The green light is a symbol for... - Answer -Gatsby's hopes and dreams
What or who was Gatsby's main dream? - Answer -Daisy- be rich and successful so
she'd marry him
Gatsby's reunion with Daisy takes place - Answer -at Nick's house
Gatsby recognizes Nick because... - Answer -they fought in the same battle in WWI
Wolfsheim's cufflinks are made of - Answer -human teeth
The novel begins in the... - Answer -present and goes back to the past
Tom Buchanan investigates Gatsby's business dealings - Answer -to destroy Gatsby as
a rival for Daisy's attention
Daisy is from - Answer -Louisville
Jordan Baker - Answer -is a friend of Daisy's, plays golf, gossip
Gatsby's real name is - Answer -James Gatz
Myrtle was initially attracted to Tom because - Answer -he dressed expensively
T or F: George Wilson owns a garage - Answer -True
T or F Gatsby and Nick go into business together - Answer -False
T or F Meyer Wolfsheim is a magazine publisher - Answer -False
T or F Nick meets Tom's mistress during a wedding at the Plaza - Answer -False
T or F Tom reads books about the decline of civilization - Answer -True
, T or F One of Jordan's faults is that she is dishonest - Answer -True
T or F Michaelis tells George Wilson that Gatsby is the owner of the "death car" -
Answer -False
T or F With the exception of Nick, Gatsby's father, and the minister, no one attends
Gatsby's burial. - Answer -False- Owl Eyes went also.
T or F Attendance at Gatsby's parties is by invitation only. - Answer -False
T or F Daisy is driving the car that kills Myrtle Wilson - Answer -True
T or F Gatsby lives in East Egg - Answer -False
T or F Daisy seems especially impressed by Gatsby's shirts. - Answer -True
T or F Meyer Wolfsheim is a gangster - Answer -True
T or F. The Great Gatsby is told in third person narration - Answer -false
T or F Gatsby's father refuses to attend the funeral of his son. - Answer -false
T or F Tom feels guilty about his role in Gatsby's murder. - Answer -false
T or F at the end of the novel, Nick finally has the strength to confront Tom - Answer -
True
T or F Nick rents a house in West Egg. - Answer -True
T or F Gatsby changed his name when he was 15. - Answer -False
T or F At his party, Gatsby introduces Tom as "the golfer." - Answer -False
T or F Wilson thinks T.J. Eckleburg is God - Answer -True
T or F Nick Carraway comes from a family of poor farmers - Answer -False
T or F Gatsby inherits 25,000 from Cody, but never receives it - Answer -True
T or F When Wilson learns that it was actually Daisy who killed his wife, he stalks Daisy
in Chicago. - Answer -False
T or F Gatsby's party goes always behaved themselves very well - Answer -False
T or F The story switches narrators between Nick, Gatsby, and Jordan - Answer -False
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