Setting
The "less fashionable" of the two, this is the place Nick and Gatsby call home for the summer.
What is West Egg?
The full name of the narrator of The Great Gatsby
What is Nick Carraway?
This is why Nick drives over to East Egg in Chapter 1.
What is to have dinner with Tom and Daisy?
This dark, bleak landscape is home to many working class New Yorkers.
What is the Valley of Ashes
The name of Nick's mysterious next-door neighbor - often seen staring across the water and "trembling"
What is Gatsby?
This is what Nick sees Gatsby reaching for across Long Island Sound at the end of Chapter 1.
What is the green light?
This is the name of the New York borough where Nick, Gatsby, Tom & Daisy all live.
What is Long Island?
A famous golfer, Nick meets this person in Chapter 1 on a visit to East Egg.
Who is Jordan Baker?
What is he is hoping Tom will sell him a car?
This is where the massive party is thrown in Chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby
What is Gatsby's mansion?
This is the name of the woman who Tom is having an affair with in the city - neither of them can STAND the person they're married to!
What is Myrtle Wilson?
What does Tom do to Myrtle at the end of Chapter 2? Why?
He breaks her nose because she mentions Daisy
This is the year that the main story of The Great Gatsby is set in.
What is 1922?
This is the nickname given to the strange man we meet in Gatsby's library in Chapter 3 - he simply cannot believe all those books are REAL!
What is Owl Eyes?
What reason does Myrtle give for marrying George Wilson?
Myrtle says she married George Wilson because he was "reliable" and could provide for her, though she is clearly unhappy in the marriage.