The Great Gatsby Introduction

Who is Myrtle Wilson?

• Tom's mistress

• Gatsby's cousin

• Jordan's friend

• Nick's sister

What does Gatsby do that makes him seem important?

• Throws big parties

• Flies a hydroplane

• Takes phone calls from Chicago and Philadelphia

• Drives a fancy car

Where did Nick Carraway move in 1922?

• West Egg

• East Egg

• Manhattan

• Midwest

"Automobiles...turned expectantly into his drive...and then drove sulkily away" (Fitzgerald 185).

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• symbolism

When Gatsby meets Pammy his response is

• wonderment

• boredom

• hate

• excitment

Jay Gatsby personifies this theme and dream

• The Corruption of the American Dream

• Hope

• Paradox

• Possessiveness and Jealousy

• Reality vs Illusion

The Valley of Ashes symbolize

• Gatsby's dream

• God

• Moral decay of the 1920s

• Old money

Gatsby's library symbolizes

• Gatsby's attempt to fit in-the man himself

• One cannot turn back time

• Shady character

• The disintegration of a relationship

How does the narrator describe Gatsby?

• Gatsby was brilliant, although somewhat smug and self-centered.

• Gatsby had an extraordinary gift for hope, and a romantic readiness.

• Gatsby was a big, hulking brute of a man.

• Gatsby was self-assured and showed boundless enthusiasm about most topics.

Who is Nick's neighbor?

• Daisy

• Tom

• Gatsby

• Jordan