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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

This character represents evolving women's roles in society

Who is Jordan Baker?

100
Gatsby uses this short phrase to address Nick.
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

Three key settings that represent social class.

What East Egg, West Egg, and the Valley of Ashes?

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?
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
This acquaintance of Gatsby's fixed the 1919 World Series.
Who is Meyer Wolfshiem?
400
This is the state where James Gatz was born.
What is North Dakota?
400

The American Dream's elusive nature is portrayed best through this person's reach for the green light.

Who is Jay Gatsby?

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 and hope to be with Daisy?
500
This party-goer plays the piano 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

The fallen clock, the narrative structure, and Gatsby's reach for the past support this key theme.

What is the nature of time?

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"?