The Great Gatsby
Nickname for Gatsby's decade
The Roaring 20's
What historical event in Europe from 1914-1918 began the modern era
World War I
The author of this novel
Zora Neale Hurston
The novel takes place in this state.
California
Vonnegut is a veteran of this war.
World War II
The narrator of the novel
Nick (Carraway)
What was the outpouring of African American art and literature of the 1920's called?
The main character was raised by whom?
Nanny (her grandmother)
Lennie is always petting this.
He survived the fire-bombing of this German city.
Dresden
How did Gatsby make his money?
Bootlegging
What economic crisis did Black Thursday begin?
The Great Depression
The author lived in this all-Black town in Florida. (Also a setting for the novel)
Physically, what is wrong with Candy?
He is missing a hand.
His novel Cat's Cradle takes place during this "conflict."
The Cold War
What symbolized Daisy on the other side of the bay?
What environmental disaster caused farmers to move to California?
The Dust Bowl
The main character's favorite husband (she had 3)
Tea Cake (Vergible Woods)
What did Curly's wife dream of doing?
Being in the movies
His fictional banana republic island
San Lorenzo
The sport Jordan Baker played
Golf
The Modern Age is also called the Age of __________ (this "A" word).
Anxiety
In the novel, women were compared to this animal.
Mule
If George and Lennie can buy a farm, they will live off of this "phrase."
"the fat of the land"
Like the narrator of Cat's Cradle, Vonnegut is a native of this state.
Indiana