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Gatsby
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Nick’s distant cousin who is originally from Louisville but who now lives in East Egg, NY

Who is Daisy Buchanan?

100
This is the section of New York where Nick and Gatsby live.
What is West Egg?
100

How does the progression of women's rights play a role in the novel?

What is the women in the novel are using money as a way to get ahead in life because there is no other option?

100
Gatsby uses this short phrase to address Nick.
What is old sport?
100

Gatsby reaches out to the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. What does this represent? 

What is envy / money - he wants to be Old Money & wants Daisy (reaches for it but unattainable)

200
This character is having an affair with Myrtle Wilson.
Who is Tom Buchanan?
200
This is the nickname of the area where you can find the billboard of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg.
What is the Valley of Ashes?
200

How do characters attempt to display their supposed superiority over others in the novel?

East Egg is superior to West Egg; Nick is morally superior; Myrtle is superior to George because of her wealth connections with Tom; Tom is racist / dominant over women

200

Gatsby claims he was educated at which university?

What is Oxford?

200
What could the Valley of Ashes symbolize?
What is the destruction of society and the poorer class?
300

A gangster/gambler friend of Gatsby's who rigged the 1919 World Series

Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?

300
This is the section of New York associated with "Old Money."
What is East Egg?
300
How do the 1920s play a part in the story?
What is prohibition, bootlegging, jazz music, party lifestyle, New York City?
300

How does Gatsby react when he sees Tom at lunch (the lunch with Meyer Wolfsheim)?

Gatsby is embarrassed and then disappears

300
What symbolizes the idea of God watching over the world in the play?
What is the billboard of T. J. Eckleburg and the owl-eyed man?
400

Described as being not "fit to lick" his wife's shoe; he has a failing business and failing marriage

Who is George Wilson?

400

Gatsby claims he was from the MidWest but then says he grew up in this city

What is San Francisco?

400

How does the American Dream play a part in the story?

What is both Nick and Gatsby try to make something of themselves by moving to New York; both are searching for a better life?

400

Gatsby and Nick served in Europe during this war.

What is WWI?

400
What does the green light symbolize in the play?
What is Gatsby's dream and hope to be with Daisy?
500

Wannabe rich girl whose "surplus flesh" blocks out the light entirely 

Who is Myrtle Wilson?

500

The part of the country where Nick Carraway grew up

What is the MidWest?

500
How do social class play a role in the novel?
What is old vs. new money and the stigma attached to both?
500

We see two sides of Gatsby in the novel so far. Describe both. 

Rich, charismatic, captivating, handsome, romantic, overly gracious and kind; (2) shady, possible gangster, illegal dealings, dishonest about his upbringing and past

500

Gatsby's flashy yellow car, his “elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd” and his library with real books with uncut pages represent...

What is Gatsby being unaccustomed to wealth; his lack of knowledge of how to act rich; his overt display of wealth for attention & covering up of insecurities