The Great Gatsby Chapter Questions

He reserves judgement to others

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<p>Arrogant, wealthy, athletic</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Daisy's friend. He is attracted to her</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She feels like she has to be polite</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Standing in his yard, looking at a green light</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is the American dream</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>June 7, 1921</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He grew up with wealth. well bred, polite, and relatively mellow</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She is on a couch, buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon; she does not have a care in the world</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is instantly curious about her</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He's a very mean man</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>They took a train up to New York and it stopped near her husband's shop</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She ignores her husband and walks straight up to Tom</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Spiritless, slightly handsome. Excited to see Tom to fix his car because he needs the money</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>As she drinks, she becomes more outspoken and uppity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Daisy is a Catholic and doesn't believe in divorce.(though Nick knows she isn't)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She keeps repeating Daisy's name. He is abusive towards women</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A massive trash dump. It represents the rotting American dream.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are a poor couple. They don't fit.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He's very different. He is more of an observer</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>To get Daisy's attention - or to fill a void in his life</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He was actually invited and he was American.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>That they are real.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He has a huge library, so he is like Belasco, a major theatrical producer, who creates things for show.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Owls are wise creatures. He possibly indicates that he has wisdom about Gatsby beyond what the others know.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are simplistic.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She's a golfer and a liar.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She lies, just like Gatsby does, but it isn't as awful for her.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He judges people for bad behavior - not just in general or in a snooty way.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is a positive, kind man who seems to see the best in people. Very careful with his language - speaks elegantly and seems supportive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He killed a man, German spy, went to Oxford. Adds to his mysterious nature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is surprised at how young he is. He says his speech is formal and elaborate.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is not drinking.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He was so surprised at Gatsby's appearance and age.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is straightforward about what he thinks. In real life, he withholds information from people.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>Son of wealthy Midwesterners. Grew up in America but was educated at Oxford because it's a family tradition.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He supposedly fixed the 1919 World Series. Nick is shocked.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She got drunk and almost ran off. She clutched a letter from Gatsby. It shows that she was still in love with him &amp; only married Tom for his money.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He used to be in love with her and wants to meet up with her to show her his fancy house. He doesn't ask Nick himself because he was afraid Nick would be offended.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He got into a car accident with a mistress in the car.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He has some secrets and questionable activity going on.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He's a bootlegger, once killed a man, German spy, went to Oxford.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He shows how unimportant all of them are. They are all big names, but they just float in and out of Gatsby's party and nothing personal about them stands out.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He says he doesn't want Nick to get the wrong idea based on rumors, but the way that Gatsby sort of hurries through telling about Oxford makes him seem suspicious. Nick is not sure about him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is a flat-nosed Jew. It shows his racial stereotype.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Everyone falls into one of those categories.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He offers him a very shady business opportunity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gatsby is awkward and acting like a boy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are luminously happy and Daisy has tears of joy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is filled with emotion because he is happy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He says he was in the drug business then oil business. It's odd because Gatsby said he inherited it before.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She is overwhelmed by his success and regretful of what she could have had if she didn't reject him when he was poor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It's pouring down rain when they meet up at Nick's house, and gradually the skies clear. It's a metaphor for the way things are going between them.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Daisy's emotional response to Gatsby's behavior implies that she is torn between Tom &amp; Gatsby. He seems to have made this image of Daisy over the last five years that seem almost impossible to fulfill.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He wants everything to be perfect and impress Daisy when she arrives.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It sets the mood and creates the idea of a sadness overhanging the characters.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He thinks Nick needs money since his house needs repairs. He rejects it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gatsby's hopes and dreams for the future.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Indicates his business &amp; it makes him seem suspicious because he is in demand yet doesn't say why.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>When he was 17. He never accepted his parents.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Daisy was 'offended' by the party, 'because it wasn't a gesture but an emotion.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He wanted nothing less of Daisy than that she should go to Tom and say: 'I never loved you.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Nick believed that Gatsby modeled himself on an idealized version of who Jay Gatsby really was.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is a self-made man.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gatsby will have Daisy's love and she will love him for him and not the money.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He was not that truthful.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tom tried to meet Gatsby and ran away and the meeting had Gatsby feel even more in love with Daisy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Everyone at the party is from West Egg and everyone from West Egg are not as sophisticated as they are.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>How much Daisy is having fun.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>I think that you can't really repeat the past exactly but some things you might be able to.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>Because they were for Gatsby and Daisy to get closer, but now that they are closer there is no need to give parties.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When they make deep eye contact before they left for New York City.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>She thinks that is Tom's wife.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because in Gatsby's mind the last five years in Daisy's life do not matter, but they really did.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because he doesn't care about Tom and he is in love with his wife.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Tom finds out Myrtle is moving away with her husband and Daisy is in love with Gatsby. He's losing both his mistress and wife in the same day.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He stayed at Daisy's house since he had fainted at her wedding, but the day after he was forced to leave Daisy's father died.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is disappointed by the lies he told, but he wants to continue to be friends with him and continue to like him.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is very close with his wife to begin with and then he finds out he is originally from West Egg and to Tom people from the West are unimportant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He believes they aren't meant to be because Gatsby is from the West and Daisy is from the East.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because he is being a hypocrite and having an affair.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When you hit the age of thirty you are now considered old and should settle down somewhere. Nick views it as entering a world of loneliness and thinning hair.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>After the argument between Gatsby and Daisy about her love for Tom, Daisy reveals she does not love him. Gatsby is satisfied and Tom is through, nor does he want to be bothered with Daisy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He is not impressed with her anymore because she is self-centered and spoiled just like the people she hangs around.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He feels the same way about Gatsby; he thinks they are fake, self-centered, and spoiled.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Even though Gatsby is wealthy, they still can't be together because of how he got it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He was a freeman who gained wealth through hard work and threw large parties to impress his guests. Gatsby did the same thing; he threw parties to impress his guests with his wealth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They are finally happy together and no one is no longer standing in their way.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They were both chatting. George wanted Myrtle to understand what she was doing was wrong. Tom wanted Daisy to know why she was lying.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gatsby</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The fight arose because Tom did not like Gatsby since he is a liar, he's from West Egg, and is rich by default. Tom thinks he's better than Gatsby just because he's from the East.</p> Signup and view all the answers