Gatsby Characters
What was Wolfsheim infamous for?
Fixing the World Series
What year does the The Great Gatsby take place in?
1920s
Gatsby throws lavish parties because...
He hopes he can find Daisy.
During the Great Migration, African Americans moved to the North for...
Economic opportunities and to escape discrimination (Jim Crow Laws) in the South.
Tom is in disbelief after Gatsby claims that...
Daisy does not love him
What is the very sad event in Gatsby's life that he refers to?
When Daisy married another man.
What year and where did the Harlem Renaissance take place?
1920s-30 in New York
What word does Nick use to describe Tom and Daisy?
Careless
Upon their arrival, Africans were met with...
hostility
Nick's occupation is?
Newspaper writer
George finds out who owns the car who hit Myrtle...
Because Tom Buchanan tells him.
What was a major effect of Prohibition?
Why is Gatsby's relationship with Daisy bound to fail?
Daisy can never live up to Gatsby's idea of who she is.
What does the term Harlem Renaissance refer to?
Achievement for African American artists
When Myrtle sees Jordan with Tom, she thinks Jordan is?
His Wife
Nick is distressed over Gatsby's death when Gatsby's friends show their...
Apathy
Speakeasies emerged as...
Private unlicensed bar rooms because alcohol was illegal.
Symbols in The Great Gatsby include...
Dr. Eckleburg's eyes, East/West Egg, The Green Light, Valley of Ashes
George Wilson is clueless about his wife's infidelity until?
He finds an expensive dog collar.
The green light at the end of Daisy's dock symbolizes...
What was a popular form of music?
Jazz and Blues
The artistic pieces produced during the Harlem Renaissance are similar because...
They focus on the life of African Americans at the time.
What event ended the Harlem Renaissance?
The Great Depression