
Trivia - The Great Gatsby and The Roaring Twenties
Quiz by Erica Spry
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How many copies of The Great Gatsby sold in its first year of publication?

What is the setting of The Great Gatsby?

What year was The Great Gatsby first published?

What is the color of the car that kills Myrtle Wilson?

What is the occupation of the narrator, Nick Carraway, in the novel?

What is Gatsby's main motivation for acquiring wealth and throwing extravagant parties?

Which character is being described?
"Over the ash heaps the giant eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg kept their vigil but I perceived, after a moment, that other eyes were regarding us with peculiar intensity from less than twenty feet away."

Which character is being described?
"He smiled understandingly—much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life."

Which character is being described?
"Her face, above a spotted dress of dark blue crepe-de-chine, contained no facet or gleam of beauty but there was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smouldering."

Which character is being described?
"Two shining, arrogant eyes had established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning aggressively forward."

Which character is being described?
"She laughed again, as if she said something very witty, and held my hand for a moment, looking up into my face, promising that there was no one in the world she so much wanted to see. That was a way she had."

Identify the speaker:
“I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.”

Identify the speaker:
“God knows what you’ve been doing...You may fool me, but you can’t fool God.”

Identify the speaker:
“Civilization’s going to pieces...It’s up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these other races will have control of things.”

Identify the speaker:
“All right...I’m glad it’s a girl...And I hope she’ll be a fool – that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”

Identify the speaker:
“It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me.”

"I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe."

Who does Nick meet when he visits Daisy for the first time?

What division were Jay and Nick in during World War 1?

As 1919 rolled into the uproarious twenties, this man held the most powerful position in the United States. Who was president when the decade started?

On April 18, 1923, what New York landmark was inaugurated?

Which amendment made it illegal to make, transport, or sell alcohol?

What was the wildly popular Ford car that was affordable and easy to make thanks to the assembly line?

In 1921, Ellis Island had to be quarantined after an outbreak of what disease?

What medicine was founded during the 1920s, accidentally?Â

What year is The Great Gatsby set in?

Give two nicknames for the 1920s

Which of These is NOT a theme in The Great Gatsby?
