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The Great Gatsby

11th grade American literature · Medium · 20-25 min

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This board helps players review Literature · F. Scott Fitzgerald through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Characters, Setting & Plot, Symbols, Themes, Quotes & Trivia. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Characters

    The novel's narrator.

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    Nick Carraway

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  • Setting & Plot

    Decade the novel is set in.

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    The 1920s (Jazz Age)

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  • Symbols

    The light at the end of Daisy's dock.

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    Green light (Gatsby's hopes/dreams)

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  • Themes

    Central American theme — Gatsby's quest embodies it.

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    The American Dream (and its corruption)

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  • Quotes & Trivia

    Year published.

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    1925

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  • Author & Context

    The narrative point of view of the novel.

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    First-person (Nick Carraway)

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Characters

$100 — The novel's narrator.
Nick Carraway
$200 — The mysterious millionaire host of lavish parties.
Jay Gatsby (James Gatz)
$300 — The woman Gatsby loves; Nick's cousin.
Daisy Buchanan
$400 — Daisy's wealthy, brutish husband.
Tom Buchanan
$500 — Tom's working-class mistress.
Myrtle Wilson

Setting & Plot

$100 — Decade the novel is set in.
The 1920s (Jazz Age)
$200 — Fictional Long Island town where Gatsby and Nick live.
West Egg
$300 — The wealthier old-money town across the bay.
East Egg
$400 — Region between Long Island and NYC, full of ashes.
Valley of Ashes
$500 — Who kills Myrtle with a car.
Daisy (driving Gatsby's car)

Symbols

$100 — The light at the end of Daisy's dock.
Green light (Gatsby's hopes/dreams)
$200 — Giant fading billboard eyes that watch over the Valley of Ashes.
Eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg
$300 — What the Valley of Ashes symbolizes.
Moral decay / cost of wealth
$400 — Color often associated with Gatsby's wealth and illusion.
Gold (and yellow)
$500 — Color associated with Daisy's innocence (and false purity).
White

Themes

$100 — Central American theme — Gatsby's quest embodies it.
The American Dream (and its corruption)
$200 — Division between East Egg and West Egg shows this conflict.
Old money vs. new money
$300 — Theme of recapturing what is gone.
The past / nostalgia
$400 — Moral state of the wealthy characters.
Carelessness / emptiness
$500 — What the green light ultimately represents about dreams.
They are always just out of reach

Quotes & Trivia

$100 — Year published.
1925
$200 — Famous last line: 'So we beat on, boats against the ___.'
Current, borne back ceaselessly into the past
$300 — Gatsby's nickname for Nick.
Old sport
$400 — Who shoots Gatsby.
George Wilson
$500 — Who attends Gatsby's funeral besides Nick and his father.
Almost no one (Owl Eyes)

Author & Context

$100 — The narrative point of view of the novel.
First-person (Nick Carraway)
$200 — The post-WWI cultural era the novel critiques.
The Roaring Twenties / Jazz Age
$300 — Constitutional amendment that fuels bootleggers like Gatsby.
18th (Prohibition)
$400 — Fitzgerald's wife, often linked to Daisy.
Zelda Fitzgerald
$500 — Real Long Island town often cited as inspiration for West Egg.
Great Neck

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