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The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
5. What are some details that Gatsby tells Nick
about his life? List two.
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Chapter Four
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Questions:
1. Within the first several paragraphs of Ch. 4,
Nick lists some of the people who attended
Gatsby’s parties. List three of the names. (p.
65-66 in Scribner)
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2. Nick admits to being disappointed in Gatsby.
Why? (p. 69 in Scribner) Give a full sentence
at least and quote the text.
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6. What country gave Gatsby the war medal that
he shows to Nick?
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7. Why does he admit that he is telling Nick
these things? (p. 71-72)
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8. A police officer pulls Gatsby over while he is
driving. In a full sentence tell what happens
with the officer.
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3. Fill in the blank:
“I’ll tell you _________ truth.” His right hand
suddenly ordered divine retribution to stand
by. “I am the _______ of some wealthy
________ in the middle-west—all dead now.
I was brought up in ____________ but
educated at _______________ because all my
ancestors have been educated there for many
years. It is a ______________ tradition.”
9. Nick has lunch with Gatsby and Mr.
Wolfshiem. What does Mr. Wolfshiem have
for cuff buttons?
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10. What famous thing does Gatsby say that
Wolfshiem did in 1919?
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4. Look up “Oxford.” It is a school. Where is it
and what is its reputation?
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11. While sitting at the Plaza Hotel, Jordan Baker
tells Nick that Daisy had met Gatsby before.
Where had they met and when (what year?)?
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12. Why is there reason to think that Daisy was
not happy about marrying Tom Buchannan?
Write at least four full sentences and quote
the text.
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16. In the last portion of Chapter Four, Nick
has the following phrase “beat” in his
ears: “There are only the pursued, the
pursuing, the busy and the tired.”
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In at least four sentences, identify whom
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Gatsby is “pursuing” and explain the plan
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which he is executing to get her. Quote
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the text at least once.
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13. According to Jordan, why did Gatsby buy his
particular house?
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14. Fill in the Blank:
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Then it had not been merely the ___________
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to which he had aspired on the __________
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night. He came alive to ___________,
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delivered suddenly from the __________of
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his purposeless _______________.
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15. What did Gatsby ask Jordan to ask Nick?
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