The Great Gatsby

Question 1

Dr. TJ Eckleburg

Answer 1

Fictional oculist who advertised in the Valley of Ashes

Question 2

Klipspringer

Answer 2

Harp player and welcomed guest at Gatsby’s mansion

Question 3

Meyer Wolfsheim

Answer 3

Gambler, bootlegger and owns drugstores with Gatsby

Question 4

Myrtle Wilson

Answer 4

Tom’s mistress, sister of Catherine, George Wilson’s wife

Question 5

George Wilson

Answer 5

Myrtle’s husband and wants to buy Gatsby’s yellow car

Question 6

Owl Eyes

Answer 6

Opposite of the American Dream, shocked that Gatsby owns books and attended Gatsby’s funeral

Question 7

Catherine

Answer 7

Younger sister of Myrtle Wilson

Question 8

Michaelis

Answer 8

Witness Myrtle’s death, worked at a restaurant by Wilson’s garage

Question 9

Dan Cody

Answer 9

Needed Gatsby’s help when he was drunk

Question 10

Meyer Wolfsheim was involved in fixing the…

Answer 10

World Series

Question 11

Gatsby’s yellow car was manufactured by…

Answer 11

Rolls Royce

Question 12

The desolate plain between East and West Egg was called the…

Answer 12

Valley of Ashes

Question 13

Nick and Tom were educated at…

Answer 13

Yale

Question 14

Gatsby was once educated at…

Answer 14

Oxford

Question 15

The 1920’s are often called…

Answer 15

The Roaring Twenties and the Jazz Age

Question 16

When Myrtle was killed, Nick turned…

Answer 16

30 years old

Question 17

As a boy, Jay Gatz wrote a rigid schedule in a copy of…

Answer 17

Hopalong Cassidy

Question 18

Daisy says that the best thing a girl can be in this world is a beautiful little…

Answer 18

Fool

Question 19

What piece of advice does Nick’s father give him and does he follow it?

Answer 19

Not to judge anyone; Nick does and doesn’t follow it

Question 20

What’s the major difference between East and West Egg?

Answer 20

East Egg is old money that was inherited, West Egg is new money that was earned

Question 21

What was Gatsby looking at when Nick saw him standing by the water late at night?

Answer 21

The green light

Question 22

What are Gatsby’s parties like?

Answer 22

Luxurious, people dancing, drink, and live music performed.

Question 23

What does Myrtle buy on the way to Tom’s apartment in the city?

Answer 23

A puppy

Question 24

What does Tom do to Myrtle at the end of the party in the city and why?

Answer 24

Tom punches Myrtle because he mentions Daisy’s name

Question 25

What are three rumors shared about Gatsby?

Answer 25

Gatsby went to Oxford, Gatsby is German spy, Gatsby killed a man

Question 26

Why does Nick feel that Jordan Baker is an immoral person?

Answer 26

Because she likes to gossip

Question 27

What evidence does Gatsby use to prove his life story?

Answer 27

A picture of him at Oxford, and a piece of metal

Question 28

Why does Gatsby insist on meeting Daisy at Nick’s house instead of his own?

Answer 28

Daisy would come to Nick’s house if he asked

Question 29

How is Gatsby’s actual childhood

Answer 29

Gatsby had poor parents and lived in North Caroline and was “Jay Gatz”

Question 30

Why doesn’t Gatsby drink?

Answer 30

He was traumatized from helping Dan Cody’s drinking problems

Question 31

Why did Gatsby fire all his servants?

Answer 31

To prevent gossip

Question 32

Who was Myrtle Wilson staring at from the window upstairs?

Answer 32

Jordan who she thought was Daisy

Question 33

What was the purpose of the drugstores that Tom and Meyer purchased?

Answer 33

To sell alcohol

Question 34

How did Myrtle’s death happen?

Answer 34

Myrtle walked up to the car and thought Tom was driving but Daisy lost control of driving Gatsby’s car and ran over Myrtle.

Question 35

How did George Wilson know that the yellow car belonged to Gatsby?

Answer 35

Tom snitched and told George

Question 36

Where did Gatsby die and what happened after?

Answer 36

Gatz died in the pool and George killed himself after

Question 37

Who attends Gatsby’s funeral?

Answer 37

Nick and Owl Eyes

Question 38

What is an iconoclast?

Answer 38

Challenges the ideal of society. The Great Gatsby challenges the belief in the American dream.