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The Great Gatsby





by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Novel Unit Guide

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Table of Contents The Great Gatsby

Novel Unit Guide

Novel Unit Pacing Guide...................................................................................4

Anticipation Guide.............................................................................................5

Reliable Narrator Worksheet...........................................................................7

Setting Worksheet..............................................................................................9

Characterization Worksheet............................................................................10

Chapter Study Questions..................................................................................11

Chapter Study Questions Keys........................................................................27

Symbolism and Meaning Worksheets.............................................................42

Women of Gatsby Worksheet..........................................................................44

In-Depth Quotations Worksheet.....................................................................47

Character Analysis- Modern Music Worksheet............................................49

Connecting the Literature- Emily Bronte Poem...........................................50

Great Gatsby Exam.........................................................................................53

iTeacher Lady page..........................................................................................57

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Novel Unit Pacing Guide

Just a Note: The following pacing is just a suggestion from what I used in my own classroom. Feel free to adjust and use other materials in your unit.

Day One

Anticipation Guide

Day Two

Roaring Twenties Powerpoint

Day Three

Reliable Narrator Worksheet- Assign Chapter One.

Day Four

Chapter One Due- assign Chapter One questions in class- due today. Assign chapter two with questions.

Day Five

Setting- West Egg/East Egg worksheet.

Day Six

Chapter Two Due (with questions). Assign Characterization: What Does Your House Say About You worksheet. Assign Chapter Three with questions.

Day Seven

Chapter Three Work Day- Chapter three due. Assign Chapter Four with questions.

Day Eight

Assign Women of The Great Gatsby worksheet.

Day Nine

Chapter Four due. Open discussion on Gatsby and who do they think he really is. Assign Chapter Five with questions.

Day Ten

Work Day- Chapter Five with questions due at the end of the class period. Assign Chapter Six.

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Novel Unit Pacing Guide

Just a Note: The following pacing is just a suggestion from what I used in my own classroom. Feel free to adjust and use other materials in your unit.

Day Eleven

Open discussion of Chapter Five. Focus on the language between Daisy and Gatsby (What does she first say to him? Why does she cry over his shirts? Etc..), focus on the importance of weather, and the symbolism of the shirts and the green light.

Day Twelve

Chapter Six Due. Assign Chapter Seven. Chapter Seven work period.

Day Thirteen

Assign In-Depth Quotations worksheet.

Day Fourteen

Chapter Seven due. In-depth quotations due. Assign Chapter Eight and Nine with quotations.

Day Fifteen

Quotations due. Chapter Eight work period. Chapter Eight questions due at end of class.

Day Sixteen

Assign Symbolism worksheet. Discuss the importance of each symbol and its effect in the novel. Assign Chapter Nine with questions.

Day Seventeen

Chapter Nine due. Assign Poem Analysis.

Day Eighteen

Poem Analysis Due. Discussion of how it is relatable to the story.

Day Nineteen

Review

Day Twenty

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Anticipation Guide

Directions: Review the statements below and check if you would agree (yes) or disagree (no).

Statement

Agree/Yes

Disagree/No

Would you marry for money?

Do you think other social classes are better than you?

Would you ever knowingly commit a crime?

Does a college degree make you more socially accepted?

Is there a circumstance in which adultery should be allowed?

Are people with money happier than people without money?

Have you ever been misunderstood and been unable to correct the misunderstanding?

Does the end justify the means? (If the goal is really

important, is it justifiable to do whatever must be done to achieve the goal?)

Is it acceptable to watch others and mimic their behavior?

Should we conform to society’s rules just to feel accepted?

Can you ever recover from a bad first impression?

When one comes by wealth illegally, do you believe he or she is very likely to pay for it in the end?

Are people who live in big cities in Eastern America sophisticated, while people who live in Midwestern cities are simple and innocent?

Is there a difference between a family that has been wealthy for generations and one which was poor until just recently (old money vs. new money)?

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Reliable Narrator

Directions: Review the following passages from Chapter One and make inferences about the character of the narrator, Nick Carraway. Ask yourself: Will he be reliable? Why or why not?

1.

Recalling a quote from his father: “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”

2.

“I’m inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures in me.”

3.

“Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope.”

4.

“Father agreed to finance me for a year, and after various delays I came East, permanently, I thought, in the spring of twenty-two.”

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Reliable Narrator

Directions: Review the following passages from Chapter One and make inferences about the character of the narrator, Nick Carraway. Ask yourself: Will he be reliable? Why or why not?

1.

Recalling a quote from his father: “Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,” he told me, “just remember that all people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”

Yes- He shows an upbringing to not judging people without considering how they were raised.

No- He was raised as a privileged person, therefore he is biased from the start.

2.

“I’m inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures in me.”

Yes- He tells us that he is not going to be biased.

No- We won’t know the true nature of others as he sees it for fear of being biased.

3.

“Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope.”

Yes- By him having hope for the other characters, he will never stop observing their actions.

No- We will get a biased view of the characters, for if they are hopeless or evil, Nick will never give up on them.

4.

“Father agreed to finance me for a year, and after various delays I came East, permanently, I thought, in the spring of twenty-two.”

Yes- He has everything he needs and does not need to worry about money, so he can fully focus on his surroundings with no distractions.

No- He again shows his privileged nature and will be biased towards the upper class.

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Setting- East Egg vs. West Egg

Directions: Review the descriptions of both East Egg and West Egg areas. Write down specifics given about each location and then answer the question below.

East Egg

West Egg

Based on your descriptions, which Egg would you see yourself living in? Why?

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Characterization- What does your house say about you? Directions: Review the descriptions of each man’s home in the first chapter. Write down specific descriptions of each home and make an inference on what the homes say about the owners.



