Great Gatsby 1-5

Question 1

Gatsbys car

Answer 1

Rich cream color, labyrinth of windshields, flashy, swollen with boxes

Question 2

Daisy’s wedding

Answer 2

She was a hot mess, drunk and crazy because she want happy with her marriage

Question 3

Wolfshein

Answer 3

The man gatsby and nick meet, he rigged the World Series, gambler

Question 4

Jordan’s role in chapter 4

Answer 4

Informant, tells nick about gatsby and Daisy’s love when they are young

Question 5

Toms car accident in chapter 4

Answer 5

He was with another woman when daisy and home were on honeymoon and he got into an accident with her, scandalous

Question 6

Gatsbys truth about the past ch 4

Answer 6

He was in the war and has medal to prove it, he went to oxford and has a picture to prove it, says he’s from Midwest then San Francisco, his money was handed down

Question 7

Why does Fitzgerald list all the guests in ch 4

Answer 7

To show connections between the people and gatsby

Question 8

Nick says, “there are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.” What does Nick mean? How does each character in the novel fit into this schema?

Answer 8

Pursued- Daisy by gatsby, gatsby by the guests
Pursuing- gatsby and nick pursuing daisy
Busy-tom with the ladies, nick with his job
Tired- nick from work, daisy from her marriage

Question 9

How does Fitzgerald use weather to show mood

Answer 9

The rain is sadness and waiting and nerves it gets sunny when gatsby and daisy are together, daisy is gatsbys sunshine

Question 10

The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain. How is that appropriate for Daisy’s voice?

Answer 10

It’s medicine or intoxicating

Question 11

What is the purpose of the broken clock in ch 5

Answer 11

Time is standing still when daisy and gatsby are together

Question 12

He has been full of ideas for so long… he was running down like unwound clock. Explain

Answer 12

Gatsbyhad built her up in his head for so long that he is overwhelmed with emotions

Question 13

Characterize gatsby in ch 5

Answer 13

He is nervous and fumbling around daisy

Question 14

West egg

Answer 14

Nick lives here, new money, less fashionable

Question 15

East egg

Answer 15

Tom and daisy live here, old money

Question 16

Valley ashes

Answer 16

Between things fantastic form where valley of ashes row Dr. TJ Ecklebury eyes

Question 17

Nicks house

Answer 17

Small, eye sore over looked cardboard

Question 18

Gtatsbys house

Answer 18

Mansion, modeled after hotel after a hotel, 40 acres of lawn+garden

Question 19

Buchanon’s house

Answer 19

Burying gardens, vines, golden, organic, airy home

Question 20

NY apartment

Answer 20

Small filled to the brim with furniture

Question 21

Characterize Nick

Answer 21

Main character, Daisy’s cousin, from his point of view, from Midwest, bondsman

Question 22

Characterize tom

Answer 22

Married to daisy, cheating, player, old money, nasty, peaked in college

Question 23

Who is the foil of tom

Answer 23

Wilson

Question 24

Who is the foil of daisy

Answer 24

Myrtle

Question 25

Characterize Daisy

Answer 25

Nicks cousin, married to tom, pretty lady, aloof, bright eyes, sultry voice

Question 26

Characterize Jordan

Answer 26

Miss baker, good girl, golfer, slender, gossipy

Question 27

Characterize Wilson

Answer 27

Myrtles husband going no where

Question 28

Characterize myrtle

Answer 28

Toms mistress, stout, mid thirties

Question 29

Characterize Gatsby

Answer 29

Rich man, new money, mysterious, tell nick all about him

Question 30

I hope she'll be a fool – that's the best thing a girl can be in this world… explain

Answer 30

Daisy wants her daughter to be aloof and not realize how bad her position is in this world

Question 31

… Except a single green light, minute and far away… explain

Answer 31

Jealousy, Daisy's dock light that gatsbys staring at

Question 32

Feign

Answer 32

Pretend to be affected by a feeling state or injury

Question 33

Supercilious

Answer 33

Behaving or looking as thought one thinks one is superior to others

Question 34

Complacent

Answer 34

Showing smug or in critical satisfaction with oneself or achievements

Question 35

Intimation

Answer 35

An indication or hint

Question 36

Contiguous

Answer 36

Sharing a common border touching

Question 37

Strident

Answer 37

Loud or harsh grating

Question 38

Deft

Answer 38

Nearly skillful and quick in ones movements

Question 39

Permeate

Answer 39

Spread throughout something

Question 40

Vacuous

Answer 40

Having or showing a lack of thought or intelligence mindless

Question 41

Corpulent

Answer 41

A fat person

Question 42

Provincial

Answer 42

Of a concerning a province of a country or empire

Question 43

Somnambulatory

Answer 43

Sleepwalking

Question 44

Obstinate

Answer 44

Stubbornly refusing to change ones opinion