The Great Gatsby StudyGuide

White symbolizes...

• Adolescence

• Death

• Innocence

• Youth

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The color pink symbolizes...

• Tackiness

• Innocence

• Violence

• Hope

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Gold symbolizes...

• Wealth

• Violence

• Knowledge

• Friendship

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Green symbolizes...

• Cowardice

• Prosperity

• Wealth

• Hope

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What does Nick's father remind Nick of at the beginning of the book?

• Not everyone has had the same advantages he has

• Be the best at what you do

• As long as you are successful financially, nothing else matters

• Everyone has value

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What is a paradox?

• Two consecutive words that are opposites

• A self-contradictory statement

• A word that when it is spelled backwards, it is the same word

• An alternate universe

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Daisy says the best thing a girl can be in this world is what?

• A miserable heiress

• Happy and poor

• A man

• A beautiful little fool

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What do the eyes of Dr. T.J. Echleburg symbolize?

• Nick's glimpse into everyone's life

• The town's metaphorical blindness to their sin

• The great fortune that overlooks the town

• God watching over the valley of ashes, seeing all their sins

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What is the "valley of ashes?"

• An area in NY that caught fire long ago

• A burn pile in Nick's yard

• A barren, lower-middle class area separating East Egg from West Egg

• An imaginary place used as a metaphor for Gatsby’s loneliness

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What excuse does Catherine explain to Nick about why Tom won't divorce Daisy?

• Daisy is Catholic

• Tom is scared that Daisy will take his money

• Tom loves Daisy too much

• Daisy's parents won't let them

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