THE GREAT GATSBYREVIEW QUESTIONS
Describe Tom Buchanan - Answers- Married to Daisy. Large, athletic body; very
wealthy; racist; bully; unfaithful
Describe Daisy Buchanan - Answers- Nick's cousin; beautiful; rich; silly; once dated
Gastby
Describe Myrtle Wilson - Answers- Tom's mistress; unhappy; poor; married to George
Wilson
Describe Jay Gatsby - Answers- Rich; Possibly shady; throws huge parties; in love with
Daisy
Describe Nick Carraway - Answers- Narrator; sees himself as non-judgmental; Gatsby's
neighbor; dates Jordan Baker
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"They're a rotten crowd. You're worth the whole damn bunch put together." - Answers-
Nick
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"...I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known." - Answers- Nick
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"I didn't want you to think I was just some nobody. You see, I usually find myself among
strangers
because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad thing that happened to me." -
Answers- Gatsby
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"Oh, you want too much! I love you now- isn't that enough?" - Answers- Daisy
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these
days to suit me." - Answers- Tom
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"He was crazy enough to kill me if I hadn't told him who owned the car." - Answers- Tom
, Identify the speaker of this quote:
"Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!" - Answers- Gatsby
What is Gatsby's real name? - Answers- James Gatz
What did both Gatsby and Carraway participate in? - Answers- The Great War
What is "West Egg"? - Answers- The more fashionable (and tacky) of the two eggs
Why does Gatsby buy his mansion on the West Egg? - Answers- To be near Daisy
Which character invents a false, romantic story about his background? - Answers-
Gatsby
What kind of evidence does Gatsby show Nick? - Answers- A medal from the war;
picture of himself at Oxford
Which character shoots Gatsby? - Answers- George Wilson
Who takes the blame for driving the car in the hit-and-run accident? - Answers- Gatsby
Who attends Gatsby's funeral? - Answers- Nick and Gatsby's dad
What is Gatsby's business? - Answers- Bootlegging
What college Nick Carraway attend? - Answers- Yale
Does Gatsby want Daisy to admit her part in Myrtle's death? - Answers- No
Nick arranges a meeting with which 2 characters? - Answers- Daisy & Gatsby
Who is driving the car when Myrtle is hit? - Answers- Daisy
What details does Catherine give at the inquest? - Answers- She claims that Myrtle
loved Wilson and never got into any trouble or extramarital affairs
Describe the guests at Gatsby's parties - Answers- They often don't know Gatsby and
they are uninvited. Gatsby spends lots of $$ to entertain his guests
Why does Gatsby love Daisy? - Answers- He has preserved a memory of her from
when they were young and in love
What kind of woman is Myrtle Wilson? - Answers- Poor, simple, desperate to belong to
a different class; selfish
Describe Tom Buchanan - Answers- Married to Daisy. Large, athletic body; very
wealthy; racist; bully; unfaithful
Describe Daisy Buchanan - Answers- Nick's cousin; beautiful; rich; silly; once dated
Gastby
Describe Myrtle Wilson - Answers- Tom's mistress; unhappy; poor; married to George
Wilson
Describe Jay Gatsby - Answers- Rich; Possibly shady; throws huge parties; in love with
Daisy
Describe Nick Carraway - Answers- Narrator; sees himself as non-judgmental; Gatsby's
neighbor; dates Jordan Baker
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"They're a rotten crowd. You're worth the whole damn bunch put together." - Answers-
Nick
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"...I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known." - Answers- Nick
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"I didn't want you to think I was just some nobody. You see, I usually find myself among
strangers
because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad thing that happened to me." -
Answers- Gatsby
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"Oh, you want too much! I love you now- isn't that enough?" - Answers- Daisy
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these
days to suit me." - Answers- Tom
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"He was crazy enough to kill me if I hadn't told him who owned the car." - Answers- Tom
, Identify the speaker of this quote:
"Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!" - Answers- Gatsby
What is Gatsby's real name? - Answers- James Gatz
What did both Gatsby and Carraway participate in? - Answers- The Great War
What is "West Egg"? - Answers- The more fashionable (and tacky) of the two eggs
Why does Gatsby buy his mansion on the West Egg? - Answers- To be near Daisy
Which character invents a false, romantic story about his background? - Answers-
Gatsby
What kind of evidence does Gatsby show Nick? - Answers- A medal from the war;
picture of himself at Oxford
Which character shoots Gatsby? - Answers- George Wilson
Who takes the blame for driving the car in the hit-and-run accident? - Answers- Gatsby
Who attends Gatsby's funeral? - Answers- Nick and Gatsby's dad
What is Gatsby's business? - Answers- Bootlegging
What college Nick Carraway attend? - Answers- Yale
Does Gatsby want Daisy to admit her part in Myrtle's death? - Answers- No
Nick arranges a meeting with which 2 characters? - Answers- Daisy & Gatsby
Who is driving the car when Myrtle is hit? - Answers- Daisy
What details does Catherine give at the inquest? - Answers- She claims that Myrtle
loved Wilson and never got into any trouble or extramarital affairs
Describe the guests at Gatsby's parties - Answers- They often don't know Gatsby and
they are uninvited. Gatsby spends lots of $$ to entertain his guests
Why does Gatsby love Daisy? - Answers- He has preserved a memory of her from
when they were young and in love
What kind of woman is Myrtle Wilson? - Answers- Poor, simple, desperate to belong to
a different class; selfish
