GATSBY EXAM (PART I) STUDY GUIDE
1.
The opening of chapter two takes place in the valley of ____.
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2.
Dr. T.J. Eckleburg’s eyes are so big because ____.
1.
Nick claims to be a person who refrains from judgment or
criticism of others. Why is he this way?
3.
What does George Wilson do for a living?
4.
Wilson asks Tom when Tom plans on selling him …
2.
Nick says that “[i]nstead of being the warm center of the
world the middle-west now seemed like the ragged edge of
the universe …” What made Nick feel this way?
5.
When Myrtle makes one of her many trips into New York,
George thinks it’s so she can …
3.
Nick decides to move east and learn the ____ business.
6.
On the way to New York, they pull over to the curb so that
Myrtle can buy a ____.
4.
Nick feels more at home in his new neighborhood after a
man stops to …
7.
Nick tells us that this was only the second time he had ever
been ____.
5.
Nick buys several books on the subject of …
8.
Who is Catherine?
6.
The two islands that lie east of New York are both shaped
like ____.
9.
Nick meets a Mr. McKee, who does what for a living?
7.
Tom Buchanan played what sport in college?
8.
When Nick first sees Tom, Tom is wearing ____.
9.
What is Nick’s connection to Daisy?
10. What is Nick’s connection to Tom?
11. Nick tells Daisy that, to show how much they miss her, the
people in Chicago have painted ____ black.
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1.
Myrtle Wilson tells of being overcharged by a woman who
come to people’s homes to look at their ____.
2.
Why does Catherine mention Kaiser Wilhelm?
3.
Tom jokingly suggests that Myrtle give Mr. McKee a letter
of introduction to her husband George so that McKee can do
what?
4.
Catherine says “When they do get married, they’re going
west … until it blows over. Who is they?
5.
Shortly after her marriage to George, a man came to Myrtle
and asked that what be returned to him?
6.
Tom and Myrtle first met where?
7.
Why does Tom break Myrtle’s nose?
8.
After Nick and Mr. McKee leave the apartment, Mr. McKee
gets scolded by ____.
12. Nick is annoyed that Tom has never heard of ____.
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1.
Jordan Baker refuses the cocktails that are offered her
because …
2.
Jordan tells Nick that, if he lives in West Egg, then he must
know ____.
3.
Daisy says she always watches for the ____ of the year, and
then misses it.
4.
Daisy blames her hurt finger on ____.
5.
Tom mentions a book he’s read, by a man named Goddard.
From the conversation that follows, we learn what
unpleasant fact about Tom?
6.
Daisy tells Nick a secret about the butler’s ____.
7.
The evening is interrupted by a phone call from ____.
8.
Nick didn’t attend Daisy’s wedding because …
9.
At the birth of her daughter, Daisy said that she hoped her
daughter would be a beautiful little ____.
The Great Gatsby #5: p. 43 to top p. 54 “there isn’t any
privacy”
1.
One of Gatsby’s chauffeur’s had come to Nick’s house.
Why?
2.
Two twin girls tell Jordan Baker that they’re sorry she didn’t
____.
3.
One of the girls had received a package from Gatsby,
containing what?
4.
What does the man in the library tell Nick and Jordan about
Gatsby’s books?
5.
When Nick first meets Gatsby, Gatsby claims to have
recognized him from where?
12. Before Nick leaves, Tom and Daisy tell him that they had
heard what rumor about him?
6.
Gatsby invites Nick to come with him the next day. To do
what?
13. While reflecting on his visit, Nick decides that the best thing
for Daisy to do would be to …
7.
Then Gatsby leaves Nick and Jordan. Why?
10. When Daisy and Nick rejoin Tom and Jordan, what are Tom
and Jordan doing?
11. Why must Jordan get up early the next day?
14. At the end of the chapter, Nick sees Gatsby looking at ____,
which appears to be at the end of a dock.
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3
1.
A butler comes to their table to tell Jordan Baker that …
2.
Nick enters the house. A woman is singing, while
simultaneously doing what?
3.
Jordan says “I’ve just heard the most amazing thing.” She is
referring to …
4.
