Characters
Vocab
Themes
Gatsby
Symbols
100
This character is the first to reveal the history of Daisy and Gatsby's relationship to Nick.
Who is Jordan Baker?
100

A sad and depressed state.

What is dejection?

100
How does Gatsby feel about the past?

What is that he can live it again?

100
Gatsby uses this short phrase to address Nick.
What is old sport?
100
Gatsby uses this phrase to figuratively describe what Daisy's voice sounds like.
What is "her voice is full of money"?
200
This character is having an affair with Myrtle Wilson.
Who is Tom Buchanan?
200

going backwards, gradually diminishing

What is recedes?

200
What is the importance of the East and the MidWest in the book?
What is the East is a place of destruction and obsession with wealth; the Midwest is a purer place with a better life?
200
This man was Gatsby's mentor; he left an inheritance to Gatsby that Gatsby was unable to claim.
Who is Dan Cody?
200
What could the Valley of Ashes symbolize?
What is the destruction of society and the poorer class?
300

Poor boy from North Dakota. (Full real name)

Who is James Gatz?

300

capable of being perceived especially by the senses

What is perceptible?

300
How do the 1920s play a part in the story?
What is prohibition, bootlegging, jazz music, party lifestyle, New York City?
300
This is how Gatsby dies.
Who is George Wilson?
300

What symbolizes the idea of God watching over the world in the novel?

What is the billboard of T. J. Eckleburg and the owl-eyed man?

400
This acquaintance of Gatsby's fixed the 1919 World Series.
Who is Meyer Wolfshiem?
400

equal in measure or extent

What is commensurate?

400
How does the American Dream play a part in the story?
What is both Nick and Gatsby try to make something of themselves by moving to New York; both are searching for a better life?
400
Gatsby served in Europe during this war.
What is WWI?
400
What does the green light symbolize in the play?
What is Gatsby's dream and hope to be with Daisy?
500
This party-goer plays the piano and lives at Gatsby's house.
Who is Ewing Klipspringer?
500

having no clear shape or form

What is amorphous?

500
How do social class play a role in the novel?
What is old vs. new money and the stigma attached to both?
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
How does the color yellow's meaning as a symbol change in the book?
What is the color goes from representing wealth and money to representing death and destruction. Gatsby's yellow car is called "the death car"?
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