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Motifs
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True and False
100
“Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.”
Who is Nick's Father?
100
The clash between “old money” and “new money” manifests itself in the novel’s symbolic geography
What is East Egg and West Egg?
100
Gatsby's hopes and dreams for the future are represented by...
What is The Green Light?
100
Educated at Yale and fought in World War 1, goes to New York and enters the bond business.
Who is Nick Carraway?
100
The narrator is the father of Nick Carraway
What is False? the narrator is Nick Carraway.
200
"Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock."
Who is Nick?
200
Fitzgerald portrays the newly rich as being vulgar, gaudy, ostentatious, and lacking in social graces and taste, this is....
What is the Hollowness of the upper class?
200
Throughout the novel, places and settings epitomize the various aspects of the 1920s American society that Fitzgerald depicts.
What is Geography?
200
He lives in Gatsby's home taking advantage of his money but does not attend Gatsby's funeral.
Who is Klipspringer?
200
The West Egg is referred to as "Old money"
What is False? West Egg is referred to as "New money".
300
The following quote was about which character "He thinks she goes to see her sister in New York. He's so dumb he doesn't know he's alive."
Who is George?
300
Tom and Daisy may have affection but they certainly don't have....
What is Love?
300
The fading of T.J Eckleburg's eyes off the building represents...
What is God's fading presence?
300
The narrator of this book becomes romantically involved with this character
Who is Jordan Baker?
300
East Egg is very fashionable and has palace-like mansions.
What is True?
400
The following conversation was between... "It was a strange coincidence," I said. "But it wasn't a coincidence at all." "Why not?" "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay."
Who are Nick and Jordan?
400
If the best years of your life were in high-school then your life is going downhill, you are living in....
What are Memories and The Past?
400
The Valley of Ashes and amoral quest for wealth is depicted as....
What is Moral and Social Decay?
400
Eccentric beady eyed man Nick meets at the first Gatsby party he attended
Who is Owl Eyes?
400
Gatsby likes to join with the party-going people of his house.
What is False? Gatsby prefers to sit back and watch them.
500
“Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.”
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
500
Fitzgerald portrays the 1920s as an era of decayed social and moral values, evidenced in its overarching cynicism, greed, and empty pursuit of pleasure. The reckless jubilant behavior that led to decadent parties and wild jazz music this is....
What is the decline of the American Dream?
500
As in much of Shakespeare’s work, the weather in The Great Gatsby unfailingly matches the emotional and narrative tone of the story. Gatsby and Daisy’s reunion begins amid a pouring rain, proving awkward, gloom, and sad. This is depicted by...
What is Weather?
500
Gatsby's friend in organized crime.
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
500
The Valley of Ashes is located between East Egg and New York City.
What is False? It is located between West Egg and New York City.