This animal functions as a symbol of Myrtle's carelessness.
What is the puppy?
100
This character's seeming ignorance of hit-and-run manslaugher evinces his carelessness.
Who is Gatsby?
100
Nick says that he thoroughly disapproves of this one character in the novel, yet seems fascinated by this character's life all the same.
Who is Gatsby?
100
What part of the American Dream is Gatsby missing, and thus trying to attain, through the novel?
What is a wife/companion? (Daisy)
100
There's a 1974 movie and a 2013 movie based on this novel: name either one of the men who played Gatsby.
Who is Robert Redford? or Who is Leonardo DiCaprio?
200
The green light across the water from Gatsby symbolizes this.
What is Gatsby's desire for Daisy?
200
This character claims to hate careless people, even though she is a deeply careless person herself.
Who is Jordan Baker?
200
Nick says that he has only achieved this condition twice in his life, when he has in fact achieved it more often than that.
What is drunkenness?
200
The most evolved, the highest, the best conception of something is this kind of conception.
What is a Platonic conception?
200
F. Scott Fitzgerald was working on this novel, which was about Hollywood, when he died.
What is The Love of the Last Tycoon?
300
This advertisement functions, to Wilson, as the face of God.
What are the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg?
300
This person seems unable to think twice about the consequences of her actions, such as vehicular manslaughter or having an affair.
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
300
Although he wants the world to be at a sort of "moral uniformity," Nick spends time with this couple who are both involved in affairs.
Who are the Buchanans?
300
This person is most impressed with Gatsby's ability to come close to fully achieving the American dream, even carrying around Gatsby's plan for self-improvement.
Who is Mr. Gatz?
300
These two teams played in the 1919 World Series
What are the Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds?
400
Those infamous shirts of Gatsby, along with his post-war education, symbolize this national aspect of his personality.
What is Britishness (or Englishness)?
400
This character takes calls from his mistress at home without considering the feelings or sentiments of his wife.
Who is Tom Buchanan?
400
Nick has false memories of which location?
What is home, the West, etc.?
400
If Gatsby is a "son of God," and the phrase means "just that," then his father must be this ideal.
What is the American Dream?
400
The sale of alcohol was made illegal in the United States by this legislation.
What is the Volstead Act, or the XIII Amendment?
500
The rain which falls before and stops during Gatsby and Daisy's tea party is an example of this literary device.
What is the pathetic fallacy?
500
This person, who is still romantically involved with a tennis playing girl when he starts another fling, is just as careless as the people he condescends to.
Who is Nick Carraway?
500
Nick receives the condescending advice, "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had" from which person?
Who is his father?
500
These three adjectives describe the beauty that Gatsby is in service of.
What are vast, vulgar, and meretricious?
500
F. Scott Fitzgerald dedicated The Great Gatsby to this woman, his wife.