to emphasize imagery and visualization within the book.
What is 166 times?
500
Disdainful pride; haughtiness; snobbery.
Synonyms: Arrogance, conceit, superiority
What is hauteur?