Characters
Setting
Gatsby
The Novel
100

This character is having an affair with Myrtle Wilson.

Tom Buchanan

100

What was the musical era that this novel is based in?

The Jazz Age

100

Gatsby uses this short phrase to address Nick.

Old Sport

100

In which decade is "The Great Gatsby" set?

The Roaring 20s

200

This character is the first to reveal the history of Daisy and Gatsby's relationship to Nick.

Jordan Baker

200

This is the section of New York where Nick and Gatsby live.

West Egg

200

This man was Gatsby's mentor; he left an inheritance to Gatsby that Gatsby was unable to claim.

Dan Cody

200

Who is the author of "The Great Gatsby"?

F. Scott Fitzgerald

300

Poor boy from South Dakota. (real name)

James Gatz

300

This is the nickname of the area where you can find the billboard of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg.

The Valley of Ashes

300

Gatsby served in Europe during this war.

WWI

300

What is the name of the narrator in the novel?

Nick Carroway

400

This acquaintance of Gatsby's fixed the 1919 World Series.

Meyer Wolfshiem?

400

This is the state where James Gatz was born.

North Dakota

400

This is what Gatsby wants Daisy to tell everyone in the tense scene at the hotel in Chapter 7.

That she never loved Tom.

400

What is the main setting of the story?

Long Island and New York City

500

This party-goer plays the piano and lives at Gatsby's house.

Ewing Klipspringer?

500

This city is where Jordan and Daisy knew each other and grew up before moving to New York.


Louisville

500

What is Owl Eyes surprised about in Gatsby's library?

That the books are all real.

500

What physical thing symbolizes "God" in this novel?

T J Eckelberg's eyes.