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1. What is the Valley of Ashes? where is it?

2. Who is Dr. T.J. Eckleburg? what night this be symbolic of?

3. Who lives in the Valley of Ashes?

4. What are George and Myrtle Wilson like? What does George do for a living?

5. Who comes to Tom and Myrtle's apartment party? How do these characters relate to Myrtle?

6. How does Myrtle behave at the apartment?

7. Who is Catherine? Why does she lie about Daisy and Tom's reason for marriage?

8. Why did Myrtle really marry George Wilson? Why is she unhappy?

9. How does Nick feel at the party? Why does he stay?

10. What does Tom do to Myrtle at the the apartment? How is this consistent with his character? How does everyone else react? Why?