Home







Nick

Nick Carraway







Tom

Tom Buchanan



Home



Home







Gatsby

Jay Gatsby

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Chapter One Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

1.  Explain what Fitzgerald achieved by using Nick’s point of view to tell Gatsby’s story?

2.  How does Nick describe himself at the beginning of the book?

3.  Why does Nick come to the East?

4.  How does Nick describe Tom Buchanan?

5.  Compare the homes of Nick, Gatsby, and the Buchanans. How does each home reflect the personality of its owner?

6.  Who is Jordan Baker? What does Nick find appealing about her?

7.  How does Daisy react to the phone calls from Tom’s woman in New York?

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Chapter One Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

8.  What is Gatsby doing when Nick first sees him?

9.  Notice how many times Fitzgerald uses the words hope, or dream. Why does he do this?

10.  Pay attention to time. What is the day and year during the first scene at Daisy’s house?

11.  Describe Nick. What facts do you know about him, and what do you infer about him?

12.  What image does the author use to describe Jordan Baker? What does it mean?

13.  How does Nick react to Jordan?

14.  When Nick leaves the Buchanan’s house, he is “confused and a little disgusted.” Why? What does this suggest about his values?

15.  What does Tom’s behavior reveal about his character?

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Chapter Two Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

1. In what way is the description in the opening paragraphs of Chapter 2 appropriate to the total atmosphere of this chapter?

2. How does Nick meet Tom’s mistress?

3. How does Myrtle react to Tom’s arrival?

4. Describe George Wilson. How does he react to Tom’s arrival?

5. Evaluate Myrtle’s talk of her unhappy marriage. What does she seem to be trying to justify?

6. How does Myrtle behave as the party progresses?

7. Why, according to Catherine, has Tom not left Daisy to marry Myrtle?

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Chapter Two Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

8. Why did Tom break Myrtle’s nose? How is this consistent with the author’s description of him in Chapter 1? Judging by his treatment of Myrtle and his wife Daisy, what seems to be Tom’s attitude toward women?

9. Describe the “valley of ashes.” What does it look like and what does it represent?

10. What more have you learned about Nick in this chapter? Is he similar or different that the people he spends his time with? Does he enjoy his afternoon at the apartment in New York? Why or why not?

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Chapter Three Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

1. Chapter 3 describe Gatsby’s “little party.” Enumerate details about the party itself, about the guests and their conversation and behavior.

2. Why does Gatsby throw huge, expensive parties for people he does not even know?

3. Describe two ways in which Nick differs from the other guests at the party.

4. What does the owl-eyed man find extraordinary about the books in Gatsby’s library?

5. Why does the owl-eyed man describe Gatsby as the real Belasco?

6. What is the significance of the owl-eyed man?

7. What does the reaction of the drivers of the wrecked automobile suggest about the values of Gatsby’s guests?

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Chapter Three Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

8. What does Nick learn about Jordan after he spends some time with her?

9. What is the significance of Jordan’s lies?

10. What rumors have been told about Gatsby? Why does Fitzgerald reveal rumors rather than fact?

11. Describe the meeting between Nick and Gatsby. Comment on Fitzgerald’s skill in preparing for Gatsby’s entrance into the story.

12. What does Nick think of Gatsby after meeting him?

13. How is Gatsby different from his guests?

14. Why does Nick choose to share his thoughts and feelings with Jordan?

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Chapter Four Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

1. The introductory section of Chapter 4 gives a long roster of those who attended Gatsby’s parties. How do they behave toward their host? Why, then, do they accept his hospitality?

2. What does Gatsby tell Nick about himself?

3. Describe Gatsby’s car.

4. What accomplishment of Meyer Wolfsheim’s does Gatsby describe to Nick? How does Nick react?

5. According to Jordan, what did Daisy do on the eve of her wedding?

6. Why does Gatsby want to have tea with Daisy in Nick’s house? Why doesn’t Gatsby ask Nick for this favor himself? Why did Gatsby wasn’t Daisy to see his house.

7. What does Tom do when he and Daisy return from their honeymoon?

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Chapter Four Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

8. Do we know why Gatsby has so many parties? Why did he buy the house? Explain.

  

9. Nick says, “There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.” What does Nick mean? How does each character in the novel fit into this schema?  

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Chapter Five Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

1. What does Gatsby offer Nick in return for his cooperation in inviting Daisy to his house?

2. Gatsby’s actions in preparing for Daisy’s arrival seem both flamboyant and absurd. What

does he do? Why?

3. What is the meeting between Gatsby and Daisy like initially?

4. How are Daisy and Gatsby different when Nick returns to the house after a half hour?

5. What are Gatsby’s feelings by the end of the chapter?

6. Toward the end of the chapter, Nick attempts to explain “the expression of bewilderment that had come back into Gatsby’s face.” What explanation does Nick give? Why, in his opinion, is Daisy not at fault?

7. What does Gatsby reply when Nick asks him how he makes his money? How does Nick find that significant?

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Chapter Five Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

8. Describe Daisy’s reactions during the course of her meeting with Gatsby.

9. Why do you think Daisy sobs when Gatsby shows her his shirts?

10. What is the weather like in this chapter? How does it reflect the emotional climate of Gatsby and Daisy?

11. In this chapter, Gatsby’s dream seems to be fulfilled. What indications are there that reality cannot satisfy his dream?

12. Why does Gatsby deliver so many goods and services to Nick’s house?

  

13. Why does Gatsby offer Nick work? How does Nick feel about this?

14. Explain the significance of the green light.

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Chapter Six Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

1. What was Gatsby’s real name? Why and when had he changed it?

2. What is Daisy’s real response to the party, according to Nick?

3. What does Gatsby tell Nick he wants Daisy to do?

4. Plato held the reality was an imperfect reflection of an ideal, permanent realm. With this is mind, what would you say Nick means when he says, “Jay Gatsby sprang from his Platonis conception of himself?”

