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Quiz over Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby Name:_____________________
Hour:__________________
Please answer the following questions with as much information as possible from the book. 1.
What is the exact quote from Nick Carraway’s father that Nick has “been turning over in [his] mind ever since”? _____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________.
2.
Nick wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the ____________ __________.
3.
Who is the only person exempt from this reaction? ________________
4.
What is the only thing that Nick doesn’t like about Gatsby? (HINT: end of the paragraph that answers the question to answer three.) _____________________________________________________________
5.
Why does Nick go East? _______________________
6.
When does Nick go East, exactly? ________________________________
7.
List four different colors with page numbers found in Chapter 1. a. b. c. d.
8.
When does the history of the summer really begin? ______________________________________________________________.
9.
What does Tom seem to say that shows he is arrogant, demanding, and in control? _____________________________________________________
10.
Sitting on the couch, the two females dressed in white seem to represent or symbolize two ___________________.
11.
How old is Tom? ________________.
12.
What is the name of the book Tom reads?______________________ What do you suppose it is about? ______________________________________ _____________________________________________________________
13.
Who calls while everyone is eating dinner? _________________________.
14.
Why is Daisy “pretty cynical about everything”? _____________________.
15.
What does Daisy say when Pammy is born? _________________________.
16.
Nick “heard some story of her (Jordan) too, a ___________, __________ _______.”
17.
What does Daisy want to do to Nick and Jordan as Jordan is heading off to bed so she can be ready for her golf tournament? _____________________ _____________________________________________________________.
18.
What does Daisy hear about Nick and someone else from out West? _______________________________. What is Nick’s reply? ____________ _____________________________.
19.
Who does Nick see “standing with his hands in his pockets regarding the silver pepper of the stars”? _________________
20.
Once Nick sees this person, the man seems to reach his arms out toward the “dark water.” “I [Nick] could have sworn he [the man] was ______________.”
21.
What does Nick see across the bay? ____________________
22.
Nick glances out across the bay to see what this man was watching. However, when Nick turns back to the man, the man had ______________________.
Quiz over Chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby Name:______________________
Class:_______________________
Please answer the following questions with as much information as possible from the book. 1.
What is the simile that is used to talk about the valley of ashes? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
2.
What drifts endlessly over the valley of ashes? (HINT: eyes) ________________ ___________________ Describe them from your book. ___________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________
3.
What is Nick doing with Tom in the valley of ashes? ______________________ __________________________________________________________________
4.
If Nick didn’t get off the train with Tom, what would Tom probably do? __________________________________________________________________ Again, this shows another example of Tom’s _________________ nature.
5.
Whose business is located in the valley of ashes? Use description of sign from book. ____________________________________________________________
6.
Describe George B. Wilson.___________________________________________
7.
What does Wilson want from Tom? ____________________________________
8.
Compare & contrast Myrtle and Daisy by looking at the descriptions from Chapter 1 and 2. Daisy:____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Myrtel:___________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________
9.
Look at your notes on Dr. T. J. Eckleberg. Why does Tom frown at the sign as he leaves Wilson’s garage? _____________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
10.
George is so ______________ he doesn’t know he’s alive.
11.
What kind of taxi cab does Myrtle select? _______________ Why?___________ _____________________________________________
12.
What does Catherine whisper to Nick while at the party? ___________________ ______________________________________________________
13.
According to Catherine, why don’t Tom and Daisy divorce? _________________
14.
What did George do for Myrtle and his wedding that was so odd? __________________________________________________________________
15. When Myrtle first met Tom on the train, what did she say “over and over”? __________________________________________________________________ 16.
What does Tom do to Myrtle at the party? ______________________________ Why?:____________________________________________________________
Quiz over Chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby 1.
Why do you suppose Fitzgerald has men and girls attending Gatsby’s parties? ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 2.
Find and list three different colors (not fruits) with page numbers from Chapter 3. a. b. c.
3.
