Category 1: Character Clues
Daisy states she hopes her infant daughter grows up to be this.
What is "a beautiful little fool"?
West Egg is known as the side for "new money," while East Egg represents this.
What is established, inherited wealth ("old money")?
George Wilson owns this type of business in the Valley of Ashes.
What is an auto repair shop?
The University where Nick Carraway and Tom Buchanan attended college together.
What is Yale?
She is Daisy Buchanan's exact relation to the narrator, Nick Carraway.
Who is his second cousin once removed?
This dominates the landscape of the Valley of Ashes
What are the giant, fading eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg on a billboard?
Myrtle insists on buying this pet on the way to the New York apartment.
What is a small Airedale puppy
This phone call interrupts the Buchanans' dinner party in Chapter 1.
What is a call from Tom's mistress in New York?
Jordan Baker plays this sport professionally.
What is golf?
Geographically, the Valley of Ashes sits between these two locations.
What are West Egg and New York City?
Myrtle originally married George Wilson because she thought he was a gentleman with money, but later found out he did this
What is borrowed his wedding suit?
om enthusiastically discusses The Rise of the Colored Empires at dinner, revealing his belief in this.
What is white supremacy / racial anxiety?
Tom Buchanan is described in Chapter 1 with this physical trait and manner.
What is a "sturdy, straw-haired man with a hard mouth and a supercilious, arrogant manner"
At the end of Chapter 1, Jay Gatsby reaches his arms out toward this object across the bay.
What is the green light?
Tom strikes Myrtle and breaks her nose because she repeatedly chants this name.
What is Daisy?
Catherine shares a rumor that Jay Gatsby is a nephew or cousin of this world leader.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm?
Nick's father offered him this piece of advice during his "younger and more vulnerable years"
What is "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had"?
The Valley of Ashes primarily symbolizes these social and moral issues.
What are moral decay, industrial pollution, and the social plight of the working class?
Nick ends up waiting at this location at 4:00 AM after the apartment party ends.
What is the Pennsylvania train station?
According to Catherine, Tom and Daisy cannot get a divorce because Daisy practices this religion (which is actually a lie told by Tom).
What is Catholicism?