5. In what way was Dan Cody involved in Gatsby’s destiny?

6. What is ironic about Dan Cody?

7. What parallel is suggested by the fact that Gatsby never gets the inheritance bequeathed to him by Cody?

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Chapter Six Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

 8. How truthful was Gatsby when he relayed the story of his life to Nick? Why does Fitzgerald tell the story of Jay Gatz now?

9. Describe the meeting of Tom and Gatsby. What does this meeting reveal about them?

  

10. What is deeply ironic in Tom’s statement, “…I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me”?

11. What suspicions does Tom have about Gatsby? What does he vow to do?

12. What did Daisy and Tom find Gatsby’s party loathsome?

13. How did Gatsby measure the success of his party?

  

14. What Nick told Gatsby the “you can’t repeat the past”, Gatsby replied, “Why of course you can!” Do you agree with Nick or Gatsby? Explain.

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Chapter Seven Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

1. Why does Gatsby stop giving parties?

2. When does Tom first realize that Daisy loves Gatsby?

3. Why is Myrtle Wilson upset when she sees Tom and Jordan?

4. Analyze Daisy’s attitude toward her child as evidence in this chapter and in chapter 1. Is she a good mother? Explain why Gatsby looked “at the child with surprise.”

5. With whom does Tom talk on the telephone early in the chapter? About what?

6. What arrangements are made regarding the passengers of each car on the trip to the city? Why?

7. What ironic situation is occurring on the drive to town?

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Chapter Seven Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

 8. What does Gatsby do that makes Nick want to “get up and slap him on the back”? Why does Nick feel this way?

9. What has increased Tom’s hatred of Gatsby?

10. Why does Tom’s defense of family life amuse Nick?

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Chapter Eight Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

1. Explain the depth of Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship. How was it with them five years ago and what happened to them?

2. Why does Gatsby want to go swimming today?

3. “They’re a rotten crowd.... You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.” Explain this quote.

4. Who do you think was the most responsible for Gatsby’s death? Why?

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Chapter Nine Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

1. Explain the importance of the people who attended Gatsby’s funeral, and the people who chose not to.

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Chapter One Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

1.  Explain what Fitzgerald achieved by using Nick’s point of view to tell Gatsby’s story?

Nick is an un-biased character. He is a person of privilege. By him observing all other characters will give the readers a true view on the situations at hand.

2.  How does Nick describe himself at the beginning of the book?

He is a person that comes from wealth, thinks of himself as unbiased and reserves judgment. He is a veteran and is trying to make a name for himself in New York.

3.  Why does Nick come to the East?

He is getting into the bond business.

4.  How does Nick describe Tom Buchanan?

Sturdy, straw-haired man, thirty, hard mouth, arrogant eyes, “a cruel body”.

5.  Who is Jordan Baker? What does Nick find appealing about her?

Jordan is a professional golfer, she is Daisy’s friend. Nick finds her very beautiful and mysterious. He is very curious about her.

6.  How does Daisy react to the phone calls from Tom’s woman in New York?

She tries to ignore it at first, but then leaves the table in a hurry and goes to talk to Tom in the house.

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Chapter One Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

7.  What is Gatsby doing when Nick first sees him?

He is standing at the end of his dock at the bay with his arm extended, like he is reaching for something.

8.

Notice how many times Fitzgerald uses the words hope, or dream. Why does he do this?

Answers will vary- Possible answers include: sets the mood, shows that there are hope for the characters no matter how bad they seem, etc.

9.  Pay attention to time. What is the day and year during the first scene at Daisy’s house?

Dusk, dinner time on a Saturday in the summer of 1922.

10. Describe Nick. What facts do you know about him, and what do you infer about him?

Nick is a man in his twenties, comes from a family of wealth but wishes to find his own way. Wants to become a bonds man but was a writer while in college.

11.  What image does the author use to describe Jordan Baker? What does it mean?

A Cadet- this means that she has a very upright posture that can be confused with sophistication and poise. She might seem like she is better than others.

12.  How does Nick react to Jordan?

He is very curious about her and likes the way she looked.

13.  When Nick leaves the Buchanan’s house, he is “confused and a little disgusted.” Why? What does this suggest about his values?

He is upset with the way they are acting and what they say. This suggests that his moral compass might be above the others present at the dinner.

14.  What does Tom’s behavior reveal about his character?

Tom is very pompous and tries to be the alpha in every conversation. He tries to portray his point as correct above all others and has an air that he knows best.

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Chapter Two Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

1. In what way is the description in the opening paragraphs of Chapter 2 appropriate to the total atmosphere of this chapter?

It sets up the gloom that is evident to this picture. The valley of ashes is a place of a different lifestyle, so Nick is about to see the alternative life of Tom.

2. How does Nick meet Tom’s mistress?

Tom takes him to Wilson’s garage, where Myrtle lives with her husband.

3. How does Myrtle react to Tom’s arrival?

She completely ignores her husband and caters to Tom and Nick. She ushers her husband out of the room immediately.

4. Describe George Wilson. How does he react to Tom’s arrival?

George is characterized as a blonde, spiritless man, pale and slightly handsome. He has hope flood into his eyes as we find out Tom is suppose to sell a nice car to him.

5. Evaluate Myrtle’s talk of her unhappy marriage. What does she seem to be trying to justify?

Myrtle explains that George tricked her into marrying him. He represented himself as a man who was established but he couldn’t even afford his clothes to get married in. She says that because of this she never loved him and she has only loved Tom.

