Characters
What is Jay Gatsby's real name?
James Gatz
Whose nose does Tom break?
Myrtle's.
Where does Gatsby buy his house?
Across from Daisy's in West Egg.
What is Nick's last name?
Carraway
Whose God-like eyes watch over the Valley of Ashes?
Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
Where did Tom and Nick go to college?
Yale
Why does Gatsby build his fortune?
To impress Daisy
How does Gatsby claim to have earned his money?
owning drug stores
What is the line of work that Nick has come East to learn?
bonds
Which is the less fashionable of the Eggs?
West Egg
What is Tom's mistress' name?
Myrtle Wilson
What does Gatsby want Nick to do?
Arrange a meeting with Daisy.
Who did Gatz/Gatsby work for? Where did he work?
Dan Cody (on his yacht)
Who is Nick romantically involved with?
Jordan Baker
Who wrote the Great Gatsby?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What is Jordan's last name?
Baker
What happened to the inheritance money Gatsby thought he was going to get?
Ella Kaye (Dan Cody's mistress) got it instead
What does Gatsby do for Nick in exchange for his arranging the meeting?
He finds someone to cut Nick's grass.
What is the one thing Nick claims to reserve?
judgments
What did Daisy get from Gatsby the night she married Tom?
A letter!
What is the name of the man who owns the garage?
George Wilson
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim and what is he famous for?
A gangster friend of Gatsby's. He rigged the 1919 World Series.
Where did Gatsby and Daisy meet?
Louisville, Kentucky
Where did Gatsby see Nick for the first time?
In battle during WW1.
In what year was this novel first published?
1925