How many people are invited to Gatsby’s parties?________________ Who is the only one invited?____________________________ Why is he the only one? (HINT: his proximity) ______________________________________________________________ What does Lucille receive from Gatsby?_____________________ How much was it to replace? ______________________________ What are four specific rumors about Gatsby from Chapter 3? a. b. c. d.
4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
What do Nick and Gatsby have in common that is the “ice-breaker” for their conversational piece at the party? __________________________________________________________ What noun does Gatsby use to continually address Nick?________________________ How old is Gatsby? _______________ Why did Gatsby have to leave Nick’s company so quickly during their first conversation?_______________________ Describe what Nick sees as the orchestra leader starts to play Vladimir Tostoff’s Jazz History of the World? Summarize using all three lines. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Who wants to see Jordan, alone? ___________________________ Why are the husbands and wives fighting at the conclusion of the party?____________ ______________________________________________________________________ Why is Jordan so excited as she exits the library after talking to Gatsby? ____________ ______________________________________________________________________ What are Nick and Gatsby going to do “tomorrow morning” at nine o’clock? _______________________________________________ Why did Gatsby leave this conversation so quickly?_____________________________ What happened as everyone was leaving Gatsby’s party (HINT: wheel)? _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
17.
18.
19. 20.
What are three things Nick talks about, or does, after he sees the strange event after Gatsby’s party? 1. 2. 3. A few pages before Chapter 3 ends, what is it that Nick remembers that he had forgotten on the first night at the Buchanan’s in regards to Jordan Baker? Be specific. _______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ What does Nick accuse Jordan of being as they drive off on the first “so-called” date? ________________________________________________________ What is her reply? _________________________________________________________________ What is Nick’s cardinal virtue?______________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
The Great Gatsby Chapter 4 Quiz Answer the following questions using your book. Only answers from the book will be correct. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
15.
Who is Klipspringer? ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ What does Gatsby show Nick that shows he was in the war? (Be Specific) ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ What happened to Rosy Rothenthal? ______________________________ ____________________________________________________________ What does Mr. Wolfsheim have for cuff buttons? _____________________ ____________________________________________________________ Wolsheim says Gatsby is very careful about whom? ___________________ ____________________________________________________________ Who do Nick and Gatsby meet as they are leaving the restaurant? _____________________ What came over Gatsby’s face as he shakes hands with the above mentioned person? _____________________________________________ What year does Jordan’s story about her and Daisy’s life begin? ________ Daisy was what in Louisville? ___________________________________ Who does Jordan say she admires the most? _________________________ Now, Jordan says this officer looks at Daisy in a way __________________ ____________________________________________________________ What is this lieutenant’s name? _______________________ Where did this soldier now have to go? _____________________________ Even though Daisy was sad and lonely, what does she do in June? ____________________________________________________________
Who does Jordan find the night before Daisy’s bridal dinner in Daisy’s bed? __________________________ Describe the scene filling in the blanks below. _______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________
16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.
Why do you suppose Daisy is so sad and miserable? (HINT: soldier) _______________________________________________________ Tom gets into a wreck in Santa Barbara. Who is with him?________________________________________________________ What does Daisy hear about six weeks ago when Nick first went over to visit her and Tom?____________________________ Why does Gatsby buy the house in West Egg? _______________________ ____________________________________________________________ What is the “BIG” favor that Gatsby wanted Jordan to ask Nick to do for him? ________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ What does Jordan think Gatsby “half expected . . .some night”? ____________________________________________________________ T or F Nick is supposed to call and tell Daisy that Gatsby wants to meet her at Nick’s.
The Great Gatsby Chapter 5 Quiz 1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Who is Daisy not supposed to bring to Nick’s house? ________________ Name two things Gatsby does to Nick’s house to show that he wants to impress Daisy? _______________________ _____________________ What time is it when Gatsby wants to leave? _____________________ List three colors with page numbers found in Chapter 5. a. b. c. What is wrong with the living room when Nick and Daisy enter? ____________________________________________________________ Describe Gatsby at the front door. _______________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ How long has it been since Gatsby and Daisy met? _________________ _______________ What is Gatsby afraid he has done by inviting Daisy over? ___________________________________ Describe Daisy and Gatsby as Nick comes in from outside to see what the two of them are doing? a. Daisy:
b. Gatsby:
10. 11.