6. How does Myrtle behave as the party progresses?

Myrtle seems to be getting bolder as the party progresses. Her comments and gestures seem to get bigger.

7. Why, according to Catherine, has Tom not left Daisy to marry Myrtle?

Tom said that Daisy is Catholic and cannot get a divorce because they do not believe in it.

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Chapter Two Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

8. Why did Tom break Myrtle’s nose? How is this consistent with the author’s description of him in Chapter 1? Judging by his treatment of Myrtle and his wife Daisy, what seems to be Tom’s attitude toward women?

She repeats Daisy name after he tells her not to say her name. This is consistent with his description because he does not value women or like to be disrespected. He does not respect women as an equal and wants them to only obey and live by his standards.

9. Describe the “valley of ashes.” What does it look like and what does it represent?

A fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens. It is where the trains unload all of the ash from their

10. What more have you learned about Nick in this chapter? Is he similar or different that the people he spends his time with? Does he enjoy his afternoon at the apartment in New York? Why or why not?

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Chapter Three Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

1. Chapter 3 describe Gatsby’s “little party.” Enumerate details about the party itself, about the guests and their conversation and behavior.

A massive amount of liquor and decorations. Multiple people come from different walks of life. The people are primarily concerned with their own lives and having a good time.

2. Why does Gatsby throw huge, expensive parties for people he does not even know?

Answers will vary.

3. Describe two ways in which Nick differs from the other guests at the party.

He was actually invited to the party and is actively seeking out the host throughout the party.

4. What does the owl-eyed man find extraordinary about the books in Gatsby’s library?

All of the books in the library are real.

5. Why does the owl-eyed man describe Gatsby as the real Belasco?

Belasco was a man who built extraordinary sets full of color and great detail. Gatsby is sparing no expense and is very detailed when it comes to his parties.

6. What is the significance of the owl-eyed man?

He does not seem to be participating in the partying and seems to be all-seeing. He is like Nick in the novel, trying to reserve judgment for Gatsby.

7. What does the reaction of the drivers of the wrecked automobile suggest about the values of Gatsby’s guests?

They have loose morals and do not care about a lot of things except to have a good time.

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Chapter Three Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

8. What does Nick learn about Jordan after he spends some time with her?

She lies.

9. What is the significance of Jordan’s lies?

She is not a reliable character in the story. All the things Nick learns from her has to be questioned.

10. What rumors have been told about Gatsby? Why does Fitzgerald reveal rumors rather than fact?

He is a bootlegger, related to a prince, related to the Devil, killed a man, war hero, etc. He wants to mystery of Gatsby to be instilled on the readers as well as the guests.

11. Describe the meeting between Nick and Gatsby. Comment on Fitzgerald’s skill in preparing for Gatsby’s entrance into the story.

The meeting was awkward because Nick did not know who he was. Fitzgerald kept Gatsby’s entrance a mystery for three chapters and made him so mysterious the readers didn’t even know they were being introduced to him until he had to introduce himself.

12. What does Nick think of Gatsby after meeting him?

He was very intrigued by him and the meeting just made him even more curious about him.

13. How is Gatsby different from his guests?

Gatsby wasn’t participating in any of the activities and was not drinking.

14. Why does Nick choose to share his thoughts and feelings with Jordan?

He likes her and wants to see if she knows anything else about the host. He wants to trust her and for her to trust him.

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Chapter Four Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

1. The introductory section of Chapter 4 gives a long roster of those who attended Gatsby’s parties. How do they behave toward their host? Why, then, do they accept his hospitality?

They are unaware of the host at all costs. Their main purpose was to attend the nice parties to be noticed as a status symbol.

2. What does Gatsby tell Nick about himself?

He tells Nick that he is an orphan from a wealthy family in the Middle West. Educated at Oxford, travelled Europe and had many hobbies. Was in the war and was a war hero.

3. Describe Gatsby’s car.

A rich cream color, bright with nickel, very large in length.

4. What accomplishment of Meyer Wolfsheim’s does Gatsby describe to Nick? How does Nick react?

He fixed the World Series in 1919. He was quite impressed that stuff like that actually happened and was the result of one man. He had always heard of it, but never had seen it in person.

5. According to Jordan, what did Daisy do on the eve of her wedding?

She cried and told her to tell them that she had changed her mind. The next day she acted like it had never happened.

6. Why does Gatsby want to have tea with Daisy in Nick’s house? Why doesn’t Gatsby ask Nick for this favor himself? Why did Gatsby wasn’t Daisy to see his house.

He wanted a place outside of his house so Daisy would come. He doesn’t ask Nick himself for fear of rejection. He wanted to see how the meeting went so if Daisy was receptive of him then he would take her to see all of the things that he accomplished.

7. What does Tom do when he and Daisy return from their honeymoon?

He got into a car accident when he was with another woman.

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Chapter Four Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

8. Do we know why Gatsby has so many parties? Why did he buy the house? Explain.

  

has the parties in hopes that Daisy will show up. He bought the house to be close to He Daisy.

9. Nick says, “There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.” What does Nick mean? How does each character in the novel fit into this schema?   Answers will vary- Example response: Each person can only fit into one category, meaning no one will end up happy in the end since none of them blend. Example: Pursued= Daisy... Pursuing= Gatsby (multiple characters can fit into these categories, such as Myrtle is pursuing Tom, Tom is tired, George is tired etc.)

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Chapter Five Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

1. What does Gatsby offer Nick in return for his cooperation in inviting Daisy to his house?

A job.

2. Gatsby’s actions in preparing for Daisy’s arrival seem both flamboyant and absurd. What

does he do? Why?

He landscapes Nick’s entire yard, brings a massive amount of flowers to decorate his house. Answers will vary.

