Time period of the novel | 1920’s |
Careless describes what characters? | Tom and Daisy |
Tells Wilson who owns the yellow car | Tom |
Daisy’s hometown | Louisville |
Nick’s profession | Bond sellsman |
Idealistic describes which character | Gatsby |
What is remarkable about Gatsby’s library | the books are real |
Honesty is a virtue that describes which character | Nick |
Which character knows all | Nick |
Why does nick move back to the mid west | Lack of morality in the east |
Why won’t Tom give up daisy? | posession |
How many people attended Gatsby’s funeral? | 2 |
Why does Tom insist that Daisy ride with Gatsby? | Because he(Tom) knows that he’s already won and Gatsby lost |
What does the green light symbolize? | Hope |
What does it mean to have a “voice full of money” | To be sophisticated (high social status) |
Valley of ashes | Between west egg and NYC. Where things die |
Weak and selfish character | Daisy |
Which character is cold and callous? | Tom |
Why does Gatsby wait outside daisy’s house after the accident | To make sure she’s safe and Tom won’t hit her |
Why does Gatsby buy his house across the water from Daisy’s? | So she can see his parties |
What does Gatsby want from Nick? | To invite Daisy over for tea |
What parallel discovery do Tom and George make on the day of myrtle’s death? | That both wives were cheating |
What characters went to war | Gatsby and nick |
What is the climax of the story? | When Myrtle was killed |
Gatsby is told by which POV? | 1st |
What does the Jazz age represent? | Wealth, wasting money |
What do all the characters except Wilson and myrtle have in common? | They’re from the west |
Gatsby’s life and Fitzgerald’s life are similar in what ways? | Money, parties, affairs, jazz age |
How did Gatsby earn his money? | Mafia |
Who was driving the car at the time of the accident? | Daisy |
Who is Meyer Wolfeheim? | He made Gatsby into who he is. Mafia |
The Great Gatsby
April 10, 2020