Characters
What is Nick's last name?
What is Carraway?
Describe the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg / their location (3 descriptors)
1. Big and blue
2. On an old billboard
3. In the Valley of Ashes
Where does the story take place (city and state)?
Where is Long Island, New York?
Describe Wilson and Myrtle's relationship.
What is Wilson loves his wife but Myrtle is not happy in their marriage?
Who was one of the only people at Gatsby's party that had actually been invited?
Who is Nick Carraway?
Why did Nick want to go East?
What is he wanted to learn the bond business?
Describe the Valley of Ashes (3 descriptors).
What is:
1. Between West Egg and Manhattan
2. Black and grey
3. Industrial area with lots of pollution
Where do Tom, Myrtle, and Nick go to party?
Where is the apartment where Tom and Myrtle go to have their affair?
What deal does Tom make with Wilson?
What is Tom promises to sell Wilson a car?
Who was involved with the accident at Gatsby's party?
Who is Owl Eyes?
What is the reason Tom gives Myrtle for not divorcing Daisy and running off with her?
What is Daisy is Catholic, and Catholics can't get divorced?
What is the symbolism of the eyes of T.J. Eckleburg?
What is God's eyes watching and judging the characters?
Describe the difference between West and East egg.
What is East Egg is "old money," and West Egg is "new money"?
What are some of the rumors about Gatsby (2 rumors)?
What is:
1. He was a German spy in the war.
2. He killed a man once.
3. He was in the American army during the war.
4. He is an Oxford man.
What color is repeatedly used to describe Daisy and Jordan in Chapter 1?
What is white?
What is the symbolism of the Valley of Ashes?
Who are the forgotten poor whose labor fuels the rich's excess?
As Nick looks to see what a character is reaching for, what does he see at the end of a dock?
What is a green light on the dock?
What do we learn about Jordan Baker at Gatsby's party?
What is:
1. She moved her ball in a golf tournament.
2. She left a car's top down in the rain and then lied about it.
3. She is dishonest.
Who does Mr. McKee say that Gatsby is related to in Chapter 2?
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm?
Why does Daisy murmur?
What is so that people will lean towards her?
What is the symbolism of Gatsby's parties?
What is everything looks splendid in appearance, but it is just an illusion of money?
Describe the end of Chapter 2. Why might Nick have this kind of narration?
What is disjointed. What is Nick has been drinking?
What is Daisy and Tom's daughter's name?
What is we don't know yet?
What kind of puppy does Myrtle buy?
What is an Airedale?