3. What is the meeting between Gatsby and Daisy like initially?

It seems very awkward in the beginning. Gatsby wants to leave right at the start, but after a while they warm up to one another.

4. How are Daisy and Gatsby different when Nick returns to the house after a half hour?

They seem to be very comfortable with one another.

5. What are Gatsby’s feelings by the end of the chapter?

He had an essence of pure happiness. He seemed to be a different man than Nick knew before.

6. Toward the end of the chapter, Nick attempts to explain “the expression of bewilderment that had come back into Gatsby’s face.” What explanation does Nick give? Why, in his opinion, is Daisy not at fault?

He fully believes that they can just pick up where they had left off, but Gatsby refuses to accept that Daisy may not be exactly the same as she was five years ago. His expectations might be too high.

7. What does Gatsby reply when Nick asks him how he makes his money? How does Nick find that significant?

Gatsby told Nick that he had inherited money, but he lost it and made it up with his current occupation. Nick finds this significant by the fact that Gatsby’s multiple identities are become fewer because he is slipping.

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Chapter Five Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

8. Describe Daisy’s reactions during the course of her meeting with Gatsby.

She seems shocked to see him, very uncomfortable and not able to hold an interesting conversation.

9. Why do you think Daisy sobs when Gatsby shows her his shirts?

Answers will vary- Example responses include she feels like she missed out on a relationship, she is happy he had finally made, she feels bad she did not wait for him, etc.

10. What is the weather like in this chapter? How does it reflect the emotional climate of Gatsby and Daisy?

It was raining on and off throughout the chapter. This can relate to Gatsby’s anxiety and changing emotions leading up to the meeting with Daisy. Almost as though he did not have control.

11. In this chapter, Gatsby’s dream seems to be fulfilled. What indications are there that reality cannot satisfy his dream?

He is wanting Daisy to be exactly as she was when they had left off five years ago, but she keeps slightly disappointing him by saying things that throw him off.

12. Why does Gatsby deliver so many goods and services to Nick’s house?

He has an image of what his meeting with Daisy will be like and he is doing everything   

he can to make sure it is exactly as he imagined.

13. Why does Gatsby offer Nick work? How does Nick feel about this?

He seems to be wanting to make it up to Nick for helping him. He also is probably trying to make it better on his own conscience. Nick sees through this attempt and declines his offer.

14. Explain the significance of the green light.

The green light is a symbol of hope for Gatsby. He looks at it to remind him of his ultimate goal of getting and being with Daisy.

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Chapter Six Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

1. What was Gatsby’s real name? Why and when had he changed it?

James Gatz. He changed to when he met Dan Cody to start a new identity for himself.

2. What is Daisy’s real response to the party, according to Nick?

She seemed to like it, was impressed by the people that was there.

3. What does Gatsby tell Nick he wants Daisy to do?

He wants her to tell Tom that she never loved him.

4. Plato held the reality was an imperfect reflection of an ideal, permanent realm. With this is mind, what would you say Nick means when he says, “Jay Gatsby sprang from his Platonis conception of himself?”

He went into his own little world where everything was in place. He things that Daisy will automatically go back to the girl he had once known five years prior.

5. In what way was Dan Cody involved in Gatsby’s destiny?

Cody taught Gatsby how to act the part of a member of the upper class. He taught him about obtaining dreams and how to be rich.

6. What is ironic about Dan Cody?

Cody was a self-made man, and was in fact a lot like Gatsby. Gatsby was suppose to inherit money from Cody, but a woman got in the way and ruined it for him.

7. What parallel is suggested by the fact that Gatsby never gets the inheritance bequeathed to him by Cody?

He was in the right to obtain the relationship but some of Cody’s family, specifically a woman, got in the way of him obtaining it. It seems that women keep getting in the way of Gatsby’s happiness.

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Chapter Six Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

 8. How truthful was Gatsby when he relayed the story of his life to Nick? Why does Fitzgerald tell the story of Jay Gatz now?

Cody taught Gatsby how to act the part of a member of the upper class. He taught him about obtaining dreams and how to be rich. Nick explains that he says this much later, but Fitzgerald might have put it here because it could get lost later.

9. Describe the meeting of Tom and Gatsby. What does this meeting reveal about them?

It is seemingly awkward, Tom has a flair of superiority and Gatsby is stuck introducing himself to man he already knows. This shows that the two men are continually striving for the alpha-male role due to Tom’s personality and Gatsby’s strive for Daisy.

 10. What is deeply ironic in Tom’s statement, “…I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me”?

It is ironic because of his affair with Myrtle.

11. What suspicions does Tom have about Gatsby? What does he vow to do?

He does not trust him because he finds him untruthful. He vows to find out what he does.

12. What did Daisy and Tom find Gatsby’s party loathsome?

Daisy does not seem to like West Egg. She likes the idea of old money and riches being evident through generations. Since West Egg is “new money”, she cannot get over the fact that it used to be a poor area and now it is acting just like they do with money.

13. How did Gatsby measure the success of his party?

  

He measured the success on how much Daisy liked it. Since she did not care for it, to Gatsby it was a failure.

14. What Nick told Gatsby the “you can’t repeat the past”, Gatsby replied, “Why of course you can!” Do you agree with Nick or Gatsby? Explain.

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Chapter Seven Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

1. Why does Gatsby stop giving parties?

He no longer needed them to find Daisy; also she did not like the parties.

2. When does Tom first realize that Daisy loves Gatsby?

When she told him that he always looked so cool.

3. Why is Myrtle Wilson upset when she sees Tom and Jordan?

She believes that Tom was with his wife, whom she has never seen before.

4. Analyze Daisy’s attitude toward her child as evidence in this chapter and in chapter 1. Is she a good mother? Explain why Gatsby looked “at the child with surprise.”

