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Briefly describe the party
at Gatsby’s house
Hundreds of people, from both West
Egg and East Egg, show up by the
dozens to drink, dance and carry on
from morning until night
What does Gatsby do for a woman who
tore her dress at a previous party? What
does her friend think of the gesture?
Why, do you believe, Gatsby did this?
Who does Nick notice at the
party? How does she appear to
view the party?
He got her name and address and sent her
a brand new evening gown for $265
Jordan Baker
She says there’s something funny about a
man who would do something like that
Almost with contempt, as if she were
too sophisticated to even be at a party
like this
Like the friend said, he doesn’t seem to
want any trouble with anybody; he wants
to impress everyone
When Nick first meets
Gatsby, he discovers he has a
connection to him. What is it?
What term does Gatsby often
call people when talking to
them?
They both served in France during
World War I
“Old sport”
How do the guests behave
at Gatsby’s parties?
They drink, dance and carry on, not
caring how they behave or what
damage they may cause; they display,
as Nick says, the behavior associated
with amusement parks
What observation does Owl-Eyes
make about Gatsby’s library? What is
the significance of this, along with
the books not having been cut?
The library contains real books, though
the pages have yet to be cut, meaning
they have not been read
It means that Gatsby bought the books
simply to impress those who go into his
library. He’s also pretending to be an
intellectual, or well-educated
When Gatsby reappears on the
marble steps, how is it similar to
the first time Nick sees him at
the end of Chapter 2?
Earlier, at the end of Chapter 2, he is
alone, looking out across the bay for
the thing he desires. Here, he is again
alone, although in a sea of people,
looking for that very thing
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Who meets privately with
Gatsby? What does Gatsby
tell this person?
Jordan Baker
A story that was “simply amazing.”
However, she wouldn’t immediately
tell Nick what it was he said
What is Jordan’s response when, after nearly
striking a workman along the road, Nick scolds
her for being a “rotten driver”? What’s her
response when Nick wonders what would happen
if she met somebody as careless as herself?
Jordan says other people are more
careful than herself and will keep out of
her way because, “It takes two to make
an accident”
What happens at the end of
the party as the guests are
leaving?
A drunken guest crashes his car into a
ditch, and the wheel comes off; one of
passengers is Owl-Eyes
How does Nick describe himself
at the end of Chapter 3?
As one of the few honest people he
had ever known
What story does Nick recall
about Jordan, and what causes
him to remember this?
She “had moved her ball from a bad lie
in the semifinal round” of a golf
tournament
Nick remembers this scandal as he and
Jordan are at a house-party together in
Warwick, where she leaves a borrowed
car out in the rain with the top down,
and then lies about it
What’s Gatsby accused of being
by young ladies attending his
party at the start of Chapter 4?
He’s accused of being a “bootlegger”,
or someone who makes or sells liquor
illegally
She says, “I hope I never will. I hate
careless people. That’s why I like you.”
Where does Gatsby say he
came from and what was his
family like?
He says they were from San Francisco,
but they all had died, leaving him a
good deal of money
From what country did
Gatsby receive a medal “For
Valour Extraordinary”?
The tiny country of Montenegro
Why does Gatsby show Nick
the war medal and the
picture of him at Oxford?
To prove to Nick he is what he claims to
be: a soldier and hero from World War I
who had attended Oxford University in
England
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How does Gatsby get out of a
speeding ticket?
He waves a Christmas card from the
police commissioner in front of the
police officer, who lets him go. Gatsby
tells Nick he was able to do the
commissioner a favor once and he
sends him a Christmas card every year
What scene does Jordan Baker
recall that occurred several
years before in Louisville?
What happened to Meyer
Wolfshiem’s friend Rosy
Rosenthal? What does this
tell you about Wolfsheim?
He was shot and killed outside the old
Metropole restaurant, located across
the street from where they were
having lunch
Who fixed the 1919 World
Series, according to Gatsby?
Meyer Wolfsheim, a business
connection to Gatsby
That Wolfshiem is associated with
gangsters
What does Daisy’s parents
stop her from doing?
What gift does Tom
Buchanan give to Daisy a day
before their wedding?
Daisy and a soldier sitting in Daisy’s
little white roadster, the two
apparently in love
From going to New York and saying
goodbye to Gatsby before he shipped
out for Europe
What is Daisy’s condition a
half an hour before the bridal
dinner, and what caused it?
What happens to Tom shortly
after he and Daisy return
from the honeymoon?
Why, according to Jordan,
did Gatsby buy a home in
West Egg?
She is drunk and has tossed the pearl
necklace in the trash
He’s involved in a car crash in
California, and it was reported that a
chambermaid from a nearby hotel was
in the car with him
So he could be right across the bay
from Daisy, in hopes that, one day, she
would show up at one of his parties
She apparently received a letter from
Gatsby, her true love
A pearl necklace worth $350,000
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What is it that Gatsby wants
Jordan to arrange through
Nick?
He wants to have a meeting with Daisy
in Nick’s home, so Daisy can see his
home that he purchased right next
door
What does Jordan mean when
she says that Daisy “ought to
have something in her life”?
She believes Daisy ought to have the
love and respect that she doesn’t
receive from her husband
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