Know Your Narrator
Which peninsula representing "new money" does Nick live on next to his neighbor, Jay Gatsby?
West Egg
Who is the "fifth guest" that telephones Tom in the first chapter while everyone is at dinner?
Myrtle Wilson
"...the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe."
Which type of figurative language is used in this quote?
Simile (comparison using "like" or "as")
The middle west is LIKE the ragged edge of the universe.
What business did Gatsby get involved in to make his massive fortune?
Bootlegging (Illegal alcohol sales)
Nick remembers his birthday at the end of the confrontation in Chapter 7. How old is he?
30
What does Tom buy for Myrtle on the way to the Plaza Hotel in Chapter 2?
Double Bonus: How much does the dog cost?
1. Dog
2. $10
". . . wedging his tense arm imperatively under mine, Tom Buchanan compelled me from the room as though he were moving a checker to another square."
Which type of figurative language is used in this quote?
Simile: comparison using like or as
Comparing Tom's movement of Nick AS THOUGH playing checkers
Which location represents the decay of American social and moral values?
The Valley of Ashes
Nick Carraway travels to New York in 1922 to learn which business?
Bonds (units of corporate debt issued by companies and securitized as tradeable assets)
Finish Daisy's quote: “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such—such _________ ______ before.”
beautiful shirts
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
Which type of figurative language is used in this quote?
Metaphor: Nick compares humans to rowers unsuccessfully paddling against the current, struggling to reach an unattainable future while being carried backward toward past failures.
Which expensive car model does Gatsby drive to flaunt his wealth?
Double Bonus: What color is Gatsby's car?
Yellow Rolls-Royce
Which midwestern state is Nick from?
Minnesota
What is the literary technique Fitzgerald uses to link Daisy to the green light?
Symbolism
"Twenty miles from the city a pair of enormous eggs, identical in contour and separated only by a courtesy bay, jut out into the most domesticated body of salt water in the Western hemisphere."
Which type of figurative language is used in this quote?
Metaphor: Nick compares the land to "eggs"
The day before their wedding, Tom gave Daisy a string of pearls. Exactly how much was the string of pearls worth?
$350,000
What sport does Nick's girlfriend play professionally?
Double Bonus: What does Nick's (ex)girlfriend complain about when he sees her again in Chapter 9?
1. Golf
2. Getting broken up with over the phone
Where did Daisy grow up?
Double Bonus: What was Daisy's maiden name?
1. Louisville, Kentucky
2. Daisy Fay
“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”
Which poetic technique is used in this passage?
Alliteration: repetition of sounds at the beginning of successive words (was/within/without)
How long does Gatsby say it took him to earn the money for his mansion?
3 years
"His eyes went over it, every arched door and square tower. 'It took me just three years to earn the money that bought it.'" (Chapter 5)