Answers will vary; Gatsby always envisions Daisy from five years ago, the child is a symbol of Tom and Daisy’s life that cannot be erased.

5. With whom does Tom talk on the telephone early in the chapter? About what?

It is assumed that he is talking to George Wilson about selling his car.

6. What arrangements are made regarding the passengers of each car on the trip to the city? Why?

Tom, Nick and Jordan are riding in Gatsby’s car while Gatsby and Daisy are riding in Tom’s car. It was a failed attempt by Tom to isolate Gatsby to make him feel like he did not belong in the group by riding by himself.

7. What ironic situation is occurring on the drive to town?

They are racing each other in the other man’s car.

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Chapter Seven Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

 8. What does Gatsby do that makes Nick want to “get up and slap him on the back”? Why does Nick feel this way?

He told the truth about attending Oxford- he went there for a short time because they offered it to the officers. This is reminding Nick of the extreme faith and hope he holds in Gatsby.

9. What has increased Tom’s hatred of Gatsby?

His understanding of his profession and what he has done to some of his acquaintances along the way.

10. Why does Tom’s defense of family life amuse Nick?

Nick is the only one who knows first-hand what Tom’s family life is really about. He is amused by Tom’s one-sided view of what family life means to him.

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Chapter Eight Study Questions

Directions: Answer the following questions based on your readings in the novel.

1. Explain the depth of Gatsby and Daisy’s relationship. How was it with them five years ago and what happened to them?

Gatsby fell in love with Daisy almost instantly. She felt comfortable and secure around him, but was unaware of his financial situation. They were very much in love, but the war kept them apart. Daisy began going on dates and decided she wanted her life to start immediately. She decided to stop waiting for Gatsby and found Tom.

2. Why does Gatsby want to go swimming today?

One of his servants were going to close the pool that day and Gatsby hadn’t had a chance to swim in it all summer.

3. “They’re a rotten crowd.... You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.” Explain this quote.

Answers will vary.

4. Who do you think was the most responsible for Gatsby’s death? Why?

Answers will vary.

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Symbolism

Directions: Write down the descriptions for the following symbols as they are described in the book.

The Valley of Ashes

Description

Description

The Green Light

Description

The Eyes of T.J. Eckleberg

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Symbolism Meaning

Directions: Us the descriptions of the three main symbols and establish the meaning of symbolism each item has in the novel.

What does it represent?

The Valley of Ashes

The Green Light

What does it represent?

The Eyes of T.J. Eckleberg

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The Women of The Great Gatsby

Directions: Find descriptions of the three main women of the novel The Great Gatsby. Use information from their descriptions and their actions throughout the novel to define their character.

Daisy

Myrtle

Jordan

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The Women of The Great Gatsby

Directions: Find descriptions of the three main women of the novel The Great Gatsby. Use information from their descriptions and their actions throughout the novel to define their character.

Daisy

Daisy is Tom’s wife and Nick’s cousin. She is also the former lover of Jay Gatsby. She is from Louisville, KY, where she met Gatsby as a young girl. Daisy is suppose to be a dream, a lovely girl with simplistic views and a constant lack of accepting things that go wrong in her life. She seems to light up the room for whoever is in it. Some would assume she is in denial of her feelings, but others would call her a tease.

Jordan is a friend of Daisy’s. She is pushed onto Nick throughout the novel, as characters try to make them a couple. Nick describes her as a “cadet”, seeming that she has a an air of superiority over others around her. As Nick spends more time with her, we find out that she is a liar and a cheater, making Nick not trust of value her.

Jordan

Myrtle

Myrtle is George Wilson’s wife and Tom Buchanan’s mistress. She is described as a busty woman who is full figured and full of life. She describes her relationship with George as a failure and explains that Tom is who she needed to be with. She was not in love until she met Tom, and George tricked her into marrying him because he presented himself as someone he is not.

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Women of The Great Gatsby

Directions: Take the information you gathered about the descriptions of the women in the novel and answer the prompt provided.

Prompt:

Review the descriptions of the three women you gathered from the novel. Based on these descriptions, how are women depicted during this time period? Explain why you think this way and use specific details from the story to back up your claim.

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In-Depth Quotations

Directions: With many characters in the novel, what they say isn’t necessarily what they mean. Take the following quotes and decipher what they really mean.

1.

“I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”





- Daisy Buchanan – Chapter 1

2.

“‘They’re such beautiful shirts,’ she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. ‘It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such - such beautiful shirts before.’”





- Daisy Buchanan – Chapter 5

3.

“‘Can’t repeat the past?’ he said incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!’”





- Jay Gatsby to Nick Carraway– Chapter 6

4.

“Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space. With an effort, she glanced down at the table. ‘You always look so cool,’ she repeated.”





- Daisy Buchanan to Jay Gatsby– Chapter 7

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In-Depth Quotations

Directions: With many characters in the novel, what they say isn’t necessarily what they mean. Take the following quotes and decipher what they really mean.

1.

“I hope she’ll be a fool—that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”





- Daisy Buchanan – Chapter 1

Daisy says this quote after her daughter was born. She says this quote possibly to her own discomfort in her life, specifically her marriage. Daisy is not an unintelligent woman, but the society of the time does not value smart women, so she must act the part of the fool to fit in. She hopes her daughter will realize this too.

2.

“‘They’re such beautiful shirts,’ she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. ‘It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such - such beautiful shirts before.’”





- Daisy Buchanan – Chapter 5

Daisy says this quote after she takes a tour of Gatsby’s house. This quote takes a deeper look into Daisy’s feelings for Gatsby by noticing that he had made it and became wealthy, just like he wanted. Daisy takes this realization out on his fancy shirts and begins to cry, realizing she could potentially be with her love after years of being with Tom.

