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The Great Gatsby Jeopardy
American Literature
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Characters 100
Which character is striving for the green light, grew up in North Dakota but tells Nick he’s from San Francisco, wants to reverse time and is the only person from the East Nick likes at the end of the novel?
Characters 100
Jay Gatsby
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Characters 200
This character wants to buy Tom’s car, and commits suicide at the end of the novel
Characters 200
George Wilson
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Characters 300
This character goes to lunch with Gatsby & Wolfsheim, says he tries not
to judge people, moves west at the end of the novel, and is the cousin of
Daisy.
Characters 300
Nick Carraway
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This character has a voice “full of money,” dislikes Gatsby’s parties, wears white and talks quietly so that people will move closer to her
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Daisy Buchanan
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Characters 500
Rumored to have cheated at sports
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Jordan Baker
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This character carries her weight sensually
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Myrtle Wilson
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This character rigged the 1919 World Series
Characters 700
Meyer Wolfsheim
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This character cries over dog biscuits
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Tom Buchanan
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The Great Gatsby takes place during what time period?
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The 1920’s
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Why did Gatsby throw such huge parties?
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He hoped they would help him find Daisy
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What is Daisy’s hometown?
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Louisville
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Which characters lived in the valley of ashes?
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The Wilson’s
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The “very sad” event that Gatby refers to is what?
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Daisy’s marriage to Tom
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When Myrtle saw this character with Tom, she assumed she was his wife.
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Jordan Baker
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The only character who knows the whole truth about the accident and everything involved is who?
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Nick Carraway
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Why was Gatsby shot?
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George Wilson thought he was Myrtle’s lover.
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What word does Nick use to describe the Buchanans at the end of the novel?
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Careless
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Why is Gatsby’s love for Daisy doomed to fail?
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She can never live up to the idea of who Gatsby imagines she is.
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What are the ways that Gatsby tries to impress Daisy?
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He hosts enormous parties, wears a gold shirt and tie, shows off his many designer shirts from
London
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Who tells Nick that they don’t need to be careful because it “takes two to make an accident”?
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Jordan Baker
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What does “Owl Eyes” find so interesting about Gatsby’s library?
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All of the expensive books are real but unread
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Why doesn’t anyone come to Gatsby’s funeral?
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None of them really knew or cared about him, Nick was his only true friend.
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Symbols 100
The colors associate with Myrtle symbolize her….?
Symbols 100
Lack of taste and sensual power
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Symbols 200
The “eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg” were symbolic of what?
Symbols 200
Judgment
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Symbols 300
What is the symbolism of the color green?
Symbols 300
Money/Wealth, Prosperity
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Symbols 400
What is the symbolism of the color white?
Symbols 400
Purity, innocence, a blank canvas (suggesting infinite possibilities)
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Quotations 100
Identify the speaker: “Do you think everything will please her old sport?”
Quotations 100
Jay Gatsby
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Quotations 200
Identify the speaker:
“He’d have killed me if I hadn’t told him who owned the car”
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Tom Buchanan
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Identify the speaker:
“But I did love Tom once—as I loved you!”
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Daisy Buchanan
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Quotations 400
Identify the speaker:
“I won’t be able to get away for the funeral, but will you please send my shoes?”
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Klipspringer
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Identify the speaker:
“I have a way to find out who killed my wife”
Quotations 500
George Wilson
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Identify the speaker:
“I can’t stand my husband. The only crazy thing I did was marry him.”
Quotations 600
Myrtle Wilson
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