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The narrator whose father told him to reserve his judgments.
Who is Nick Carraway?
100
Owner of the car garage in the Valley of Ashes.
Who is George Wilson?
100
While they look identical, these places house two different breeds on people, one being more "fashionable" than the other.
What is East and West Egg?
100

"A fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens..."

What is the Valley of Ashes?

100

Gatsby recognizes Nick from this event in their past.

What is WWI?

200
Nick's second cousin, once removed.
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
200
Mistress to Tom who "carried her surplus flesh sensuously."
Who is Myrtle Wilson?
200
Nick comes from this place.
What is the Midwest?
200
The place where Tom and Nick stop in the Valley of Ashes.
What is George Wilson's garage?
200

Gatsby invites Nick to the party by doing this.

What is a formal invitation?

300
"A great big hulking physical specimen..."
Who is Tom Buchanan?
300
A pair of giant blue eyes with yellow glasses on a billboard; represents God.
Who is Dr. T. J. Eckleburg?
300
Tom reads and discusses with Nick a book entitled 'The Rise of the Colored Empires' about this topic.
What is white supremacy?
300

Myrtle tells George she is really leaving to do this.

What is a visit her sister in the city?

300

Gatsby calls Nick this.

What is Old Sport?

400
According to Nick, "a dishonest person."
Who is Jordan Baker?
400
Couple living in the apartment below Tom and Myrtle's apartment.
Who are the McKees?
400

This represents Gatsby's desire for the one thing he cannot have.

What is the green light?

400
Two of the things Myrtle buys to make the apartment "homey".

What are a copy of Town Tattle, a moving picture book, a jar of cold cream, a flask of perfume, and a dog in the city to do this?

400

The name of the man Nick meets in the library

What is Owl-Eyes?

500
A man "exempt from [Nick's] reaction."
Who is Gatsby?
500
Sister to Myrtle who claims Tom and Myrtle "can't stand the person they're married to."
Who is Catherine?
500
Daisy wants her daughter to be this.
What is "a beautiful fool"?
500
Tom break's Myrtle's nose because of this.
What is Myrtle keeps saying Daisy's name?
500

Nick hears these things about Gatsby at the party. (List at least 3 things.)

What is he killed a man once, he was a German spy, he graduated from Oxford, he is part of an underground bootlegging operation, relative of Kaiser Wilhelm?