Characters
Which character is an "incurably dishonest" professional golfer?
Jordan Baker
Where does Jay Gatsby live?
West Egg in Long Island
With whom does Nick Carraway have a brief, romantic relationship with?
Jordan Baker
What is the symbolic meaning of the green light at the end of Daisy's dock?
Gatsby's dream for the future: a future with Daisy.
The period in which The Great Gatsby takes place is known as _____.
The Jazz Age / The Roaring Twenties
This person is married; they go to the city often to visit family but in reality, they have an apartment and a second life there.
Myrtle Wilson
With whom is Jay Gatsby secretly in love?
Daisy Buchanan
What event causes Gatsby to leave Daisy and go to war?
The start of World War I.
Name the figurative language:
"Then he kissed her. At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete," (Fitzgerald 111).
What is Gatsby's signature saying?
Old Sport
Who is married to a cheater, and commits murders while seeking revenge?
George Wilson
How is Daisy Buchanan related to Nick Carraway?
Cousins
How did Jay Gatsby acquire all of his money?
Bootlegging (selling illegal alcohol during Prohibition)
Tom becoming upset at Daisy for having an affair with Gatsby is an example of what figurative language?
Irony
Where do George and Myrtle Wilson live?
Valley of Ashes
Who is the narrator in the novel?
Nick Carraway
Where did Nick Carraway and Tom Buchanan go to school?
Yale
What is the main reason why Daisy chose Tom over Gatsby?
social status and security
Name the figurative language:
"At 158th Street the cab stopped at one slice in a long white cake of apartment-houses," (Fitzgerald 28).
Metaphor
What occupation does Nick Carraway get into when he moves to New York?
Bond Business
This character has an athletic build, is arrogant, and comes from old money.
Tom Buchanan
Why does Tom hit Myrtle at their apartment in New York City?
She begins taking about Daisy.
Besides Nick Carraway, who was the only other person to attend Gstsby's funeral?
Henry Gatz, Gatsby's father
Name the figurative language:
"I'm p-paralized with happiness," (Fitzgerald 8).
Hyperbole
Who is the author of The Great Gatsby?
F. Scott Fitzgerald