The Great Gatsby

"Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can" 

• Gatsby

• Tom

• George Wilson

• Meyer Wolfsheim

What is George Wilson looking out the window at when he says, "God sees everything." ?

• The ash heap

• The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleberg

• The green light

• Gatsby's car

What do Meyer Wolfsheim's cuff links symbolize?

• His high social class

• His alma mater

• His family crest/ old money connections

• His dangerous connections (possibly to the mob)

Tom Buchanan was "one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterwards savors of anticlimax." What does this passage mean?

• Tome was not excellent at anything

• Tom excelled so greatly in many areas at a young age that everything afterwards seems unimportant.

• Tom excelled so greatly in sports at a young age that everything afterwards seems like a letdown

• Tom was excellent at many things throughout his entire life

Why might Nick be considered an unreliable narrator?

• The story is all told in 1st person point of view, from his perspective.

• There are many lies he tells about all of the characters.

• Nick has a bad reputation for writing false information in the paper.

• The story is narrated in 3rd person point of view so he is always referring to himself by name.

What would be the best two colors to symbolize Myrtle?

• Red (danger, blood, passion) and Black (deception, death)

• Blue (hopefulness, strength) and Orange (friendliness, happiness)

• Yellow (cheerfulness, caution) and Green (money, nature)

• Purple (royalty, power) and Pink (softness, compassion)

...an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her were continually smoldering....

• Daisy

• Jordan

• Myrtle

• Catherine

It was a body capable of enormous leverage – a cruel body. ”

• George Wilson

• Gatsby

• Tom

• Nick

a blond, spiritless man, anemic, and faintly handsome

• Tom

• Gatsby

• Nick

• George Wilson

I’ve been everywhere and seen everything and done everything.  Sophisticated – God, I'm sophisticated!

• Nick

• Jordan

• Myrtle

• Daisy