Show:
Gatsby
Tom
Nick
Theme
100
Gatsby lived in this egg which represented this social class.
What is West Egg which represented the lower or middle class and the "Nouveau riche"
100
Tom enjoys playing this game
What is Polo
100
Nick comes to New York from this area.
What is Midwestern United States
100
This theme is represented by Tom physically hurting Myrtle and not suffering any consequences
What is "The theme of male superiority"
200
This person killed Gatsby with this device.
Who is Wilson, with a pistol?
200
Tom graduated from this college
What is Yale
200
Nick begins to lose respect for Gatsby when this occurs.
When he finds out he is friends with Mr. Wolfshem
200
This theme is represented by Gatsby constantly pursuing things he wants throughout the book: first wealth, and then Daisy.
What is "The theme of the American Dream"
300
Gatsby was able to attend Oxford because of this.
What was his army program?
300
Tom hits Myrtle in his apartment for this reason
Because Myrtle said, “Daisy, Daisy, Daisy.”
300
Nick reveals this about his personality in the first chapter.
He is tolerant, open-minded, and a good listener
300
This theme is represented by George Wilson, who doesn’t have enough money to go out west, while the Buchanans' have so much money that they can move around on whim, leaving messes in their wake for others to clean up.
What is "The theme of class distinctions in the 1920’s"
400
This is Gatsby’s real last name.
What is Gatz?
400
Tom gave Daisy this item, which made her chose him over Gatsby while Gatsby was in the army
What is a string of expensive pearls
400
Nick saw Gatsby doing this on his dock.
What is looking out at the water at the green light, stretching his arms out toward the water while trembling.
400
There are many accidents involving cars throughout The Great Gatsby. This theme is represented by these multiple car crashes
What is "The theme of the danger of modernity/wealth"
500
These three people attended Gatsby’s funeral.
Who is Nick, Gatsby’s father, and the man with the owl eyes who Nick met in the library
500
At the very end of the novel, Nick describes Tom as this.
What is a careless person who destroys lives
500
Nick attended this college.
What is Yale
500
The Valley of Ashes is a “fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat. . .where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and. . .men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.” The Valley of Ashes represents this theme
What is "The theme of decay"