Character Descriptions Relationships Quotes & Symbols Plot PointsInferences Past Present Future
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS How does the narrator describe Gatsby? Answer
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS Describe Tom. What is our impression of him in chapter 1? Answer
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS What kind of person is Daisy? Answer
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS How is Gatsby introduced into the novel? Answer
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS Identify Myrtle and George Wilson. Answer
RELATIONSHIPS How does Nick know Tom and Daisy? Answer
RELATIONSHIPS How does Nick meet Gatsby for the first time? Answer
RELATIONSHIPS What does Nick say about people like Daisy and Tom? Answer
RELATIONSHIPS What “matter” did Gatsby have Jordan discuss with Nick in the beginning of the book? Answer
RELATIONSHIPS What does Jordan tell Nick about Daisy, Gatsby, and Tom? Answer
QUOTES AND SYMBOLS When asked about her daughter, what does Daisy say? Answer
QUOTES AND SYMBOLS What is the “Valley of Ashes”? Answer
QUOTES AND SYMBOLS What are the “eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg”? Answer
QUOTES AND SYMBOLS What does the green light on the dock mean to Gatsby? Answer
QUOTES AND SYMBOLS Explain this quote: “The vitality of his illusion had gone beyond Daisy—beyond everything.” Answer
PLOT POINTS What happens on the way home from New York towards the end of the novel? Answer
PLOT POINTS Where did they go in Chapter 2? (What was at 158 th Street?) Answer
PLOT POINTS What did Tom do to Myrtle when she mentioned Daisy’s name? Answer
PLOT POINTS What is Tom’s reaction to Myrtle’s death. Answer
PLOT POINTS Describe the meeting between Daisy and Gatsby. Answer
INFERENCES What kind of people come to Gatsby’s parties? Answer
INFERENCES Why did Nick Carraway go to the party for the first time? Answer
INFERENCES What was Gatsby’s reaction to seeing Daisy’s child? Answer
INFERENCES After Tom confronts Gatsby about the relationship between him and Daisy, how does Daisy react to both men? Answer
INFERENCES Why is the book that Gatsby’s father shows Nick important to the novel? What does it say about Gatsby’s character? Answer
PAST PRESENT FUTURE From where did the narrator come from, and why? Answer
PAST PRESENT FUTURE What is Gatsby’s real name and where is he from? Answer
PAST PRESENT FUTURE What did Dan Cody do for Gatsby? Answer
PAST PRESENT FUTURE What does Gatsby tell Nick about his past with Daisy, and how he planned to impress her? Answer
PAST PRESENT FUTURE Describe how Gatsby made and shows off his money Answer
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS Gatsby had an extraordinary gift for hope, and a romantic readiness. Game Board
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS He has an athletic build and an arrogant attitude. He is an old-money snob. Game Board
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS Daisy is flighty and very superficial Game Board
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS He is mentioned in conversation between Nick and Jordan. Later, Nick sees him on the lawn in the moonlight. Game Board
CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS Myrtle is Tom’s mistress, and George is her husband. Game Board
RELATIONSHIPS Daisy and Nick are cousins; Nick and Tom knew each other from school. Game Board
RELATIONSHIPS While Nick is at one of Gatsby’s parties, he asks a man he’s talking to where Gatsby is, only to discover that he’s talking to him! Game Board
RELATIONSHIPS They were careless people who smashed things and creatures and let others clean up the mess. Game Board
RELATIONSHIPS Gatsby wanted Nick to arrange a luncheon meeting between himself and Daisy. Game Board
RELATIONSHIPS Daisy and Gatsby had had an earlier romance. Her parents wouldn’t let her see him off to war. She then married Tom and soon found out that he had a mistress. Game Board
QUOTES AND SYMBOLS “I suppose she talks—and eats and everything.” Game Board
QUOTES AND SYMBOLS An industrial zone. Game Board
QUOTES AND SYMBOLS An illustration on a billboard. Game Board
QUOTES AND SYMBOLS It stood for his vision and his future with Daisy. Game Board
QUOTES AND SYMBOLS He had--through his years of dreaming--made her larger-than-life. Game Board
PLOT POINTS Daisy is driving Gatsby’s car. She hits Myrtle, but keeps driving. Game Board
PLOT POINTS The apartment where Tom met his mistress. Game Board
PLOT POINTS He hit her and broke her nose! Game Board
PLOT POINTS Tom’s first instinct is to protect himself. Later, he cries. Game Board
PLOT POINTS It was initially very awkward. Gatsby was nervous, but they became more at easy as they talked. Game Board
INFERENCES The newly rich & famous, and their friends. Game Board
INFERENCES Gatsby sent his chauffer over, and invited him directly. Game Board
INFERENCES He looks at her with surprise. Game Board
INFERENCES She wants the escape provided by Gatsby, but needs Tom because he is a lot like her. Game Board
INFERENCES It shows Gatsby’s romantic spirit and his desire to get ahead. Game Board
PAST PRESENT FUTURE – 200 From the Midwest to study the bond business. Game Board
PAST PRESENT FUTURE James Gatz and he’s from North Dakota. Game Board
PAST PRESENT FUTURE He educated Gatsby about money and the people who have it. Game Board
PAST PRESENT FUTURE He fell in love with her and lied about his financial status to impress her. Game Board
PAST PRESENT FUTURE He took advantage of the Post WWI period, and he used the money to throw wild parties and buy flashy and extravagant things. Game Board
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