Characters
This character says about himself: "I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known."
Who is Nick?
This character said, “I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
This is where old money lives on Long Island.
What is East Egg?
These two characters are actually related.
Who are Nick and Daisy?
This very pricy gift was given to Daisy by Tom before their wedding.
What is the pearl necklace?
This is Gatsby's shady business partner who "fixed" the 1919 World Series.
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
This character is described as having, "one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it...it faced...the whole external world for an instant and then concentrated on you."
Who is Gatsby?
Gatsby often watches this object at the end of Daisy's dock.
What is the green light?
These two characters were actually in the United States Army together, but didn't realize it until years later.
Who are Gatsby and Nick?
This is the full name of the author of The Great Gatsby.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
This character has "the kind of voice that the ear follows up and down [like] an arrangement of notes that will never be played again."
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
This characters said, “I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”
Who is Nick?
This is where Nick and Gatsby live.
What is West Egg?
This character had an affair with a maid, and it made the papers.
Who is Tom Buchanan?
Tom thinks that he is overcharged for this gift he buys Myrtle in New York.
What is a puppy?
Nick refers to this character as "incurably dishonest."
Who is Jordan Baker?
This character said, “And I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy.”
Who is Jordan Baker?
This is where Gatsby claims he and his ancestors were all educated.
What is Oxford University?
During the 1920's, this is what they called someone who manufactured and distributed alcohol illegally.
What is a bootlegger?
This is the year that The Great Gatsby took place.
What is 1922?
Drunk for a week straight, this character is amazed that the books in Gatsby's library are real.
Who is Owl Eyes?
This relative of the story's narrator told them, "just remember that all the people in the world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
Who is Nick's father?
This is where George and Myrtle Wilson live and own the mechanic shop.
What is the Valley of Ashes?
These two characters spent a year in France "where people played polo and were rich together."
Who are Tom and Daisy Buchanan?
This is the specific reason the government of Montenegro recognized Jay Gatsby to receive a medal.
What is Valour Extraordinary?