12. 13. 14.
Where does Gatsby invite Daisy and Nick? ________________________ How does Gatsby’s house match his persona when he and Nick first see it when they go outside? ________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ _ How many years did it take him to buy it?_____________ What is Gatsby’s reply when Nick asks him “what business” he was in? _________________________________ What two businesses was Gatsby in? ________________ _____________________________
15. 16. 17. 18.
How does Gatsby value the items in his house? _____________________ ____________________________________________________ What can Gatsby see outside his window when there isn’t a mist? ____________________________________________________________ What does Daisy want to put Gatsby on and push him around? ________________________________________________ What are Gatsby and Daisy doing when Nick finally leaves them alone? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________
The Great Gatsby Chapter 7 Quiz 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
What happened to Gatsby’s servants? ______________________ Why? ______________________________________________________ What does Tom say about family life? ____________________________ ___________________________________________________________ What does Gatsby tell Tom in the heat of the argument that Daisy doesn’t want him to say? ____________________________________________ What does Tom say about Daisy, now? ___________________________ Daisy admits what to Tom?_________________________ What is Tom going to do from now on in regards to Daisy? ___________________________ Look at the paragraph that begins “It passed, and he began to talk excitedly to Daisy, . . . What is now Gatsby’s reality? _________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Why do you now think that Tom thinks it is okay for Daisy to ride with Gatsby in Gatsby’s car back to the Buchanan home? __________________ ____________________________________________________________ How old is Nick? ______ a. What does his age symbolize? _________________________________________________________ b. How does his age match Gatsby’s current feelings/emotions? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Where does Wilson have Myrtle? _________________________________ What is Myrtle yelling down to George? ___________________________ What happened to Myrtle? _______________________________________ Who does Wilson think it was? __________________________ Who does Tom think it was? ____________________________ Who was it? ______________________________ Why is Gatsby standing out side of the Buchanan home? _______________ ____________________________________ According to the Oxford Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms, “a similar sense of detached superiority is achieved by dramatic/tragic irony, in which the audience knows more about a character’s situation than the character does, foreseeing an outcome contrary to the character’s expectations” (130). a. What is the dramatic/tragic irony in Chapter 7? (HINT: think of Gatsby’s dream and what happened in the chapter.) Use the back of the sheet.
Chapter 8 Study Guide – Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.
How does Fitzgerald achieve a melancholic mood in the beginning of this chapter? How are seasons used in constructing this novel? When is this chapter taking place? Who is Dan Cody and what is his significance in Gatsby's life? How does Nick's statement "You're worth the whole bunch put together" show a change in Nick from the beginning of the novel? How does T. J. Eckleberg affect Mr. Wilson? Why did Nick suggest that Gatsby go away? What was Gatsby's response? What were Gatsby's intentions at first when he met Daisy? Where had Gatsby met Daisy, according to the story he tells Nick? How long did Daisy and Gatsby go out before he left for the war? What happened to Gatsby after the war? While Gatsby was in war, what did Daisy do? Why didn’t Gatsby return to Daisy immediately after the war? What did Gatsby mean when he said, "In any case, it was just personal"? Why didn't Gatsby want the gardener to drain the pool? What did Nick mean when he said, "They're a rotten crowd-you're worth the whole damn bunch put together"? What does Wilson discover? What does he do? Who said, "You may fool me, but you can't fool God," and what does it mean? The words "...and the holocaust was complete" refers to what two immediate events, and suggest what larger meaning? How late does Gatsby stand outside Daisy’s house, waiting to see if she needed him? Why is Gatsby’s house unkempt? What might Fitzgerald mean in describing Daisy’s porch as “bright with the bought luxury of star shine”?
Hour:__________________
Please answer the following questions with as much information as possible from the book. 1.
