Characters
This is Myrtle's sister, who does not realize Myrtle is dead in Chapter 8.
Who is Catherine?
This is where the car crash takes place at the end of Chapter 7.
Where is the Valley of Ashes?
This is the way that Gatsby earned most of his vast fortune.
What is bootlegging alcohol illegally.
This object at the end of Daisy's dock came to symbolize the hope of the American Dream in the novel.
What is the green light?
This is the name of the author of The Great Gatsby
What is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
This is the gambler who chooses not to attend Gatsby's funeral in Chapter 9.
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
This is where Tom takes everyone on the hottest day of the summer in Chapter 7.
What is the Plaza Hotel?
This the person who was driving the car that kills Myrtle Wilson.
Who is Daisy?
This color is typically associated with wealth/extravagance in the novel, but also symbolizes decay and rotting morality.
What is yellow?
This is the genre of literature The Great Gatsby falls under.
These are the two people Nick calls "careless" because they "smash" up the lives of others before retreating back into their money.
Who are Tom and Daisy?
This is where Nick is at the end of the novel, when he contemplates life and the American Dream.
Where is Gatsby's dock/house?
This is the "uncomfortable" business Nick must attend to before he can leave NYC.
What is breaking up with Jordan Baker?
This color is typically associated with sadness.
What is blue?
This is the nickname of the time period The Great Gatsby is set in.
What is the Roaring Twenties?
This is one of the only people who attends Gatsby's funeral, and his only relative.
Who is Henry C. Gatz? (Gatsby's father)
This is where George Wilson finds and shoots Gatsby in Chapter 8.
What is Gatsby's pool?
This is what Gatsby tells Nick it is definitely possible to do at the end of Chapter 6.
What is repeat/recover the past?
This color is typically associated with sadness.
What is blue?
This is the term Gatsby uses throughout the novel to disguise himself as a member of the upper-class.
What is "old sport"?
This is the name of the "young Greek" who witnesses the car crash in Chapter 7.
Who is Michaelis?
This is where Nick returns after New York City becomes "haunted" for him after Gatsby's death.
What is the Midwest?
This is the number of people from Gatsby's parties who attend his funeral in Chapter 9.
What is zero/none?
George Wilson tells Myrtle "God sees everything!" while pointing at this advertisement in the Valley of Ashes.
What are the Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg?
This is the name of the pioneer "debauchee" who served as Gatsby's mentor when he was a young man.