The Great Gatsby

Question 1

How did Fitzgerald die and when?

Answer 1

He died of a heart attack in 1940

Question 2

Name three themes from The Great Gatsby

Answer 2

• The American Dream
• Honesty
• Class

Question 3

The American Dream

Answer 3

The American Dream and its obtainability is the overwhelming theme of the Great Gatsby

Question 4

Honesty

Answer 4

Within the world of Gatsby what is honest, dishonest, right, and wrong is all related to class

Question 5

Class

Answer 5

Class and the separation of classes is a prominent part of The Great Gatsby
Old Money is superior to New Money and can not be compared by status

Question 6

Nick Caraway is presented to the reader as an ___________________

Answer 6

impartial narrator

Question 7

Nick despises all that __________ represents but is in _________of him all at the same time

Answer 7

1- Gatsby

2- Admiration

Question 8

The road to _____ _______ is a ________ land. This is an important _______.

Answer 8

1. New York
2. Waste
3. symbol

Question 9

The _____ of Dr. T.J _______ are repressive of the eyes of ______

Answer 9

1. Eyes
2. Eckleburg
3. God

Question 10

______ and _______ are foils for one another

Answer 10

1. Myrtle

2. Daisy

Question 11

what is a foil character?

Answer 11

Characters that are opposite of each other

Question 12

What Describes and parodies the Jazz age

Answer 12

the party

Question 13

What do the cars represent?

Answer 13

They are a luxury item & a sense of danger in luxury.

Owl eyes wrecks because he is drunk

Question 14

Nick seems to think _________ is one of the last honest people in the world

Answer 14

Gatsby

Question 15

The emphasis on Gatsby

They say….

Answer 15

The Others Say..
		○ he's a bootlegger 
		○ he's killed a man
		○ He is the nephew of van Hindenburg
He is the second cousin of the Devil

Question 16

The emphasis on Gatsby

He says…

Answer 16

Gatsby Says
		○ He is from "San Francisco"
		○ He studied at Oxford
		○ Lived in all the capitals of Europe 
He enlisted in the army

Question 17

What is the green light a symbol of ?

Answer 17

• Gatsby’s dauntless romantic optimism
• Daisy
• The American Dream

Question 18

Gatsby is extremely insecure over his friendship with ______.

Answer 18

Nick

Question 19

Gatsby can’t believe anyone would be his friend if he didn’t have _____.

Answer 19

money

Question 20

_____ is the only one who doesn’t look at class as a basis for friendship

Answer 20

nick

Question 21

He wants to live in the past or at least freeze time

Answer 21

Gatsby

Question 22

Nick calls _______ an “over-wound clock”

Answer 22

Gatsby

Question 23

Gatsby and his issues with time are symbolized by ____________________.

Answer 23

The knocking over of the clock

Question 24

Who’s desired to stop time and are the attempts successful?

Answer 24

Gatsby and no

Question 25

What is "Ain't We Fun" ? what does it imply, and what is it a contrast of?

Answer 25

Song , Implies a carefree life , & A contrast with the oppressiveness of society

Question 26

What makes "ain't we got fun" ironic

Answer 26

"no money, oh but honey "Ain't We Got Fun" , Daisy rejected Gatsby originally because of his lack of wealth

Question 27

• Gatsby and the American Dream ○ Gatsby "sprang from his _______ conception of himself" ○ He is trying to ______himself ○ Changing his _____ but keeping it similar shows he is reinventing himself on his own terms ○ His __________ adds to the concept of the poor child becoming a self-made man ○ The janitorial job shows his ________ to class (sophistication and elegance)

Answer 27

1. Playtonic 2. perfect 3. name 4. childhood 5. sensitivity

Question 28

Dan Cody

Answer 28

``` ○ Self-made billionaire ○ From humble beginnings ○ Generous with money ○ Unable to find his place in society downfall brought on by his love ```

Question 29

Daisy

Answer 29

○ She represents everything Gatsby wants to be (an aristocrat) (sophistication) ○ Because she is all Gatsby wants to be she can never be anything to him

Question 30

________ becomes discrete and concerned about pubic appearance _______ flaunts the _____

Answer 30

1. Gatsby 2. Daisy 3. affair

Question 31

Who Is more concerned with the level of class of the man whom Daisy is cheating with than the fact that she is cheating on him

Answer 31

Tom

Question 32

Who is "worth the whole damn bunch put together

Answer 32

Gatsby

Question 33

______ admires his optimism but he has complete disapproval for his "activities" ______ is a dreamer- a visionary Nick is a shining ____ of a true person during an age of _______

Answer 33

1. Nick 2. Nick 3. star 4. cynicism

Question 34

________ mistake was in loving _______

Answer 34

1. Gatsby's | 2. Daisy

Question 35

Gatsby and Wilson are doubles, how?

Answer 35

The both die for who they love

Question 36

Gatsby, along with _______focus his attention on a meaningless _______ (symbolism)

Answer 36

1. Wilson | 2. object

Question 37

Who is the eyes in the billboard

Answer 37

Wilson is the eyes

Question 38

how is Gatsby's death sooooo Gatsby ?

Answer 38

○ We find him swimming on the first day of fall ○ It is too cold to swim and he cannot accept the fact that summer is fading ○ He fights the passage of time again

Question 39

"So we beat on boats against the _______ , borne back ceaselessly into the ________."

Answer 39

1. current | 2. Past

Question 40

America as an entire entity was Founded on

Answer 40

ideals of progress and equality

Question 41

West Egg vs. East Egg

Answer 41

○ West- manifest destiny | ○ East- corrupt with greed

Question 42

The green light - Gatsby is looking ______ to the light like the green of America's land once symbolized ______

Answer 42

1. East | 2. hope

Question 43

• Gatsby's death represents the ruin of _________.

Answer 43

America

Question 44

"I hope when she grows up she'll be a pretty little fool because that's all girl should be" - Who said this? Who was that person speaking about?

Answer 44

Daisy and about her daughter, Pammy

Question 45

Who did Fitzgerald marry?

Answer 45

Zelda Sayre

Question 46

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Answer 46

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