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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 the war?
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
The color in which Daisy is first dressed in and its symbolism.
What is white and appearance vs. reality?
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 sending a chauffeur to his house with an 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
The first thing that Myrtle notices about people
What is clothing?
300
Fitzgerald uses this color to symbolize wealth
What is yellow?
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 dock light?
400
Fitzgerald uses these to create an air of mystery surrounding Gatsby's character
What are rumors?
400
"Owl-eyes," as Nick calls him, thinks this of Gatsby's books at first, but learns they're not.
What is he thinks the books were fake and made of cardboard?
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...?