Gatsby Test Flashcards
What is a post war vision of America
The valley of the ashes
What is a symbol for a heartless uninvolved god?
TJ Eckleburg
What is a symbol for the inability to control time?
Gatsby breaks the clock
What is symbolic for an unattainable goal?
The Green Light
What symbolizes the end of a dream, the end of Gatsby’s life?
The end of summer
What is symbolic for the dangers and luxury?
Cars
What is symbolic for the ruin of America?
Gatsby’s death
What parodies the jazz age?
The lavish parties
Refuses to leave her husband for Gatsby
Daisy
Claims to have run over Myrtle
Gatsby
Dies in a pool
Gatsby
Cries over shirts
Daisy
Having an affair with Myrtle
Tom
Believes Gatsby killed Myrtle
Wilson
Invites Gatsby to dinner in order to embarrass him
Tom
Flaunts her affair to her husband
Daisy
Arranges Gatsby’s funeral
Nick
Narrates the novel
Nick
Angers Tom by repeating Daisy’s name
Myrtle
What term did Fitzgerald coin?
“The Jazz Age”
Who did Fitzgerald marry?
Zelda Sayre
Give 2 examples of things the green light is symbolic for.
Daisy and the American Dream
What is significant about the telling of Dan Cody’s story?
He is like another Gatsby
How is it possible for Daisy to be everything to Gatsby and nothing at the same time?
Because she is ALL Gatsby wants, she can NEVER be anything to him. She can’t lower herself to be with him. He would be social suicide
How is Gatsby a man of the past?
He wants to live in the past or at least freeze time
Gatsby’s death happens on the first day of autumn; how is swimming typical Gatsby behavior?
Swimming is a defiance of time and Gatsby is all about freezing time or going back in time
How is the use of the song Ain’t We Got Fun, ironic?
Daisy rejected Gatsby originally because of his lack of wealth. “ No money, oh but honey Ain’t we got fun”
Explain Gatsby as the American Dream
Good luck it’s worth 15 points
Thinks that the books at Gatsby’s are fake
Owl Eyes
Moves to West Egg
Nick/Gatsby
Runs over Myrtle with a car
Daisy
What foreshadows Gatsby’s life?
Dan Cody
What does Nick call Gatsby that reflects Gatsby’s connection to time?
Over wound clock
What foreshadows Gatsby’s lonely funeral?
The funeral on the bridge
According to Fitzgerald what is no longer possible in America?
The American Dream
