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Test your knowledge of F. Scott Fitzgerald's iconic novel, The Great Gatsby, with questions about memorable quotes, important characters, significant symbols, and key plot points. Enjoy this trivia game and delve into the themes and motifs portraying the American Dream.
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Jeopardy The Great Gatsby
Quotes: Who said it and about whom/what was it said? Misc. Characters Symbols Plot 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 Final Jeopardy
100 • Myrtle’s sister Back
200 • Which character is the most careful about women? Back
300 • The narrator of The Great Gatsby Back
400 • Fixed the 1919 World Series Back
500 • The person who introduced Gatsby to money and a wealthy lifestyle Back
100 • Literally and figuratively: The green light Back
200 • East Egg vs. West Egg Back
300 • North Dakota Back
400 • Daisy’s voice is full of ___________. Back
500 • To whom or what does Wilson refer to as God? Back
100 • Driving the death car that hit Myrtle Back
200 • Gatsby wanted this to be done before Nick invited Daisy over. Back
300 • Person who knew that Gatsby and Daisy were together many years ago and filled in the details for us. Back
400 • Primary reason Gatsby gave lavish parties Back
500 • Incurably dishonest Back
100 • "Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of his dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men" (6). Back
200 • "All right...I'm glad it's a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool" (21). Back
300 • "Everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known" (64). Back
400 • "There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams -- not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion" (101). Back
500 • "Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can" (116). Back
100 • "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made" (188). Back
200 • "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past" (189). Back
300 • The person fascinated with Gatsby’s books Back
400 • Erase five years of the past Back
500 • The reason Gatsby fires his servants Back
Final Jeopardy • What does this book say about the American Dream? Back