"And I hope she'll be a fool--that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool"
"Oh, you want too much! I love you now, isn't that enough?"
What is Daisy Buchanan?
100
What are two things that represent Gatsby's wealth?
What is Gatsby's house, Gatsby's shirts, Gatsby's library, the Rolls Royce?
100
What decade does The Great Gatsby take place in?
What is the 1920s?
100
Name two words to describe Gatsby.
What is mysterious, generous, heartbroken, nostalgic.
100
Who lives in the Valley of Ashes?
What are the Wilsons?
200
"Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!"
What is Jay Gatsby?
200
What does the GREEN LIGHT represent?
What is Gatsby's American Dream, hope, Gatsby's love for Daisy?
200
How does Nick know Tom?
What is they went to Yale together?
200
Why does Gatsby recognize Nick at the first party?
What is they served in the war together?
200
How did George Wilson find out who the owner of the car that killed Myrtle was?
What is Tom told him?
300
State the two people that said the following quotes, in order:
"I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy."
"I married him because I thought he was a gentleman...but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe."
What is Jordan Baker, Myrtle Wilson?
300
What might the Valley of Ashes represent?
What is death, hopelessness, poverty?
300
What is the 18th Amendment?
What is outlawing the consumption of alcohol?
300
How did Mr. Gatz feel about his son at the end of the book?
What is proud?
300
What are two major topics of The Great Gatsby?
What is wealth, love, superficiality, opulence, self-made man, American dream?
400
"I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known."
"All I kept thinking about was ‘You can’t live forever."
What is Nick Carraway?
400
What are two things that the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg symbolize?
What is moral decadence, growth of consumerism in America, eyes of Gatsby/Nick/Tom.
400
What part of the "American Dream" does Gatsby not obtain?
What is Daisy; family.
400
Name two rumors that circulate about Gatsby.
What is killer, bootlegger, spy, in the war.
400
Why is Owl-Eyes so shocked about Gatsby's books?
What is they are all real?
500
State the two speakers of the following quotes in order:
"Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead."
"There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired."
What is Meyer Wolfsheim, Nick Carraway?
500
In The Great Gatsby, Wolfsheim has cufflinks made out of human molars. What might this represent?
What is moral decadence, corruption?
500
What crime was Wolfsheim apparently a part of? specific details--year of crime, etc.
What is fixing the 1919 World Series?
500
What three people attended Gatsby's funeral?
What is Mr. Gatz, Owl Eyes, and Nick?
500
Why is Myrtle an example of a failed American Dream?