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100

Goes by a fake name; poor boy from North Dakota

Jay Gatsby (James Gatz)

100

The all-seeing being

What are the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg?

100

A nickname for the 1920's is The ______ Twenties.

What is "Roaring"?

100

The relationship between Nick and Daisy

What are cousins?

100

"Her voice is full of money." Who is this quote ABOUT?

Who is Daisy?

200

Young man from Minnesota who moves from the Midwest to New York City to learn the bond business

Nick Carraway

200

What form of narration or point of view does Fitzgerald use to tell his story?

First-person (as told the way Nick experienced it)

200

Who portrays Jay Gatsby in the live action film rendition

Who is Leonardo Dicaprio?

200

How did Gatsby make his money?

Opening "drug stores" with Meyer Wolfsheim and selling bootleg alcohol over the counter

200

Gatsby's old friend and mentor

Who is Dan Cody?

300

A racist, hulking man

Tom Buchanan

300

What does the green light symbolize?

Gatsby's hopes and dreams

300

The illegal sale and manufacturing of alcohol

What is Prohibition?

300

The driver of the yellow car that hit and killed Myrtle.

Who is Daisy?

300

What college did Nick attend?

What is Yale?

400

Gangster and gambler who fixed the 1919 World Series

Meyer Wolfsheim

400

How does the American Dream play a part in the story?

Both Nick and Gatsby try to make something of themselves by moving to New York; both are searching for a better life.

400

What year did the novel come out?

What is 1925?

400

Where the Wilson's live

What is the Valley of Ashes?

400

“You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met another bad driver, didn’t I?"

Who is Jordan Baker?

500

The boarder living in Gatsby's house

Ewing Klipspringer

500

How is weather used in The Great Gatsby?

The weather reflects the mood of the story. When something sad happens, it rains. When things get tense and heated, the day is really hot.

500

Gatsby served in Europe during this war

What is WWI?

500

Name the people in attendance at Gatsby's funeral.

Nick, Henry Gatz & Owl Eyes

500

What is the last line of the novel? 

"And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."