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Great Gatsby: Chapter 1
(1)
What was the advice given by Nick's father to him?
(2)
How has this advice affected Nick's personality?
(3) Nick says the he has unaffected _________for everything Gatsby represents. BUT he also
says:
(4)
Nick graducated from New Haven in what year?
(5)
Nick went East in 1922 to enter [what] business?
(6)
How did Nick feel after giving directions to a "newcomer"?
(7)
What was the shape and name of the land where Nick settled?
(8) Nick tells us that the house to the right of his (an imitation of some Hotel de Ville) was
owned by [whom].
(9) Nick tells us that the summer of his rental really began when he drove over to have dinner
with [whom].
(10)
What relation is Daisy to Nick?
(11)
Daisy's husband was once a player in [this] sport.
(12) Nick reflects on Tom Buchanan's eyes which gave him the appearance of always doing
[what].
(13)
Tom Buchanan's powerful body is described by Nick as [what kind] of body?
(14)
How does Nick describe the movement caused by the wind in the Buchanans' house?
(15)
What little trick did Daisy have to make people lean toward her?
(16)
What was the name of the girl sitting with Daisy?
(17)
Daisy says to Nick that he should see their [what].
(18) What does it mean that Miss Baker observes that Nick lives in West Egg "contemptuously"?
(19) What word does Tom not like Daisy to use in reference to him? What does that show us
about Tom?
(20)
What book does Tom ask Nick if he has read?
(21) Daisy says that Tom reads [what kind] of books? What does this seem to indicate about
him and the way she feels about him?
(22)
According to Tom he belongs to what race? What does this reveal about Tom?
(23)
What secret does Miss Baker reveal to Nick in the absence of Daisy and Tom?
(24)
Why hadn't Nick attended Daisy's wedding?
(25)
What did Daisy hope for her newborn girl? What does she seem to mean by this?
(26)
As Nick and Daisy are talking who Miss Baker is reading [what] to Tom in another room.
(27)
What is Miss Baker's first name, and where does Nick realize he recognized her?
(28)
Daisy has hopes of connecting [which two] people?
(29) As Nick is starting to go Tom and Daisy say they have heard [what] about Nick? How does
Nick respond to this rumor?
(30)
What is Gatsby doing when Nick sees him from his porch?
(31)
Why doesn't Nick call out to Gatsby?
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(1) All the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.
(2) A reserved way.
(3) Politician.
(4) Fundamental decencies.
(5) Scorn.
(6) The Dukes of Buccleuch.
(7) 1915
(8) The Bond business.
(9) He was shipped off to Washington – leaving him alone.
(10) He ran away.
(11) She was Finnish.
(12) He gave directions to a passing neighbor.
(13) Yale News.
(14) On banking credit and investment securities.
(15) The shape of an egg, sort of.
(16) The West Egg.
(17) Gatsby.
(18) The Tom Buchanans.
(19) She is his second cousin once removed.
(20) Football.
(21) Leaning forward.
(22) A cruel body.
(23) The wind coming in the windows.
(24) She murmured to people when she spoke.
(25) Baker.
(26) Gay and exciting things.
(27) Their left rear wheel painted black as a mourning wreath.
(28) Their baby who is three years old.
(29) Miss Baker.
(30) Contemptuously.
(31) Gatsby.
(32) The longest day of the year.
(33) Knuckles.
(34) Her husband Tom.
(35) Hulking.
(36) The Rise of the Colored Empires.
(37) Deep books with long words in them.
(38) The dominant race.
(39) It is about the butler – he was once a silver polisher.
(40) She wants to overhear a conversation between Daisy and Tom in the next room.
(41) Tom is keeping a woman in New York.
(42) A Nightingale.
(43) He was away at the war.
(44) That she be a fool.
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(52)
Saturday Evening Post.
Jordan.
Asheville and Hot Springs and Palm Beach.
Nick and Jordan.
That he is engaged to a girl out West.
A figure of a man.
Jordan Baker.
He detects a motion or trembling in him that indicated that he wanted to be alone.