The Great Gatsby Flashcards
Who operates a garage in the valley of ashes buying and selling used vehicles?
George Wilson
Who is a captivating, beautiful woman whose character is undermined by her superficial nature?
Daisy Buchanan
Who is a professional golfer and a chronic liar?
Jordan Baker
who is a resident or boarder in Gatsby’s mansion?
Klipspringer
Who came to New York to learn the bond business and is originally from the Midwest?
Nick
Who is a former football star in college who married the prettiest girl around, only to cheat on her in the future?
Tom
Who came from humble beginnings but has become wealthy and demonstrates that wealth through his lavish parties?
Gatsby
Who is a stereotyped Jewish character who may or may not be responsible for the fixing of the 1919 World Series?
Meyer Wolfsheim
Who is the character that is found drunk in the library and emerges from a drunk drivers wreck in Gatsby’s driveway?
Owl Eyes
Who is the narrator of the novel?
Nick
Who is shot mercilessly in the end while floating in the pool, probably dreaming of the woman he was never going to have?
Gatsby
Who is the driver of the car that killed Tom’s girlfriend?
Daisy
Who is the woman of sensuous vitality who gets her nose broken by her lover, a married man?
Myrtle Wilson
Who is the only party guest, other than Nick who shows up for the funeral?
Owl Eyes
Who is the business partner of Gatsby’s who avoids coming to the funeral because he wishes to demonstrate friendship in life rather than in death?
Meyer
Wolfsheim
Who is from humble beginnings - threw new-rich style parties but was never fully accepted by society (Lived in the time of the Roman Empire)
Trimalchio
Who is an eye doctor in Queens and the namesake for an ominous billboard in the Valley of Ashes?
TJ Eckleburg
Who is the son of poor restless farmers in the Midwest - this character has designed a dream and is looking for a way to make it come to life?
Gatsby
Who is Myrtle’s sister who feels that she and Tom should leave their respective spouses and run away togehter?
Catherine
Who is a millionaire that taught Gatsby everything there was to know about being rich and showing it off?
Dan Cody
At the beginning of the novel - Gatsby is spotted reaching to WHAT?
The green light across the bay
WHAT of TJ Eckleburg are always watching?
The eyes
What is the name of the very prestigious school that F Scott Fitzgerald failed in his attempts at higher education?
Yale - New Haven University
Who did Fitzgerald met while at boot camp that he later married who was a young and captivating woman?
Zelda Sayre
Gatsby the only one at his party that does NOT do what?
Drink
Who shoots Gatsby at the end of the novel?
George
After what major war does The Great Gatsby take place?
World War I
Complete the quote - - “Rich girls don’t marry _______boys.”
poor
Whose voice is extremely captivating and can captivate anyone’s attention with the first syllable
Daisy
Gatsby states the following about Daisy’s voice . .
It is full of _____________
money
What problem did Fitzgerald battle his entire adult life that contributed to his early death at age 44?
Alcoholism
Where di Fitzgerald often get his ideas for his writing?
His life
What happened to Fitzgerald’s wife as she got older ?
became crazy and had to be institutionalized
What was another name for the Jazz Age?
roaring 20’s
What was the law that made alcohol illegal but that made gangsterism (bootlegging more likely?
Prohibition
Other terms from the Jazz Age?
Flappers
The Lost Generation
Gangsterism
Economic Boom
What was The Feeling of restlessness that filled the characters part of?
Lost Generation
Who said - - “When every you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages you’ve had.”
Nick - Nick’s father
Who said - “This fellow has worked out the whole thing. It’s up to us who are the dominant race to watch out or these other races will have control of things.”
Tom
Who said - - “I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool-that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”
Daisy
Who said - “Daisy! Daisy! Daisy! I’ll say it whenever I want to! Daisy!
Mytrle
Who said - “Well, suppose we take a plunge in the swimming pool. I haven’t made use of it all summer.”
Gatsby
Who said - “Can’t repeat the past? Of course you can.”
Gatsby
Who said - “I have a second sight that tells me what to do.”
Tom
Who said - “The poor son-of-a-bitch.”
Owl Eyes
Who said - “The trouble is that sometimes she gets foolish ideas in her head and doesn’t know what She’s doing. And what’s more, I love Daisy too. Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my hear I love her all the time.”
Tom
Who said - “Nothing happened. I waited, and about four o’clock she came to the window and stood there for a minute and then turned out the light.”
Gatsby
Who said - “They’re a rotten crowd. You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.”
Nick
Who said - “Or present a green card. I’m giving out Green.”
Daisy
Who said - “You can’t fool God. God sees everything.”
George
Who said - “You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met another bad driver, didn’t I? I mean it was careless of me to make such a wrong guess. I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person. I thought it was your secret pride.”
Jordan
Who said - “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy - they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
Nick
Who wrote Rhapsody in Blue?
George Gershwin
What was a symbol of an omniscient understanding of what it is seeing?
The Eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleburg - Owl Eyes
What was a symbol of an unnatural gardens?
Blue
What was a symbol of wanting to repeat the past - time stopping?
The Clock in Nick’s house
What was a symbol of proof that the past really happened?
Daughter Pammy
What was a symbol of maturity - happens at a strange time?
Nick’s 30th Birthday
What was a symbol of Ambition - striving to become more?
Gatsby’s boyhood schedule
What was a symbol of Gatsby’s suits, new money?
Pink, silver and gold
What was a symbol of emptiness or shallowness?
White
What was a symbol of Owl eyes sees and interior heart that is real?
Gatsby’s books
What was a symbol of deceitful, the car, and the cocktail music
Yellow
What was a symbol of an obstacle sill between Gatsby and the dream?
the mist
What was a symbol of proof of Gatsby’s success and makes someone cry because of lost time?
The shirts
What was a symbol of the dream?
Green
Be able to explain one symbol FULLY
Suggestion:
The Eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleburg - Owl Eyes
The Green Light
Gatsby’s boyhood schedule
Gatsby’s books
Refer to your notes
Be able to Identify the following places on a map
West egg
East egg
The Valley of Ashes
Manhattan
The long Island Sound
Use your notes
Where does Jordan Baker live?
The Valley of Ashes
Tom show up with riders who invite Gatsby and then leave him behind - - What does this represent?
East Egg society not wanting to associate with new money
What does West Egg symbolize?
New money
People who will never measure up to Society’s rules
A carnival, a menagerie, and amusement park a circus
How do we know that Nick is on Gatsby’s side at the end?
He walks the same route as Gatsby during the tea party
He stays with him through the funeral
He symbolically lives in his back yard
What does Nick’s house begin in West Egg with Gatsby foreshadow?
That Nick will decide that Gatsby turned out alright in the end
What quote sums up Daisy’s feeling after attending Gatsby’s party?
She was appalled by West Egg, this unprecedented place
What is the foreshadowing and geographical relevance of the phrase, “It was what foul dust floated in the wake of Gatsby’s dreams?
It relates to the dust of the valley of ashes, and George, who is part of that Valley, who is destined to end Gatsby’s dream
What makes Gatsby a romantic/ byronic hero?
He has an intense love, he is mysterious and he rose from nothing
If every tragedy has a tragic hero, what was Gatsby’s fatal flaw?
Living too long with a single dream
Name a dynamic/static character who changes throughout the novel?
Nick - turns 30 the East becomes haunted for him
