Characters
what was jay gatsby's real name
James Gatz
where did gatsby originally claim he was from
San Fransisco, the mid-west
in what year is the great gatsby set
1922
Where was Jay Gatz born
North Dakota
When do the events described in this novel take place
In the early 1920s
how does Nick know Tom
They went to college together
What state is Nick from?
Minnesota
What did Fitzgerald call the 1920s
The Jazz Age
Why does Gatsby throw his weekly parties
To impress Daisy
What does Nick compare the green light of the buchanan's dock
America
How does Nick know Daisy
She is his cousin
which egg does nick live on
West egg
How are West Egg and East Egg different
West Egg is the place where the newly rich lived and East Egg is where those who inherited money or were born into wealth lived
Where does Gatsby recognize Nick from
They fought in the same battle in World War 1
What does Nick find the upper classes as as represented by Jordan, Tom, and Daisy, to be?
They are hollow
Why does tom hit myrtle at his apartment in new york city
Myrtle taunts him about Daisy
where is Gatsby's mansion located
west egg
How does the American Dream play a part in the story?
A symbol of hope for success and a better life is blurred into a symbol of getting rich.
Why is Gatsby unable to put the past behind him?
he wants to return to a time before the horrors he suffered and was unable to carry out as a soldier
True or False Nick comes from “old money.”
True
Where were Nick and Tom educated
yale
Where do gatsby's reunion with daisy take place
At nick house
What does the great gatsby symbolize
The decay of dream this dream the conflict between illusion and reality at the heart of american life
Why is Gatsby obsessed with Daisy?
The innocent and naive Daisy come to embody the American dream
What does George Wilson believe the Dr. Eckleburg billboard represents?
The eyes of God