What is the exact quote from Nick Carraway’s father that Nick has “been turning over in [his] mind ever since”? _____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________.
2.
Nick wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the ____________ __________.
3.
Who is the only person exempt from this reaction? ________________
4.
What is the only thing that Nick doesn’t like about Gatsby? (HINT: end of the paragraph that answers the question to answer three.) _____________________________________________________________
5.
Why does Nick go East? _______________________
6.
When does Nick go East, exactly? ________________________________
7.
List four different colors with page numbers found in Chapter 1. a. b. c. d.
8.
When does the history of the summer really begin? ______________________________________________________________.
9.
What does Tom seem to say that shows he is arrogant, demanding, and in control? _____________________________________________________
10.
Sitting on the couch, the two females dressed in white seem to represent or symbolize two ___________________.
11.
How old is Tom? ________________.
12.
What is the name of the book Tom reads?______________________ What do you suppose it is about? ______________________________________ _____________________________________________________________
13.
Who calls while everyone is eating dinner? _________________________.
14.
Why is Daisy “pretty cynical about everything”? _____________________.
15.
What does Daisy say when Pammy is born? _________________________.
16.
Nick “heard some story of her (Jordan) too, a ___________, __________ _______.”
17.
What does Daisy want to do to Nick and Jordan as Jordan is heading off to bed so she can be ready for her golf tournament? _____________________ _____________________________________________________________.
18.
What does Daisy hear about Nick and someone else from out West? _______________________________. What is Nick’s reply? ____________ _____________________________.
19.
Who does Nick see “standing with his hands in his pockets regarding the silver pepper of the stars”? _________________
20.
Once Nick sees this person, the man seems to reach his arms out toward the “dark water.” “I [Nick] could have sworn he [the man] was ______________.”
21.
What does Nick see across the bay? ____________________
22.
Nick glances out across the bay to see what this man was watching. However, when Nick turns back to the man, the man had ______________________.
Quiz over Chapter 2 of The Great Gatsby Name:______________________
Class:_______________________
Please answer the following questions with as much information as possible from the book. 1.
What is the simile that is used to talk about the valley of ashes? __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
2.
What drifts endlessly over the valley of ashes? (HINT: eyes) ________________ ___________________ Describe them from your book. ___________________ _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________
3.
What is Nick doing with Tom in the valley of ashes? ______________________ __________________________________________________________________
4.
If Nick didn’t get off the train with Tom, what would Tom probably do? __________________________________________________________________ Again, this shows another example of Tom’s _________________ nature.
5.
Whose business is located in the valley of ashes? Use description of sign from book. ____________________________________________________________
6.
Describe George B. Wilson.___________________________________________
7.
What does Wilson want from Tom? ____________________________________
8.
Compare & contrast Myrtle and Daisy by looking at the descriptions from Chapter 1 and 2. Daisy:____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Myrtel:___________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________
9.
Look at your notes on Dr. T. J. Eckleberg. Why does Tom frown at the sign as he leaves Wilson’s garage? _____________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
10.
George is so ______________ he doesn’t know he’s alive.
11.
What kind of taxi cab does Myrtle select? _______________ Why?___________ _____________________________________________
12.
What does Catherine whisper to Nick while at the party? ___________________ ______________________________________________________
13.
According to Catherine, why don’t Tom and Daisy divorce? _________________
14.
What did George do for Myrtle and his wedding that was so odd? __________________________________________________________________
15. When Myrtle first met Tom on the train, what did she say “over and over”? __________________________________________________________________ 16.
What does Tom do to Myrtle at the party? ______________________________ Why?:____________________________________________________________
Quiz over Chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby 1.
Why do you suppose Fitzgerald has men and girls attending Gatsby’s parties? ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ 2.
Find and list three different colors (not fruits) with page numbers from Chapter 3. a. b. c.
3.
