Trivia
Character Descriptions 1 point each
1. Narrator of the novel
Nick Carraway
2. Committed suicide
George Wilson
3. Chief character of the novel
Jay Gatsby
4. She has a green light on the dock in front of her house
Daisy
5. Tom Buchanan’s mistress
Myrtle Wilson
6. Broke Myrtle’s nose
Tom
7. Pro-golfer that cheated
Jordan Baker
8. Has a voice full of money
Daisy
9. Gatsby’s father
1 point Henry Gatz
10. Former football player and bully
Tom Buchanan 1 point
11. Man who fixed the 1919 World Series
1 point Meyer Wolfsheim
12. His name is really James Gatz
1 point Jay Gatsby
14. Daisy’s husband
1 point Tom
15. Woman who loved Jay Gatsby
1 point Daisy
16. Owned the coffee shop
1 point Michaelis
17. Shot Gatsby
1 point George Wilson
18. Author of the novel
F. Scott Fitzgerald 1 point
19. Honest and compassionate
1 point Nick
20. Vulgar and sensual
1 point Myrtle
21. Socially ambitious and faithful
1 point Gatsby
22. Bored with life and changes her mind easily
Daisy
23. Prejudiced and cruel
Tom
The Real Story 1 point each
24. The time period of the novel is _________
After World War I / 1922
25. The setting of the novel is _________
Long Island
26. ______________ is new money.
West Egg
27. ________ is the more fashionable. (East Egg or West Egg)
East Egg
28. Most of the main characters are from ___________
The Midwest
29. Nick attended college at _________
New Haven / Yale
30. Gatsby briefly attended college at ___________
Oxford
31. George Wilson’s garage is located in _______________
The Valley of Ashes
32. Which hotel is part of the setting?
The Plaza Hotel
33. What sport does Jordan play professionally?
Golf
34. What event in Gatsby’s past causes him sadness?
Daisy marrying Tom 2 points
35. True or False – Tom made his own money.
False – he was born into his money
36. True or False – Daisy has no idea that her husband Tom is having an affair.
False
37. What is Tom’s excuse for not marrying Myrtle?
His wife is Catholic
38. What happens that breaks up the party at Tom and Myrtle’s apartment?
Tom breaks Myrtle’s nose
39. Why does Nick finally believe Gatsby’s story about his background?
Gatsby has 2 pieces of evidence – a war medal and a photo at Oxford 4 points
40. How does Gatsby address most men?
“Old Sport”
41. Where did Gatsby pick up this phrase?
Dan Cody
42. What favor does Gatsby want of Nick?
To invite Daisy over to his home for tea
43. Daisy and Gatsby originally met when?
During World War I
44. Gatsby hosts his parties because _____________
He hopes to see Daisy again
45. Gatsby car color is _________
Yellow
46. What clue leads George Wilson to realize that his wife is having an affair?
The expensive dog collar
47. What does Wilson want to do with Myrtle when he realizes that she is being unfaithful?
Take her and move away
48. When Myrtle sees Jordan in the car with Tom, she assumes that Jordan is Tom’s ________
Wife
49. During the argument at the Plaza Hotel between Gatsby and Tom, the one things that Daisy truthfully says is that _______________.
She did love Tom but she loved Gatsby too 4 points
50. True or False – Daisy never loved Tom
False
51. During Tom and Gatsby’s argument, we learn that Gatsby earned his money by _____________
Bootlegging - illegally selling alcohol in drug stores 3 points
52. The driver of the car that killed Myrtle is __________
Daisy
53. Tom and George Wilson assume that _______ is driving the car that kills Myrtle.
Gatsby
54. Who kills Gatsby?
George Wilson
55. How is Gatsby killed?
He is shot
56. After Gatsby’s death, most of his friends do what for him?
Nothing
57. What do Tom and Daisy do after the debacle at the Plaza Hotel?
They pack up and leave town 2 points
58. True or False – Nick finally sees Tom and Daisy as destructive and careless.
True
59. Who does Daisy care about the most?
Herself 2 points
60. What does Gatsby’s father think of him?
He is proud of Gatsby and what accomplished
Quotes- Who said it?
61. “Of course she might have loved him just for a minute…in any case it was just personal.”
Gatsby
62. “You always look so cool.”
Daisy
63. “I spoke to her. I told her she might fool me but she couldn’t fool God.”
George Wilson
64. “Can’t repeat the past? Why of course you can!”
Gatsby
65. “I didn’t want you to think I was just some nobody 65. “I didn’t want you to think I was just some nobody. You see, I usually find myself among strangers because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad thing that happened to me.”
Gatsby
66. “The only crazy I was was when I married him 66. “The only crazy I was was when I married him. I knew right away I made a mistake.”
Myrtle Wilson
67. “I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.”
Nick
68. “I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before …she’ll see.”
Gatsby
69. “They’re a rotten crowd 69. “They’re a rotten crowd. You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.”
Nick
70. “They’re real … Absolutely real – have pages and everything 70. “They’re real … Absolutely real – have pages and everything. I thought they’d be a nice durable cardboard. Matter of fact they’re absolutely real.”
The Owl Eyed man
71. “Her voice is full of money.”
Gatsby
72. “She’s not leaving me! …Certainly not for a common swindler who’d have to steal the ring he put on her finger.”
Tom
73. “Oh, you want too much! I love you now – isn’t that enough?”
Daisy
74. “He was crazy enough to kill me if I hadn’t told him who owned the car.”
Tom
75. “By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me.”
Tom
Quotes Who is being described?
76. “No, he’s a gambler. He’s the man who fixed the World Series in 1919.”
Meyer Wolfsheim
77. “… a solemn old man, very helpless and dismayed, bundled up in a long cheap ulster…”
Henry Gatz
78. “…she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can.”
Myrtle Wilson
79. “It was a body capable of enormous leverage – a cruel body.”
Tom
80. “There was excitement in her voice.”
Daisy
The End