Characters
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Historical Connections
Gatsby
Quotes
100
This character is the first to reveal the history of Daisy and Gatsby's relationship to Nick.
Who is Jordan Baker?
100
This is the section of New York where Nick and Gatsby live.
What is West Egg?
100

Time Period of the Novel

1920s

100
Gatsby uses this short phrase to address Nick.
What is old sport?
100

“That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”

Daisy

200
This character is having an affair with Myrtle Wilson.
Who is Tom Buchanan?
200
This is the nickname of the area where you can find the billboard of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg.
What is the Valley of Ashes?
200
Famous Dance of the 1920s

The Charleston

200
This man was Gatsby's mentor; he left an inheritance to Gatsby that Gatsby was unable to claim.
Who is Dan Cody?
200

“Yes, he’s an Oggsford man.”

Meyer Wolfsheim

300
Poor boy from South Dakota. (real name)
Who is James Gatz?
300
This is the section of New York associated with "Old Money."
What is East Egg?
300

legal prevention of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States from 1920 to 1933

prohibition, bootlegging.

300
This is how Gatsby dies.
Who is George Wilson?
300

“I was able to do the commissioner a favor once, and he sends me a Christmas Card every year.”

Gatsby

400
This acquaintance of Gatsby's fixed the 1919 World Series.
Who is Meyer Wolfshiem?
400
This is the state where James Gatz was born.
What is North Dakota?
400
Year WW1 Ended

1919

400
Gatsby served in Europe during this war.
What is WWI?
400

“What’s the matter, Nick?  Do you object to shaking hands with me

Tom

500
This party-goer plays the piano and lives at Gatsby's house.
Who is Ewing Klipspringer?
500
This city is where Jordan and Daisy knew each other and grew up before moving to New York.
What is Louisville?
500

The name given to the group of Americans who became disillusioned by WWI

The Lost Generation

500
This is what Gatsby wants Daisy to tell everyone in the tense scene at the hotel in Chapter VII.
What is that she never loved Tom?
500

“That’s my Middle West…street lamps and sleigh bells in the frosty dark.”

Nick

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