The Great Gatsby Flashcards

Flashcards from The Great Gatsby lecture notes.

The 'gold-hatted lover' in the quotation is .

Gatsby

The narrator of The Great Gatsby is .

Nick Carraway

Nick Carraway's family made their money in .

Wholesale hardware

Nick Carraway lives in .

West Egg

West Egg represents .

New money

East Egg represents .

Old money

Daisy Buchanan is to Nick.

Nick's cousin

tells Nick about Tom's affair.

Jordan Baker

Daisy hopes her daughter will be a .

Beautiful little fool

At the end of Chapter 1, Gatsby is staring at the .

Green light

The valley of ashes is a .

Desolate industrial area between West Egg and New York City

Tom takes Nick to meet .

Myrtle Wilson

Myrtle buys a while out with Tom and Nick.

Dog, magazines, and perfume

Myrtle married George Wilson because she thought he was .

A gentleman

Tom when Myrtle mentioned Daisy.

Broke her nose

Guests behave at Gatsby's parties like they're at an .

Amusement park

Nick goes to the party because he was .

Invited

Nick describes Gatsby as .

Charming, sincere, with a rare smile

Some stories about Gatsby are that he’s a .

German spy, killed a man, or was an Oxford man

Nick learns that Jordan is .

Dishonest; she once cheated in a golf tournament

The strange thing about Nick’s city drive with Gatsby is that Gatsby .

Tells unbelievable stories about his life

Gatsby wants Nick to .

Invite Daisy over for tea

Meyer Wolfsheim is rumored to have .

Fixed the 1919 World Series

Daisy got drunk before her wedding because she .

Received a letter from Gatsby

We learn about Tom that he .

Had an affair early in the marriage and was in a car wreck with another woman

Gatsby wants Nick to .

Arrange a meeting between him and Daisy

Gatsby and Daisy's meeting is .

Emotional and awkward at first

Gatsby wanted Daisy to see his house and clothes to .

To impress her and show his success

The green light symbolized .

Gatsby’s dream of Daisy

Gatsby's real name is .

James Gatz

Dan Cody for Gatsby.

Hired him as a personal assistant and introduced him to wealth

Gatsby didn't inherit Cody's money because of .

Cody’s mistress

Gatsby wants Daisy to .

Say she never loved Tom

Nick says , while Gatsby .

You can’t repeat the past; insists that you can

Gatsby stopped throwing parties because .

Daisy didn’t enjoy them

The driving arrangements into the city were that .

Tom drives Gatsby’s car with Nick and Jordan; Gatsby drives Tom’s car with Daisy

George Wilson realizes during their stop at the garage.

His wife is having an affair

Myrtle thinks Jordan is .

Tom’s wife

Tom accuses Gatsby of .

Being a bootlegger and lying about being an Oxford man

Daisy must say she never loved Tom because .

Gatsby wants to believe she always loved only him

Tom discovers ; Daisy .

Gatsby’s shady business dealings; withdraws emotionally

During the hit-and-run scene, .

Myrtle runs into the road and is killed by Gatsby’s car, which Daisy is driving

Nick says Gatsby is ‘worth the whole damn bunch put together’ because Gatsby .

Has more integrity and hope than Tom and Daisy

The convinced George of Myrtle’s affair.

Dog leash

Myrtle ran toward the yellow car because she thought it was .

Tom’s

Wilson thinks Gatsby killed Myrtle because Tom told him .

The yellow car was Gatsby’s

Wilson .

He kills Gatsby and then himself

came to Gatsby’s funeral.

Nick, Gatsby’s father, and a few others

Henry C. Gatz is .

Gatsby’s father

Tom reveals that in Nick’s chance meeting.

He told Wilson that Gatsby owned the car

‘So we beat on, boats against the current…’ means that .

It reflects the struggle against time and the impossible attempt to recapture the past