New Haven graduate, solider in the "Great War," moves out East to try his/her luck in the bond business
Who is Nick Carraway
100
The green light symbolizes this
What is hope and/or Gatsby's dream
100
"Her voice is full of money"
Bonus: name the subject being discussed
Who is Gatsby/who is Daisy
100
This theme relates to attaining the unattainable
What is the hopelessness of the American Dream?
100
This is Gatsby's real name
What is James Gatz?
200
a slender, grey-eyed woman; childhood friend of Daisy
Who is Jordan?
200
the "valley of ashes" symbolizes this
What is the moral decay of society?
200
"She wouldn't let go of the letter. She took it into the tub with her and squeezed it up into a wet ball and only let me leave it in a soap dish when she saw that it was coming to pieces like snow" said this person about this person
Who is Jordan/Daisy?
200
Adultery (cheating), selfishness, greed, dishonesty, and betrayal are all illustrated by characters in the novel, relating to the theme of:
What is corruption of morals?
200
These characters drive to the city in Gatsby's car
Who are Tom, Nick, and Jordan
300
freeloader at Gatsby's house; when Gatsby dies he calls up and asks to have his tennis shoes sent to him
Who is Klipspringer?
300
Double Jeopardy!
2 part answer This person claims that "god" is watching over all of the immoral/corrupt things people are doing/ _________ is referring to this
Who is George Wilson/ What are the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleberg?
300
"After that I lived like a young rajah in all the capitals of Europe...and trying to forget something very sad that happened to me long ago" said __________ about this event
Who is Gatsby? What is losing Daisy?
300
Gatsby works very hard to be seen as a man who comes from a pedigreed background, when really he grew up as a poor boy from North Dakota hoping to make a bigger life for himself
What is appearance vs. reality?
300
This person provides details of George Wilson's words, behavior, and actions after Myrtle is killed.
Who is Michaelis?
400
the thickish figure of a
woman; but she carries her surplus flesh sensuously
Who is Myrtle?
400
The color white (as seen on/around Daisy) symbolizes this
What is innocence/ironic innocence
400
I may be old-fashioned in my ideas but women run around too much these days to suit me" said ____________ which is this term ____________
Who is Tom/ what is ironic OR hypocritical
400
Throughout the book we see how often ______________ (obtaining it, using it to your advantage, holding on to it) affects both major and minor characters
What is the destructive nature of money?
400
What Nick does at the end of the novel
What is returns to the mid-west (or west)?
500
Thinks Gatsby brings Nick to meet him for a "business gonnection; has molar cuff links
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
500
These symbolize old money/nouveau-riche
What is East Egg and West Egg
500
"When a man gets killed I never like to get mixed up in it"
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
500
An example of this theme: Daisy promises Gatsby she only ever loved him; this illusion is shattered when a)Gatsby sees Pammy for the first time and b) when everything falls apart in the hotel scene and Daisy admits that she loved Tom at one time.
Another example: Daisy is almost exclusively responsible for Gatsby's death because of her dishonesty with Tom in order to save herself
What is honesty vs. deception?
500
This is the season in which most of the story takes place