The Great Gatsby & Fitzgerald Biography Quiz

Birth

September 24, 1896

Death

December 21, 1940

Spouse

Zelda Sayre

Name for the 1920’s

The Jazz Age

Gatsby is

the most accurate depiction of the 1920s

West Egg

Where Nick & Gatsby live; represents new money

East Egg

Where Daisy lives; the more fashionable area; represents old money

New York City

Where the characters go to escape for work and play

The Valley of Ashes

Between NYC and West Egg; location of Wilson’s Gas Station

Symbol of the Valley of Ashes

Desolate area filled with industrial waste representing the negative effects of greed & the social & moral decay of the 1920s

Green Light

At the end of Daisy’s dock and visible from Gatsby’s mansion; represents Gatsby’s hopes & dreams about Daisy

The Eyes of Dr. T. J. Ekleburg

Decaying billboard in the Valley of the Ashes with eyes advertising an optometrist & representing God’s moral judgment on society

The American Dream

Gatsby is the ideal image of one who has achieved it

Old Money

• Money from family wealth

• Born rich

• Not earned through work done by yourself

• Respected above all in the 1920s

New Money

• Someone who has achieved the American Dream

• Not as respected in the 1920s