Gatsby Jeopardy
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Literary Terms
Fitzgerald’s
Life and Times
Symbols
Final Jeopardy
$100 Answer from Literary Terms
Nick uses one of these when he describes
Gatsby’s guests coming and going “like moths.”
$100 Question from Literary Terms
What is a simile?
$200 Answer from Literary Terms
In Gatsby, it is New York in the
1920s.
$200 Question from Literary Terms
What is setting?
$300 Answer from Literary Terms
This “turning point” occurs in Chapter
7, when Tom confronts Gatsby about
his relationship with Daisy.
$300 Question from Literary Terms
What is climax?
$400 Answer from Literary Terms
This is a reference to another work of
literature, music, art, history, mythology,
etc.; for example, when Nick refers to
Gatsy as “Trimalchio.”
$400 Question from Literary Terms
What is allusion?
$500 Answer from Literary Terms
In Gatsby, they include the “American
Dream,” the danger of idealized romance
and unrestrained passion, and the idea
that money can’t buy happiness.
$500 Question from Literary Terms
What are themes?
$100 Answer from Characters
This character was a
popular Louisville
debutante.
$100 Question from Characters
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
$200 Answer from Characters
This character works in the bond
business.
$200 Question from Characters
Who is Nick Carraway?
$300 Answer from Characters
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This character is described as a
“sturdy straw-haired man of thirty
with a rather hard mouth and a
supercilious manner.”
$300 Question from Characters
Who is Tom Buchanan?
$400 Answer from Characters
This character is described as having a
“heightened sensitivity to the promises
of life” and “an extraordinary gift for
hope.”
$400 Question from Characters
Who is Jay Gatsby?
$500 Answer from Characters
This character is an “incurably
dishonest” professional golfer.
$500 Question from Characters
Who is Jordan Baker?
$100 Answer from Vocabulary
HAUGHTY and SUPERCILIOUS:
Synonyms or Antonyms?
$100 Question from Vocabulary
SYNONYMS
$200 Answer from Vocabulary
DEFT and INEPT: Synonyms or
Antonyms?
$200 Question from Vocabulary
ANTONYMS
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$300 Answer from Vocabulary:
SPORADIC and INCESSANT:
Synonyms or Antonyms?
$300 Question from Vocabulary
ANTONYMS
$400 Answer from Vocabulary
GENIAL and CONTEMPTUOUS:
Synonyms or Antonyms?
$400 Question from Vocabulary
ANTONYMS
$500 Answer from Vocabulary
NEBULOUS and AMORPHOUS:
Synonyms or Antonyms?
$500 Question from Vocabulary
SYNONYMS
$100 Answer from Life and
Times
This is the decade during which
Fitzgerald did most of his
writing.
$100 Question from Life and
Times
What are the 1920s?
$200 Answer from Life and
Times:
This is the law that made the sale
and transportation of alcohol
illegal
$200 Question from Life and
Times
What is Prohibition?
$300 Answer from Life and
Times
This caused Fitzgerald’s death at
age 44
$300 Question from Life and
Times
What is a heart
attack?
$400 Answer from Life and
Times
This is the genre of music that
became popular during
Fitzgerald’s lifetime
$400 Question from Life and
Times
What is jazz?
$500 Answer from Life and
Times
This is the crime for which
Al Capone was finally
imprisoned
$500 Question from Life and
Times
What is Tax
Evasion?
$100 Answer from Symbols
This represents Gatsby’s dream—or
any impossible dream we strive to
attain; Gatsby is seen reaching for it at
the end of Chapter 1
$100 Question from Symbols
What is the green light?
$200 Answer from Symbols
These overlook the Valley of Ashes
and symbolize, possibly, the eye of
God watching mankind with
disapproval.
$200 Question from Symbols
What are the eyes of Dr.
T.J. Eckleberg?
$300 Answer from Symbols
This gray dump between West Egg
and New York symbolizes America
as a “moral wasteland”
$300 Question from Symbols
What is the Valley of Ashes?
$400 Answer from Symbols
These are the two colors that carry the
most symbolic significance in The Great
Gatsby.
$400 Question from Symbols
What are green and white?
$500 Answer from Symbols
These items represent the truth about
Gatsby—that he is not the educated,
sophisticated gentleman he appears to
be—as well as the mystery of who he
really is.
$500 Question from Symbols
What are the uncut books?
Final Jeopardy
Category: Life and Times
Final Jeopardy Question:
This is the name of F. Scott
Fitzgerald’s wife.