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Gatsby
Symbols
100
This character is the first to reveal the history of Daisy and Gatsby's relationship to Nick.
Who is Jordan Baker?
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 people, specifically other men.

What is old sport?

100
Gatsby uses this phrase to figuratively describe what Daisy's voice sounds like.
What is "her voice is full of money"?
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
What is the importance of the East and the MidWest in the book?
What is the East is a place of destruction and obsession with wealth; the Midwest is a purer place with a better life?
200
This man was Gatsby's mentor; he left an inheritance to Gatsby that Gatsby was unable to claim.
Who is Dan Cody?
200
What could the Valley of Ashes symbolize?
What is the destruction of society and the poorer class?
300
Poor boy from South Dakota. (real name)
Who is James Gatz?
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

This is how Gatsby dies.

Who is George Wilson?

OR

What is being shot by George Wilson?

300

What symbolizes the idea of God watching over the world in the play?

What is the billboard of T. J. Eckleburg?

400
This acquaintance of Gatsby's fixed the 1919 World Series.
Who is Meyer Wolfshiem?
400

This is where Tom takes Nick at the beginning of the book to party.

What is Tom and Myrtle's apartment?

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 served in Europe during this war.
What is WWI?
400

What does the green light symbolize in the play?

What is Gatsby's dream of a new life with Daisy?

500

This party-goer plays the organ and lives at Gatsby's house.

Who is Ewing Klipspringer?

500
This city is where Jordan and Daisy knew each other and grew up before moving to New York.
What is Louisville?
500

How does social class play a role in the novel?

What is old vs. new money and the stigma attached to both?

AND/OR

What is the divide between those who have money (the eggs for example) and those who do not (valley of ashes for example)


500
This is what Gatsby wants Daisy to tell everyone in the tense scene at the hotel in Chapter VII.
What is that she never loved Tom?
500
How does the color yellow's meaning as a symbol change in the book?
What is the color goes from representing wealth and money to representing death and destruction. Gatsby's yellow car is called "the death car"?