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Who operates a garage in the valley of ashes buying and selling used vehicles?

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George Wilson

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Who is a captivating, beautiful woman whose character is undermined by her superficial nature?

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Daisy Buchanan

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Who is a professional golfer and a chronic liar?

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Jordan Baker

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who is a resident or boarder in Gatsby’s mansion?

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Klipspringer

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Who came to New York to learn the bond business and is originally from the Midwest?

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Nick

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Who is a former football star in college who married the prettiest girl around, only to cheat on her in the future?

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Tom

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Who came from humble beginnings but has become wealthy and demonstrates that wealth through his lavish parties?

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Gatsby

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Who is a stereotyped Jewish character who may or may not be responsible for the fixing of the 1919 World Series?

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Meyer Wolfsheim

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Who is the character that is found drunk in the library and emerges from a drunk drivers wreck in Gatsby’s driveway?

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Owl Eyes

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Who is the narrator of the novel?

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Nick

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Who is shot mercilessly in the end while floating in the pool, probably dreaming of the woman he was never going to have?

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Gatsby

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Who is the driver of the car that killed Tom’s girlfriend?

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Daisy

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Who is the woman of sensuous vitality who gets her nose broken by her lover, a married man?

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Myrtle Wilson

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Who is the only party guest, other than Nick who shows up for the funeral?

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Owl Eyes

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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?

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Meyer
Wolfsheim

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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)

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Trimalchio

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Who is an eye doctor in Queens and the namesake for an ominous billboard in the Valley of Ashes?

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TJ Eckleburg

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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?

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Gatsby

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Who is Myrtle’s sister who feels that she and Tom should leave their respective spouses and run away togehter?

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Catherine

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Who is a millionaire that taught Gatsby everything there was to know about being rich and showing it off?

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Dan Cody

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At the beginning of the novel - Gatsby is spotted reaching to WHAT?

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The green light across the bay

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WHAT of TJ Eckleburg are always watching?

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The eyes

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What is the name of the very prestigious school that F Scott Fitzgerald failed in his attempts at higher education?

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Yale - New Haven University

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Who did Fitzgerald met while at boot camp that he later married who was a young and captivating woman?

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Zelda Sayre

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Gatsby the only one at his party that does NOT do what?

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Drink

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Who shoots Gatsby at the end of the novel?

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George

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After what major war does The Great Gatsby take place?

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World War I

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28
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Complete the quote - - “Rich girls don’t marry _______boys.”

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poor

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Whose voice is extremely captivating and can captivate anyone’s attention with the first syllable

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Daisy

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Gatsby states the following about Daisy’s voice . .
It is full of _____________

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money

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31
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What problem did Fitzgerald battle his entire adult life that contributed to his early death at age 44?

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Alcoholism

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32
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Where di Fitzgerald often get his ideas for his writing?

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His life

33
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What happened to Fitzgerald’s wife as she got older ?

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became crazy and had to be institutionalized

34
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What was another name for the Jazz Age?

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roaring 20’s

35
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What was the law that made alcohol illegal but that made gangsterism (bootlegging more likely?

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Prohibition

36
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Other terms from the Jazz Age?

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Flappers
The Lost Generation
Gangsterism
Economic Boom

37
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What was The Feeling of restlessness that filled the characters part of?

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Lost Generation

38
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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.”

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Nick - Nick’s father

39
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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.”

A

Tom

40
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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.”

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Daisy

41
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Who said - “Daisy! Daisy! Daisy! I’ll say it whenever I want to! Daisy!

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Mytrle

42
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Who said - “Well, suppose we take a plunge in the swimming pool. I haven’t made use of it all summer.”

A

Gatsby

43
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Who said - “Can’t repeat the past? Of course you can.”

A

Gatsby

44
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Who said - “I have a second sight that tells me what to do.”

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Tom

45
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Who said - “The poor son-of-a-bitch.”

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Owl Eyes

46
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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.”

A

Tom

47
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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.”

A

Gatsby

48
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Who said - “They’re a rotten crowd. You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.”

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Nick

49
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Who said - “Or present a green card. I’m giving out Green.”

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Daisy

50
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Who said - “You can’t fool God. God sees everything.”

A

George

51
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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.”

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Jordan

52
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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.”

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Nick

53
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Who wrote Rhapsody in Blue?

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George Gershwin

54
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What was a symbol of an omniscient understanding of what it is seeing?

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The Eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleburg - Owl Eyes

55
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What was a symbol of an unnatural gardens?

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Blue

56
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What was a symbol of wanting to repeat the past - time stopping?

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The Clock in Nick’s house

57
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What was a symbol of proof that the past really happened?

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Daughter Pammy

58
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What was a symbol of maturity - happens at a strange time?

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Nick’s 30th Birthday

59
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What was a symbol of Ambition - striving to become more?

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Gatsby’s boyhood schedule

60
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What was a symbol of Gatsby’s suits, new money?

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Pink, silver and gold

61
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What was a symbol of emptiness or shallowness?

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White

62
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What was a symbol of Owl eyes sees and interior heart that is real?

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Gatsby’s books

63
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What was a symbol of deceitful, the car, and the cocktail music

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Yellow

64
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What was a symbol of an obstacle sill between Gatsby and the dream?

A

the mist

65
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What was a symbol of proof of Gatsby’s success and makes someone cry because of lost time?

A

The shirts

66
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What was a symbol of the dream?

A

Green

67
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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

A

Refer to your notes

68
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Be able to Identify the following places on a map
West egg
East egg
The Valley of Ashes
Manhattan
The long Island Sound

A

Use your notes

69
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Where does Jordan Baker live?

A

The Valley of Ashes

70
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Tom show up with riders who invite Gatsby and then leave him behind - - What does this represent?

A

East Egg society not wanting to associate with new money

71
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What does West Egg symbolize?

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New money
People who will never measure up to Society’s rules
A carnival, a menagerie, and amusement park a circus

72
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How do we know that Nick is on Gatsby’s side at the end?

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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

73
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What does Nick’s house begin in West Egg with Gatsby foreshadow?

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That Nick will decide that Gatsby turned out alright in the end

74
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What quote sums up Daisy’s feeling after attending Gatsby’s party?

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She was appalled by West Egg, this unprecedented place

75
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What is the foreshadowing and geographical relevance of the phrase, “It was what foul dust floated in the wake of Gatsby’s dreams?

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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

76
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What makes Gatsby a romantic/ byronic hero?

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He has an intense love, he is mysterious and he rose from nothing

77
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If every tragedy has a tragic hero, what was Gatsby’s fatal flaw?

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Living too long with a single dream

78
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Name a dynamic/static character who changes throughout the novel?

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Nick - turns 30 the East becomes haunted for him

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