Before Nick leaves the party, Gatsby reminds him that …
5.
A car has gone into a ditch. The man who first gets out of the
car is the man Nick had seen in the house earlier. Where in
the house?
6.
This man (referred to in the previous question) is given the
nickname ____ Eyes.
7.
A second man (the driver) exits the car. Even though the car
is in a ditch, this man thinks the problem is …
8.
As Nick leaves, there is a loud noise, due to …
9.
Nick had begun seeing a girl from Jersey City, but he ended
the relationship because …
6.
Back in Louisville in 1917, Daisy dated what kind of men?
7.
Jordan first saw Daisy and Gatsby together while the two
were sitting where?
8.
Daisy tells Jordan to say she’s changed her mind. About
what?
9.
What does Daisy pull out of the waste-basket?
10. Also, Daisy holds a letter in one hand. We assume the letter
is from ____, telling Daisy that …
11. We learn that Tom cheats on Daisy. How do we discover
this?
12. Nick calls it a coincidence, but Jordan says that it wasn’t a
coincidence at all. What is she referring to?
13. What is Gatsby’s plan for meeting Daisy?
14. As the chapter ends, Nick is doing what?
10. Nick liked to walk up Fifth Avenue and imagine that …
11. Jordan tells a lie about …
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12. Nick recalls what other story about Jordan’s dishonesty?
1.
As the chapter opens, Nick returns home and mistakenly
believes his house in on fire. What was it really?
13. Nick says to Jordan: “Suppose you met somebody just as
careless as yourself.” What is he referring to?
2.
Nick declines what offer of Gatsby’s?
3.
Nick invites Daisy, and tells her not to do what?
4.
Nick was thinking of buying flowers, but he didn’t need to
because …
5.
Gatsby tells Nick that, according to The Journal, what would
happen at 4:00?
6.
Daisy says, “His name is Ferdie.” Who is Ferdie?
14. Nick has been writing letters back home signed “Love,
Nick.” What is the purpose of these letters?
15. Nick claims to be guilty of a cardinal virtue. He is one of the
few ____ people he knows.
The Great Gatsby #7: p. 65 to top p. 75 “I had a wrong man”
1.
On an old time-table, Nick once made a list of all …
7.
After Nick greets Daisy, he goes back inside his house, but
Gatsby isn’t there. Gatsby isn’t there because …
2.
Gatsby says: “It’s pretty, isn’t it…. Haven’t you ever seen it
before?” What is he referring to?
8.
Gatsby almost knocks ___ off the mantelpiece.
3.
Gatsby likes to refer to people as “old ____.”
9.
Who is the “Finn”?
4.
To prove his Montenegro story, Gatsby shows Nick ____.
10. The man who built Gatsby’s house offered to pay five years’
taxes for his neighbors if they would do what?
5.
To prove his Oxford story, Gatsby shows Nick ____.
6.
Twice Gatsby refers to a ____ event that happened to him
long ago.
7.
Why does Gatsby take a white card (supposedly a Christmas
card from the commissioner) from his wallet?
8.
Why had Mr. Wolfshiem told Rosy Rosenthal not to get up
from the table in the restaurant?
9.
Wolfshiem mistakenly thinks that Nick is the man who is
looking for …
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1.
Meyer Wolfshiem’s cuff buttons are actually ____.
2.
In 1919 Wolfshiem fixed the ____.
3.
Gatsby says Wolfshiem is a “smart man” to explain why …
4.
Tom Buchanan says that Daisy is “furious” because Nick …
5.
During Nick’s encounter with Tom, Gatsby does what
peculiar thing?
11. Why must Daisy stop to wash her face?
12. Gatsby says it took him three years to …
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break in the page
1.
While touring Gatsby’s house, they come upon Klipspringer,
who is doing what?
2.
Daisy says, “It makes me sad because I’ve never seen such—
such beautiful ____ before.”
3.
What can be seen at the end of Daisy’s dock?
4.
There is a picture of Dan Cody and a picture of Gatsby when
younger. In both pictures, the men are wearing …
5.
Gatsby calls Klipspringer and tells him to …