The Great Gatsby Jeopardy

1. The Great Gatsby Jeopardy American Literature

2. Categories 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 100 200 300 400 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 100 200 300 400 500 600 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 Characters Plot 1 Plot 2 SymbolsQuotes

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 Back to Categories

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 Back to Categories

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 Back to Categories

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 Back to Categories

11. Characters 500 Rumored to have cheated at sports

12. Characters 500 Jordan Baker Back to Categories

13. Characters 600 This character carries her weight sensually

14. Characters 600 Myrtle Wilson Back to Categories

15. Characters 700 This character rigged the 1919 World Series

16. Characters 700 Meyer Wolfsheim Back to Categories

17. Characters 800 This character cries over dog biscuits

18. Characters 800 Tom Buchanan Back to Categories

19. Plot 1 100 The Great Gatsby takes place during what time period?

20. Plot 1 100 The 1920’s Back to Categories

21. Plot 1 200 Why did Gatsby throw such huge parties?

22. Plot 1 200 He hoped they would help him find Daisy Back to Categories

23. Plot 1 300 What is Daisy’s hometown?

24. Plot 1 300 Louisville Back to Categories

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

26. Plot 1 400 The Wilsons Back to Categories

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

28. Plot 1 500 Daisy’s marriage to Tom Back to Categories

29. Plot 1 600 When Myrtle saw this character with Tom, she assumed she was his wife.

30. Plot 1 600 Jordan Baker Back to Categories

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 Back to Categories

33. Plot 2 100 Why was Gatsby shot?

34. Plot 2 100 George Wilson thought he was Myrtle’s lover. Back to Categories

35. Plot 2 200 What word does Nick use to describe the Buchanans at the end of the novel?

36. Plot 2 200 Careless Back to Categories

37. Plot 2 300 Why is Gatsby’s love for Daisy doomed to fail?

38. Plot 2 300 She can never live up to the idea of who Gatsby imagines she is. Back to Categories

39. Plot 2 400 What are the ways that Gatsby tries to impress Daisy?

40. Plot 2 400 He hosts enormous parties, wears a gold shirt and tie, shows off his many designer shirts from London Back to Categories

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 Back to Categories

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 Back to Categories

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. Back to Categories

47. Symbols 100 The colors associate with Myrtle symbolize her….?

48. Symbols 100 Lack of taste and sensual power Back to Categories

49. Symbols200 The “eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg” were symbolic ofwhat?

50. Symbols200 Judgment Back to Categories