1. The Great Gatsby Jeopardy
American Literature

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3. 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?

4. Characters 100
Jay Gatsby
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5. Characters 200
This character wants to buy Tom’s car, and commits suicide at the end of the novel

6. Characters 200
George Wilson
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7. 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.

8. Characters 300
Nick Carraway
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9. Characters 400
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

10. Characters 400
Daisy Buchanan
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11. Rumored to have cheated at sports
Characters 500
Rumored to have cheated at sports

12. Characters 500
Jordan Baker
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13. Characters 600
This character carries her weight sensually

14. Characters 600
Myrtle Wilson
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15. Characters 700
This character rigged the 1919 World Series

16. Characters 700
Meyer Wolfsheim
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17. Characters 800
This character cries over dog biscuits

18. Characters 800
Tom Buchanan
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19. The Great Gatsby takes place during what time period?
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The Great Gatsby takes place during what time period?

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The 1920’s
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21. Plot 1 200
Why did Gatsby throw such huge parties?

22. He hoped they would help him find Daisy
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He hoped they would help him find Daisy
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23. What is Daisy’s hometown?
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What is Daisy’s hometown?

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Louisville
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25. Plot 1 400
Which characters lived in the valley of ashes?

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The Wilson’s
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27. Plot 1 500
The “very sad” event that Gatby refers to is what?

28. Daisy’s marriage to Tom
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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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31. Plot 1 700
The only character who knows the whole truth about the accident and everything involved is who?

32. Plot 1 700
Nick Carraway
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33. Plot 2 100
Why was Gatsby shot?

34. Plot 2 100 George Wilson thought he was Myrtle’s lover.
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35. Plot 2 200
What word does Nick use to describe the Buchanans at the end of the novel?

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Careless
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37. Why is Gatsby’s love for Daisy doomed to fail?
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Why is Gatsby’s love for Daisy doomed to fail?

38. She can never live up to the idea of who Gatsby imagines she is.
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She can never live up to the idea of who Gatsby imagines she is.
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39. Plot 2 400
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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41. Plot 2 500
Who tells Nick that they don’t need to be careful because it “takes two to make an accident”?

42. Plot 2 500
Jordan Baker
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43. Plot 2 600
What does “Owl Eyes” find so interesting about Gatsby’s library?

44. Plot 2 600 All of the expensive books are real but unread
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45. Plot 2 700
Why doesn’t anyone come to Gatsby’s funeral?

46. Plot 2 700
None of them really knew or cared about him, Nick was his only true friend.
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47. The colors associate with Myrtle symbolize her….?
Symbols 100
The colors associate with Myrtle symbolize her….?

48. Lack of taste and sensual power
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Lack of taste and sensual power
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49. The “eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg” were symbolic of what?
Symbols 200
The “eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg” were symbolic of what?

50. Symbols 200
Judgment
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51. Symbols 300
What is the symbolism of the color green?

52. Money/Wealth, Prosperity
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Money/Wealth, Prosperity
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53. Symbols 400
What is the symbolism of the color white?

54. Purity, innocence, a blank canvas (suggesting infinite possibilities)
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Purity, innocence, a blank canvas (suggesting infinite possibilities)
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55. Quotations 100
Identify the speaker: “Do you think everything will please her old sport?”

56. Quotations 100
Jay Gatsby
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57. Quotations 200
Identify the speaker: “He’d have killed me if I hadn’t told him who owned the car”

58. Quotations 200
Tom Buchanan
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59. Quotations 300
Identify the speaker: “But I did love Tom once—as I loved you!”

60. Quotations 300
Daisy Buchanan
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61. Quotations 400
Identify the speaker: “I won’t be able to get away for the funeral, but will you please send my shoes?”

62. Quotations 400
Klipspringer
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63. Quotations 500
Identify the speaker: “I have a way to find out who killed my wife”

64. Quotations 500
George Wilson
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65. Quotations 600
Identify the speaker: “I can’t stand my husband. The only crazy thing I did was marry him.”

66. Quotations 600
Myrtle Wilson
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