The Great Gatsby novel questions || A+ Graded ||
Correctly Answered
Who is the narrator and what is the point of view? - Answer Nick Carraway-> 1st person narrator
What are some of the effects of 1st person narrator view? - Answer Inside view-> one persons
perspective; Truthful but also biased & one sided
Describe the West Egg. - Answer less fashionable, more new rich people, main character lives here
Describe the East Egg. - Answer white palaces of fashionable, old rich
Describe the Buchanans' house. - Answer wealthy and expensive, stable with horses
Describe Gatsby's House - Answer wealthy over the top mansion, pool, tower, beach
Where's Nicks house located? - Answer Nick is squeezed between two mansions, not as nice
Whose Tom Buchanan? - Answer Former football player, went to Yale, married to Daisy and is friends
with Nick
When Nick joins Tom, Daisy, and Jordan; who calls? - Answer Toms' mistress in New York
What is Tom really like? How dose he treat Daisy? - Answer Hes an abusive husband and a disloyal lover.
having an affair with a women in New York and he broke Daisy's Nose.
What is Gatsby doing when Nick arrives back home from Tom's? - Answer Standing on his dock shaking
and reaching his arms out toward a green light
Whose Jordan Baker? - Answer A pro-golfer that's friends with Daisy and meets Nick at the first dinner
at Tom's
, What is the wasteland of ashes called in chapter two? - Answer Valley of Ashes
Where is the Valley of Ashes located? - Answer Between the West Egg and New York City
What might the Valley of Ashes represent? - Answer Corruption, people's sin and relationships burning;
moral wasteland
What is hanging near the Valley of Ashes? - Answer a Billboard
What is on the billboard near the Valley of Ashes? - Answer Eyes that are looking down at the valley, the
eyes have a blind look to it, all behind yellow glasses
What might the eyes on the billboard represent? - Answer The eyes are sad and judging the people
What does the cover have to do with the billboard? - Answer The cover has big eyes are judging and
looking down at the 'wasteland'
Who lives in the Valley of Ashes? - Answer George and Myrtle Wilson in the attic of a garage
Describe George Wilson - Answer pale anemic (not enough iron), ghosts, lifeless, a little handsome in a
pale way, white ash all over him (walking dead)
Whose Myrtle Wilson? - Answer 30, short, wears a lot of makeup, full of variety and life, sexy, skinny
What is the relationship between Tom and Myrtle? - Answer Tom is having an affair with Myrtle
How does Tom treat Myrtle? - Answer he has his own apartment for her and he buys her things that she
likes; expensive things
Correctly Answered
Who is the narrator and what is the point of view? - Answer Nick Carraway-> 1st person narrator
What are some of the effects of 1st person narrator view? - Answer Inside view-> one persons
perspective; Truthful but also biased & one sided
Describe the West Egg. - Answer less fashionable, more new rich people, main character lives here
Describe the East Egg. - Answer white palaces of fashionable, old rich
Describe the Buchanans' house. - Answer wealthy and expensive, stable with horses
Describe Gatsby's House - Answer wealthy over the top mansion, pool, tower, beach
Where's Nicks house located? - Answer Nick is squeezed between two mansions, not as nice
Whose Tom Buchanan? - Answer Former football player, went to Yale, married to Daisy and is friends
with Nick
When Nick joins Tom, Daisy, and Jordan; who calls? - Answer Toms' mistress in New York
What is Tom really like? How dose he treat Daisy? - Answer Hes an abusive husband and a disloyal lover.
having an affair with a women in New York and he broke Daisy's Nose.
What is Gatsby doing when Nick arrives back home from Tom's? - Answer Standing on his dock shaking
and reaching his arms out toward a green light
Whose Jordan Baker? - Answer A pro-golfer that's friends with Daisy and meets Nick at the first dinner
at Tom's
, What is the wasteland of ashes called in chapter two? - Answer Valley of Ashes
Where is the Valley of Ashes located? - Answer Between the West Egg and New York City
What might the Valley of Ashes represent? - Answer Corruption, people's sin and relationships burning;
moral wasteland
What is hanging near the Valley of Ashes? - Answer a Billboard
What is on the billboard near the Valley of Ashes? - Answer Eyes that are looking down at the valley, the
eyes have a blind look to it, all behind yellow glasses
What might the eyes on the billboard represent? - Answer The eyes are sad and judging the people
What does the cover have to do with the billboard? - Answer The cover has big eyes are judging and
looking down at the 'wasteland'
Who lives in the Valley of Ashes? - Answer George and Myrtle Wilson in the attic of a garage
Describe George Wilson - Answer pale anemic (not enough iron), ghosts, lifeless, a little handsome in a
pale way, white ash all over him (walking dead)
Whose Myrtle Wilson? - Answer 30, short, wears a lot of makeup, full of variety and life, sexy, skinny
What is the relationship between Tom and Myrtle? - Answer Tom is having an affair with Myrtle
How does Tom treat Myrtle? - Answer he has his own apartment for her and he buys her things that she
likes; expensive things
