The Big Apple
Largest city in the U.S.
What is New York?
Jazz helped define this boisterous decade
What are the Roaring Twenties?
Region from which the main characters hailed
What is the Midwest?
Nightly gleam symbolizing Gatsby’s dream
What is the green light?
Former Yale athlete who owns several horses
Who is Tom Buchanan?
Suburban sliver of land surrounded by water
What is Long Island?
Time period when alcohol was banned
What is Prohibition?
University attended by Gatsby for 5 months after the war
What is Oxford?
Gray place symbolizing poverty and death
What is the valley of ashes?
Wants to be wealthy but suffers violent harm as a result
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
Borough home to Wall Street
What is Manhattan?
Victory in this recent war led feelings of optimism and opportunity
What is World War 1 or the Great War?
City in which Daisy and Gatsby fell in love
What is St. Louis?
The American Dream is symbolized by the prevalence of this recently invented luxury
What is the automobile?
Met Gatsby during the war and later at a party
Who is Nick Carraway?
Location of the valley of ashes
What is Queens?
Occasion of a pro sports scandal
What is the 1919 World Series?
Man who first gave James Gatz a job
Who is Dan Cody?
Crime, corruption, and decay are symbolized by Wolfsheim’s unique version of these
What are cuff links?
Plays piano during Gatsby and Daisy’s reunion date
Who is Klipspringer the boarder?
Tom and Gatsby have it out in this hotel by Central Park
What is the Plaza Hotel?
Feature of the books in Gatsby’s library
What are uncut pages?
Prohibited trade run by Gatsby and Wolfsheim
What is selling alcohol?
Milestone marking the end of the dream and the start of a new decade
What is Nick’s 30th birthday?
Only party guest besides Nick to attend Gatsby’s burial
Who is Owl-Eyes?