3.

“‘Can’t repeat the past?’ he said incredulously. ‘Why of course you can!’”





- Jay Gatsby to Nick Carraway– Chapter 6

Gatsby says this on the dock in front of the green light. With the light in the background, this expresses Gatsby’s undying hope and dreams for being with Daisy, just like they were before. This shows Gatsby’s character in that he will not stop until his life is just like he pictures: With Daisy, just as they were years ago.

4.

“Their eyes met, and they stared together at each other, alone in space. With an effort, she glanced down at the table. ‘You always look so cool,’ she repeated.”





- Daisy Buchanan to Jay Gatsby– Chapter 7

The text states immediately after this quote that Daisy told him that she loved him in these words. With her being in the same room with Gatsby and Tom, and her saying these words to Gatsby, it is clear to Tom that she chooses Gatsby in this moment. This sparks the rage, confusion, and misunderstanding that led to Gatsby’s demise.

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Character Analysis- Song Comparison

Directions: Take the information you know about two characters and choose a song that you feel best represents them in the novel. Include song title, specific lyrics and an analysis of the comparison for the characters.

Character #1:________________________________________________________________

Song Title:__________________________________________________________________

Lyric(s):

Analysis:

Character #2:________________________________________________________________

Song Title:__________________________________________________________________

Lyric(s):

Analysis:

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Poem Analysis- Comparison to The Great Gatsby

“A Day Dream” by Emily Bronte

On a sunny brae, alone I lay

One summer afternoon;

It was the marriage-time of May

With her young lover, June.

Now, whether it were really so,

I never could be sure;

But as in fit of peevish woe,

I stretched me on the moor.

From her mother's heart, seemed loath to part

That queen of bridal charms,

But her father smiled on the fairest child

He ever held in his arms.

A thousand thousand gleaming fires

Seemed kindling in the air;

A thousand thousand silvery lyres

Resounded far and near:

The trees did wave their plumy crests,

The glad birds caroled clear;

And I, of all the wedding guests,

Was only sullen there!

Methought, the very breath I breathed

Was full of sparks divine,

And all my heather-couch was wreathed

By that celestial shine!

There was not one, but wished to shun

My aspect void of cheer;

The very grey rocks, looking on,

Asked, "What do you here?"

And, while the wide earth echoing rung

To their strange minstrelsy,

The little glittering spirits sung,

Or seemed to sing, to me.

And I could utter no reply;

In sooth, I did not know

Why I had brought a clouded eye

To greet the general glow.

"O mortal! mortal! let them die;

Let time and tears destroy,

That we may overflow the sky

With universal joy!

So, resting on a heathy bank,

I took my heart to me;

And we together sadly sank

Into a reverie.

Let grief distract the sufferer's breast,

And night obscure his way;

They hasten him to endless rest,

And everlasting day.

We thought, "When winter comes again,

Where will these bright things be?

All vanished, like a vision vain,

An unreal mockery!

To thee the world is like a tomb,

A desert's naked shore;

To us, in unimagined bloom,

It brightens more and more!

The birds that now so blithely sing,

Through deserts, frozen dry,

Poor spectres of the perished spring,

In famished troops, will fly.

And could we lift the veil, and give

One brief glimpse to thine eye,

Thou wouldst rejoice for those that live,

Because they live to die."

And why should we be glad at all?

The leaf is hardly green,

Before a token of its fall

Is on the surface seen!"

The music ceased; the noonday dream,

Like dream of night, withdrew;

But Fancy, still, will sometimes deem

Her fond creation true.

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Poem Analysis- Comparison to The Great Gatsby

Prompt:

“A Day Dream” by Emily Bronte

Compare the poem “A Day Dream”, by Emily Bronte, to The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Focus on items such as theme, mood, organization, and anything else you can find in comparison with the two works. Use specific examples from the poem and the text.

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The Great Gatsby Exam

 Part I: Matching- Match the quotes with the best examples of characters that stated them.

a. Nick about Tom





e. Nick about Gatsby

b. Daisy







ab. Tom on women

c. Nick’s dad to him





ac. Nick

d. Myrtle on when she first met Tom

1. “All right… What’ll we plan? What do people plan?

2. Gatsby turned out all right at the end; it is what preyed on Gatsby, what foul dust floated in the wake of hi dreams that temporarily closed out my interest in the abortive sorrows and short-winded elations of men.

3. “’Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’”

4. “All I kept thinking about, over and over, was ‘You can’t live forever you can’t live forever’”

5. “It’s up to us, what are the dominant races to watch out or these other races will have control of things.”

6. It was a body capable of enormous leverage- a cruel body.

7. “I sat down discreetly in the living room and read a chapter of Simon Called Peter- either it was terrible stuff or the whisky distorted things, because it didn’t make any sense to me.”

