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The Great Gatsby Chapters 4-6 Reading Guide
CHAPTER 4:
1. Why do you think the catalog of Gatsby’s guest is included?
2. “[Gatsby] was never quite still; there was always a tapping of a foot somewhere or the impatient opening of and closing of a hand”
(64). What does Gatsby’s restlessness suggest about him?
3. What is odd about Gatsby asking Nick what his opinion of him is?
4. List at least three details Gatsby tells Nick about his background.
5. What two souvenirs does Gatsby always carry with him? Why do you think he does this?
6. How is Gatsby able to get out of a ticket? What inference can you make about this?
7. What is ironic about Gatsby’s appraisal of Jordan?
8. During the scene where Gatsby and Nick have lunch with Wolfsheim, list at least two details or hints that suggest that Gatsby is
involved in something illegal.
9. What can you infer about Gatsby by Wolfsheim’s statement, “Gatsby’s very careful about women. He would never so much as look
at a friend’s wife” (72)?
10. What infamous historical event did Wolfsheim cause?
11. What two reactions does Gatsby have to meeting Tom at the restaurant?
12. When and where do Gatsby and Daisy first meet?
13. Why does Daisy threaten to not marry Tom?
14. What causes Daisy to become disillusioned about her marriage?
15. Why did Gatsby buy his house and why does he throw his lavish parties?
16. How long has Gatsby been waiting to meet Daisy again? Why did he have to wait so long?
17. What request did Gatsby ask Jordan to ask Nick to do?
CHAPTER 5:
1. Nick says Gatsby’s “place looks like the ______________ ___________” (81). Why do you think Gatsby’s house looks like this?
2. How does Gatsby offer to pay Nick back for hosting the tea with Daisy?
3. Why does Gatsby have someone cut Nick’s grass and fill his house with flowers?
4. How does Gatsby look and behave when he arrives at Nick’s? Why do you think he looks and behaves this way?
5. Why do you think Gatsby disappears when Nick goes out to bring Daisy in the house?
6. How would you describe the initial meeting between Daisy and Gatsby?
7. How long has it been since Gatsby and Daisy have seen one another?
8. When Nick returns to Daisy and Gatsby after having been gone for some time he describes a change in the way Gatsby and Daisy
now look. What can you infer happened while Nick was outside?
9. What details from the text demonstrate how the mood has changed when Nick returns?
10. What does Gatsby accidentally reveal while staring at his mansion while he and Nick wait for Daisy?
11. Why do you think Gatsby takes Daisy and Nick to his house through the front entrance?
12. Why does Gatsby watch Daisy so intently as she tours his house?
13. Why does Daisy cry over Gatsby’s beautiful shirts? (Explain the symbolic meaning)
14. What does Nick mean when he states that “the colossal significance of [the green light] had now vanished forever [for Gatsby]”
(93)?
15. If the book stopped after this chapter it could represent a novel from the Romantic era. However, because it is a Modernist novel,
we know it must show _________________________________.
16. Do you think Gatsby and Daisy still love each other or do you think they are in love with a memory? Explain why below.
CHAPTER 6:
1. Why does the “ambitious young reporter from New York” (97) come to Gatsby’s house?
2. What was Gatsby’s legal name?
3. Explain how Gatsby feels about his parents.
4. What are some details in Gatsby’s real history that suggest he lives in a dream world or suggest that he is a dreamer?
5. In Gatsby’s mindset _______________________________’s destiny would be a janitorial job and a shiftless existence.
________________________________’s destiny would be an idealistic life of money and he would achieve the golden girl.
6. What does Gatsby do for Dan Cody?
7. What can you infer causes Dan Cody’s premature death?
8. Why did Gatsby not receive any of Dan Cody’s money?
9. How do Tom, Mr. Sloan, and his lady friend behave at Gatsby’s? Because of their behavior, what can you infer was their real reason
for stopping by?
10. The scene with Tom, Mr. Sloan, his lady friend, Nick, and Gatsby emphasizes what about Gatsby’s knowledge of old money and
new money?
11. Why do you think Tom does not want to be known as “the polo player” at Gatsby’s party?
12. Why do you think Gatsby continues to introduce him as “the polo player” even after he asks him not to?
13. How does Tom want to look at famous people? What does his remark say about him?
14. How does Daisy feel about Gatsby’s party?
15. Tom believes Gatsby made his money by _________________________________. Daisy believes Gatsby made his money from
____________________________________. Why do you think Gatsby lied to Daisy about his where his money came from?
16. What is Gatsby’s goal with Daisy? What does he want to do?
17. Why is the dream unrealistic? Why can it never be reached?