Ms. Hamden
The Great Gatsby—Chapter 3
NAME:
1. What arrives at Gatsby’s every Friday? What leaves Gatsby’s every Monday? What change has
occurred?
2. What is present at Gatsby’s parties that the Volstead Act of 1919 prohibited?
3. What about Nick is different from the other guests at Gatsby’s parties? Nick says, "People were not
invited." What does he say that they do instead?
4. What rules of behavior seem to apply at Gatsby’s parties?
5. What sport do we learn that Jordan plays?
6. What happened to Lucille’s dress at the last party? Whose fault was it? Who replaced the dress?
7. What’s one of the first rumors we hear about Gatsby? What’s the second piece of gossip we learn?
What contradicts the second piece of gossip?
8. What is the owl-eyed man in the library most surprised about? What does his astonishment tell you
about the society of the day?
9. What has increased by midnight?
10. Nick is drinking again. He says that he "had taken two finger bowls of champagne and the scene had
changed before my eyes into something significant, elemental and profound." Can we still completely
rely on Nick to be accurate?
11. What phrase does Gatsby use instead of “Man” or “Dude”?
12. How old does Nick assume Gatsby to be?
13. Gatsby receives a message from his butler that "Chicago was calling him on the wire." Based on any
prior knowledge of Chicago and the 1920s, what might you assume about Gatsby?
14. What does Jordan like about large parties? How might this be ironic?
15. What are Gatsby’s guests doing that he is not doing? Who is he spending time with at the party?
16. Who does Gatsby ask to speak with? Do we find out what it’s about?
17. Explain what happens with Owl Eyes and the car at the end of the party. Was he driving? Who was
driving? What is his condition?
18. How does Nick describe what he begins to feel for Jordan? What causes Nick to remember a story
about Jordan’s past? What does Nick "never blame deeply"?
19. What kind of people does Jordan hate? What does she like about Nick?