Part II: True or False – A- true. B- false

8. The novel is set in and near New York City in the 1920s.

9. Tom and Daisy Buchanan have been married for several years.

10. Daisy and Gatsby had been married at one time in the past.

11. Wolfsheim supposedly “fixed” the World Series of 1919.

12. Nick and Tom are distant cousins.

13. Jordan Baker was a lovely but dishonest woman.

14. Myrtle Wilson felt a great deal of guilt about deceiving her husband.

15. Gatsby was honest and direct about his past.

16. Daisy waited patiently for Gatsby to come home from the war so they could be together.

17. Gatsby lived in East Egg where the old monies families lived.

18. Gatsby was cheated out of his inheritance from Dan Cody.

19. Gatsby threw large parties, inviting friends and strangers alike.

20. Gatsby’s dream was to obtain an even larger fortune.

21. Gatsby’s fortune was earned through hard work and careful investments in the stock market.

22. Nick Carraway developed an intense dislike for Gatsby as the novel proceeds.

23. Tom treats Myrtle with respect for her feelings.

24. Nick Carraway and George Wilson are the only characters who go to work each day.

25. Tom and Daisy are Gatsby’s neighbor in West Egg.

26. Rumors about Gatsby’s past are numerous.

27. Nick arranges a reunion between Gatsby and Daisy.

28. Jay Gatsby is really Jimmy Gatz, from North Dakota, a boy who grew up poor.

29. Meyer Wolfsheim is a gangster for whom Gatsby works with.

30. Tom Buchanan was Nick’s friend in college who went on to earn a fortune.

31. Except for his affair with Myrtle Wilson, Tom has been faithful to Daisy.

32. After renewing his affair with Daisy, Gatsby cuts off his friendship with Nick.

33. Myrtle Wilson is beautiful and far more intelligent than Daisy is.

34. George Wilson treats Tom as if Tom is his superior.

35. Gatsby first met Daisy in Louisville, Kentucky, while he was in military service during WWI.

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36. In what year was The Great Gatsby published?

a. 1925

b. 1920

c. 1927

d. 1900

37. Who is the narrator of The Great Gatsby?

a. Gatsby

b. Nick

c. Daisy

d. F. Scott Fitzgerald

38. What is Jordan Baker’s profession?

a. Flapper

b. bonds seller

c. golfer

d. housewife

39. Where is Dr. T.J. Eckleburg’s eyes billboard located?

a. East Egg

b. West Egg

c. New York City

d. Valley of Ashes

40. Why is Nick drawn to Jordan?

a. curious about her

b. she had nice teeth

c. thinks she is nice

d. she has money

44. What happens what Nick gets drunk for the second time in his life?

a. blacks out

b. goes streaking

c. goes to the hospital

d. finds out all of Gatsby’s secrets

45. Why, according to Catherine, has Tom not left Daisy for Myrtle?

a. Daisy is Catholic

b. Tom is Catholic

c. he loves Daisy

d. respects George

46. The colors associated with Myrtle (red) symbolize her

a. lack of taste

b. power

c. love for Tom

d. B and C only

47. The eyes of T.J. Eckleburg were symbolic of

a. judgment

b. health

c. wealth

d. all of the above

48. Gatsby gave huge parties because

a. he had a lot of friends

b. he liked to spend money

c. he didn’t like to be alone

d. he hoped to find Daisy

41. What is Jay Gatsby’s real full name?

a. James Gatz

b. James Gatsby

c. Jay Gatz

d. Jimmy Gatsby

49. Where is Daisy’s hometown?

a. Chicago

b. Santa Barbara

c. Louisville

d. New York

42. What is Gatsby’s cover-up profession?

a. owns drug stores

b. bootlegger

c. gambler

d. restaurant owner

50. Who lived in the valley of ashes?

a. Wilsons

b. Buchanans

c. Carraways

43. What did George find that made him realize that d. Bakers

Myrtle was having an affair?

a. diamond necklace

b. dog collar

c. fancy dress

d. diamond ring

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51. When Myrtle saw Jordan with Tom she thought Jordan was

a. his wife

b. another lover

c. his sister

d. a casual friend

57. Why is Gatsby’s love for Daisy doomed to fail?

a. she is a married woman

b. she would never cheat on her husband, even though he cheats on her

c. she can never live up to the idea of who Gatsby imagines she is

d. she cannot trust Gatsby to be faithful to her

52. The only character who knows the whole truth about the accident and all the complex relationships involved is

a. Gatsby

b. Nick

c. Tom

d. Daisy

58. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways Gatsby tries to impress Daisy?

a. hosts enormous parties

b. wears a gold shirt and expensive tie

c. shows her his shirts sent in from London

d. gives her an expensive pearl necklace

53. George Wilson found out who owned the car through

a. registration

b. the police

c. Tom

d. Daisy

59. Who tells Nick that they don’t need to be careful because it “takes two to make an accident.”

a. Gatsby

b. Daisy

c. Jordan

d. Tom

54. George shot Gatsby because he thought

a. Gatsby was Myrtle’s lover

b. Gatsby had killed Myrtle

c. Tom had killed Myrtle

d. Gatsby was Daisy’s lover

60. Why doesn’t anyone come to Gatsby’s funeral?

a. it is raining

b. they are too busy

c. they are too upset

d. no one really knows him

55. What word does Nick use to describe Tom and Daisy at the end of the novel?

a. lazy

b. gorgeous

c. adventurous

d. careless

56. Why does Nick return to West Egg after Gatsby’s death?

a. he misses his family

b. he wants to change jobs

c. he is disgusted with everyone he knows in the East

d. all of the above

Part IV: Extended response

61. Explain Gatsby’s fate at the end of the novel. Touch on how there is no other ending possible for Gatsby after Daisy chose to not go with him in the end.

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The Great Gatsby Exam Answer Key 1.  B

2.  E

3.  C

4.  D

5.  AB

6.  A

7.  AC

8.  A

9.  A

10.  B

11.  A

12.  B

13.  A

14.  B

15.  B

16.  B

17.  B

18.  A

19.  B

20.  B

21.  B

22.  B

23.  B

24.  A

25.  B

26.  A

27.  A

28.  A

29.  A

30.  B

31.  B

32.  B

33.  B

34.  A

35.  A

36.  A

37.  B

38.  C

39.  D

40.  A

41.  A

42.  A

43.  B

44.  A

45.  A

46.  B

47.  A

48.  D

49.  A

50.  A

51.  B

52.  B

53.  C

54.  A

55.  D

56.  C

57.  C

58.  D

59.  C

60.  D

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