Character Identification
This character is Gatsby's criminal associate.
Meyer Wolfsheim
Prior to chapter 5, Gatsby throws these extravagant parties hoping for what?
Daisy will stop by one night
What are two lies that Gatsby tells Nick during their ride to lunch in New York (chapter 4)?
1. His family is not rich
2. Both of his parents are not dead
3. He did not go to Oxford as a family tradition
4. He did not travel the world collecting things
"I'm going to fix everything just the way it was before... She'll see."
Gatsby
On the way home from the Plaza Hotel, Tom is driving a ____________ coupe and Daisy is driving a ______________ coupe.
Blue & Yellow
Gatsby learned much from this older man, and worked for him as an assistant for 5 years.
Dan Cody
Gatsby and Daisy first met about __________ years ago.
Five
Immediately after the tea party at Nick's house, what does Gatsby do? For what reason? (Need both)
Brings Daisy and Nick over to his mansion so he can show off his wealth and impress Daisy.
"Daisy! Daisy! Daisy! I'll say her name whenever I want!"
Myrtle Wilson
Tom and Nick went college at ___________.
Yale University (New Haven)
Nick is aware of who this character is before meeting them because they were involved in a golf tournament cheating scandal.
Jordan Baker
The party attended by Nick, Tom, Myrtle, and some other odd characters happens where?
Before the war, Gatsby actually went to college at _______________.
St. Olaf's College in Minnesota
“Plenty of gas... And if it runs out I can stop at a drug-store. You can buy anything at a drug-store nowadays.”
Tom Buchanan
Meyer Wolfsheim is said to have "fixed" what?
The 1919 World Series
This character is surprised to see that Gatsby's library is full of real books with actual writing inside.
Owl Eyes
In chapter 8, Gatsby was waiting on a ______________ from Daisy.
Phonecall
When did Daisy cry in the bathtub while holding a letter from Gatsby?
The night before her wedding with Tom.
"And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”
Jordan Baker
This helpful character cooks breakfast for George on the morning after Myrtle is killed.
Michaelis
The sister of Myrtle Wilson.
Catherine
Gatsby's parties always seem to end in a hectic mess. What is this symbolic of?
The 1920's were a decade of indulging and enjoying, but the good times couldn't last forever, and it ended with a violent (economic) crash.
What are the two possible options for how George found Gatsby that Nick explains in chapter 8?
1. George went from garage to garage looking for the yellow car and asking for information about its owner.
2. George went directly to Tom, threatened him, and demanded to know whose car it was.
“Jimmy always liked it better down East. He rose up to his position in the East. Were you a friend of my boy?”
“We were close friends.”
Henry Gatz and Nick Carraway
How did Gatsby get the opportunity to attend Oxford?
The government rewarded WW1 soldiers by paying for them to attend any college in Europe.