The Great Gatsby Quiz: West Egg, the Green Light and Jay

The Great Gatsby quiz returns to the Long Island summer of 1922, when a mysterious millionaire threw lavish parties for one guest. Play 10 interactive questions on F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nick Carraway, Gatsby's real name, Daisy and Tom, West Egg and East Egg, the green light, the Valley of Ashes and the ending.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Author
Who wrote The Great Gatsby?
Narrator
Who narrates the story?
Real
What was Gatsby's original name?
Love
Whom does Gatsby hope to win back?
Egg
Where does Gatsby live?
Light
What does Gatsby stare at across the bay?
Ashes
What is the grim area between Long Island and New York called?
Eyes
Whose giant eyes look down from a billboard?
Accident
Who is driving Gatsby's car when Myrtle is killed?
Era
Which era does the novel capture?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Who wrote The Great Gatsby?
Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald
It was published in 1925.
Q2: Who narrates the story?
Answer: Nick Carraway
He is Daisy's cousin.
Q3: What was Gatsby's original name?
Answer: James Gatz
He reinvented himself.
Q4: Whom does Gatsby hope to win back?
Answer: Daisy Buchanan
They met years before.
Q5: Where does Gatsby live?
Answer: West Egg
It is home to new money.
Q6: What does Gatsby stare at across the bay?
Answer: A green light on Daisy's dock
It stands for his dream.
Q7: What is the grim area between Long Island and New York called?
Answer: The Valley of Ashes
A billboard watches over it.
Q8: Whose giant eyes look down from a billboard?
Answer: Doctor T. J. Eckleburg
Some readers see them as judgment.
Q9: Who is driving Gatsby's car when Myrtle is killed?
Answer: Daisy
Gatsby takes the blame.
Q10: Which era does the novel capture?
Answer: The Jazz Age
Fitzgerald named the era himself.

The Great Gatsby Quiz – West Egg, the Green Light and Jay

F. Scott Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby in 1925. Nick Carraway rents a house in West Egg, Long Island, next door to the mysterious Jay Gatsby, who throws enormous parties.

Gatsby, born James Gatz, hopes to win back Daisy Buchanan, who lives across the bay in East Egg with her husband Tom. Each night he looks at the green light at the end of her dock.

The story moves through the Valley of Ashes, where the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg watch from a billboard. After Daisy kills Myrtle Wilson with Gatsby's car, tragedy follows, and Nick leaves the East disillusioned.

What This Quiz Teaches

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Did You Know?

The novel sold modestly at first.
It is now a classic taught in many schools.
Baz Luhrmann filmed it in 2013.
Robert Redford played Gatsby in 1974.
Fitzgerald considered other titles before choosing this one.