How many people are invited to Gatsby’s parties?________________ Who is the only one invited?____________________________ Why is he the only one? (HINT: his proximity) ______________________________________________________________ What does Lucille receive from Gatsby?_____________________ How much was it to replace? ______________________________ What are four specific rumors about Gatsby from Chapter 3? a. b. c. d.
4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
What do Nick and Gatsby have in common that is the “ice-breaker” for their conversational piece at the party? __________________________________________________________ What noun does Gatsby use to continually address Nick?________________________ How old is Gatsby? _______________ Why did Gatsby have to leave Nick’s company so quickly during their first conversation?_______________________ Describe what Nick sees as the orchestra leader starts to play Vladimir Tostoff’s Jazz History of the World? Summarize using all three lines. ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ Who wants to see Jordan, alone? ___________________________ Why are the husbands and wives fighting at the conclusion of the party?____________ ______________________________________________________________________ Why is Jordan so excited as she exits the library after talking to Gatsby? ____________ ______________________________________________________________________ What are Nick and Gatsby going to do “tomorrow morning” at nine o’clock? _______________________________________________ Why did Gatsby leave this conversation so quickly?_____________________________ What happened as everyone was leaving Gatsby’s party (HINT: wheel)? _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
17.
18.
19. 20.
What are three things Nick talks about, or does, after he sees the strange event after Gatsby’s party? 1. 2. 3. A few pages before Chapter 3 ends, what is it that Nick remembers that he had forgotten on the first night at the Buchanan’s in regards to Jordan Baker? Be specific. _______________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________ What does Nick accuse Jordan of being as they drive off on the first “so-called” date? ________________________________________________________ What is her reply? _________________________________________________________________ What is Nick’s cardinal virtue?______________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
The Great Gatsby Chapter 4 Quiz Answer the following questions using your book. Only answers from the book will be correct. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
15.
Who is Klipspringer? ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ What does Gatsby show Nick that shows he was in the war? (Be Specific) ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ What happened to Rosy Rothenthal? ______________________________ ____________________________________________________________ What does Mr. Wolfsheim have for cuff buttons? _____________________ ____________________________________________________________ Wolsheim says Gatsby is very careful about whom? ___________________ ____________________________________________________________ Who do Nick and Gatsby meet as they are leaving the restaurant? _____________________ What came over Gatsby’s face as he shakes hands with the above mentioned person? _____________________________________________ What year does Jordan’s story about her and Daisy’s life begin? ________ Daisy was what in Louisville? ___________________________________ Who does Jordan say she admires the most? _________________________ Now, Jordan says this officer looks at Daisy in a way __________________ ____________________________________________________________ What is this lieutenant’s name? _______________________ Where did this soldier now have to go? _____________________________ Even though Daisy was sad and lonely, what does she do in June? ____________________________________________________________
Who does Jordan find the night before Daisy’s bridal dinner in Daisy’s bed? __________________________ Describe the scene filling in the blanks below. _______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________
16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.
Why do you suppose Daisy is so sad and miserable? (HINT: soldier) _______________________________________________________ Tom gets into a wreck in Santa Barbara. Who is with him?________________________________________________________ What does Daisy hear about six weeks ago when Nick first went over to visit her and Tom?____________________________ Why does Gatsby buy the house in West Egg? _______________________ ____________________________________________________________ What is the “BIG” favor that Gatsby wanted Jordan to ask Nick to do for him? ________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ What does Jordan think Gatsby “half expected . . .some night”? ____________________________________________________________ T or F Nick is supposed to call and tell Daisy that Gatsby wants to meet her at Nick’s.
The Great Gatsby Chapter 5 Quiz 1. 2. 3. 4.
5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Who is Daisy not supposed to bring to Nick’s house? ________________ Name two things Gatsby does to Nick’s house to show that he wants to impress Daisy? _______________________ _____________________ What time is it when Gatsby wants to leave? _____________________ List three colors with page numbers found in Chapter 5. a. b. c. What is wrong with the living room when Nick and Daisy enter? ____________________________________________________________ Describe Gatsby at the front door. _______________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ How long has it been since Gatsby and Daisy met? _________________ _______________ What is Gatsby afraid he has done by inviting Daisy over? ___________________________________ Describe Daisy and Gatsby as Nick comes in from outside to see what the two of them are doing? a. Daisy:
b. Gatsby:
10. 11.
12. 13. 14.
Where does Gatsby invite Daisy and Nick? ________________________ How does Gatsby’s house match his persona when he and Nick first see it when they go outside? ________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ _ How many years did it take him to buy it?_____________ What is Gatsby’s reply when Nick asks him “what business” he was in? _________________________________ What two businesses was Gatsby in? ________________ _____________________________
15. 16. 17. 18.
How does Gatsby value the items in his house? _____________________ ____________________________________________________ What can Gatsby see outside his window when there isn’t a mist? ____________________________________________________________ What does Daisy want to put Gatsby on and push him around? ________________________________________________ What are Gatsby and Daisy doing when Nick finally leaves them alone? ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________
The Great Gatsby Chapter 7 Quiz 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.
What happened to Gatsby’s servants? ______________________ Why? ______________________________________________________ What does Tom say about family life? ____________________________ ___________________________________________________________ What does Gatsby tell Tom in the heat of the argument that Daisy doesn’t want him to say? ____________________________________________ What does Tom say about Daisy, now? ___________________________ Daisy admits what to Tom?_________________________ What is Tom going to do from now on in regards to Daisy? ___________________________ Look at the paragraph that begins “It passed, and he began to talk excitedly to Daisy, . . . What is now Gatsby’s reality? _________________________ ____________________________________________________________ Why do you now think that Tom thinks it is okay for Daisy to ride with Gatsby in Gatsby’s car back to the Buchanan home? __________________ ____________________________________________________________ How old is Nick? ______ a. What does his age symbolize? _________________________________________________________ b. How does his age match Gatsby’s current feelings/emotions? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Where does Wilson have Myrtle? _________________________________ What is Myrtle yelling down to George? ___________________________ What happened to Myrtle? _______________________________________ Who does Wilson think it was? __________________________ Who does Tom think it was? ____________________________ Who was it? ______________________________ Why is Gatsby standing out side of the Buchanan home? _______________ ____________________________________ According to the Oxford Concise Dictionary of Literary Terms, “a similar sense of detached superiority is achieved by dramatic/tragic irony, in which the audience knows more about a character’s situation than the character does, foreseeing an outcome contrary to the character’s expectations” (130). a. What is the dramatic/tragic irony in Chapter 7? (HINT: think of Gatsby’s dream and what happened in the chapter.) Use the back of the sheet.
Chapter 8 Study Guide – Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.
How does Fitzgerald achieve a melancholic mood in the beginning of this chapter? How are seasons used in constructing this novel? When is this chapter taking place? Who is Dan Cody and what is his significance in Gatsby's life? How does Nick's statement "You're worth the whole bunch put together" show a change in Nick from the beginning of the novel? How does T. J. Eckleberg affect Mr. Wilson? Why did Nick suggest that Gatsby go away? What was Gatsby's response? What were Gatsby's intentions at first when he met Daisy? Where had Gatsby met Daisy, according to the story he tells Nick? How long did Daisy and Gatsby go out before he left for the war? What happened to Gatsby after the war? While Gatsby was in war, what did Daisy do? Why didn’t Gatsby return to Daisy immediately after the war? What did Gatsby mean when he said, "In any case, it was just personal"? Why didn't Gatsby want the gardener to drain the pool? What did Nick mean when he said, "They're a rotten crowd-you're worth the whole damn bunch put together"? What does Wilson discover? What does he do? Who said, "You may fool me, but you can't fool God," and what does it mean? The words "...and the holocaust was complete" refers to what two immediate events, and suggest what larger meaning? How late does Gatsby stand outside Daisy’s house, waiting to see if she needed him? Why is Gatsby’s house unkempt? What might Fitzgerald mean in describing Daisy’s porch as “bright with the bought luxury of star shine”?
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