Great Gatsby 💵💵💵

Question 1

How does the narrator describe Gatsby?

Answer 1

gorgeous, heightened sensitivity, dreamer, hopeful, a romantic

Question 2

From where did the narrator come and why?

Answer 2

Middle Western City; claims he descended from the Dukes of Buccleuch

Question 3

Describe the narrator’s house.

Answer 3

Weather-beatened cardboard, bungalow at $80/month

Question 4

Describe the Buchanans’ house.

Answer 4

Elaborate, cheerful, giant, the lawn was very long, French windows

Question 5

How does Nick know Daisy and Tom?

Answer 5

Daisy was his second-cousin, once removed and he knew Tom in college

Question 6

Describe Tom. What is our impression of him in Chapter 1?

Answer 6

Powerful, sturdy, arrogant, aggressive, cruel, gruff, harsh, defiant, and hulking

Question 7

What kind of person is Daisy?

Answer 7

Beautiful, alluring, elegant, breezy, lovely, bright, ecstatic, girly, compulsive, helpless

Question 8

What did Jordon Baker tell Nick about Tom?

Answer 8

Tom is having an affair with the woman in New York.

Question 9

How is Gatsby introduced in to the novel?

Answer 9

He is alone, trembling, had his arm stretched out towards the dark water where a green light was in a curious way

Question 10

What is the “valley of ashes”?

Answer 10

where the working class lived very dull and gray

Question 11

What are the “eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg?

Answer 11

A billboard ad for the doctor
Represents God’s eyes watching you

Question 12

Who did Tom take Nick to meet?

Answer 12

the girl he is having an affair with, Myrtle Wilson

Question 13

George Wilson

Answer 13

Husband to Myrtle and works at a gas station. Kills Gatsby

Question 14

Myrtle Wilson

Answer 14

Married to George Wilson. Is having an affair with Gatsby. Gets run over by Daisy in Gatsby’s car

Question 15

What did Myrtle buy while she was out with Tom and Nick?

Answer 15

a puppy

Question 16

Catherine

Answer 16

Catherine was Myrtle’s sister. Meets Nick at Tom’s party

Question 17

What does Catherine tell Nick about Gatsby?

Answer 17

She had been to one of his parties and “People say he is the nephew or cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm” so she is scared of him

Question 18

What reason did Myrtle give for marrying George Wilson?

Answer 18

She thought he was a gentleman but he disappointed her

Question 19

What did Tom do to Myrtle when she mentioned Daisy’s name?

Answer 19

he punched her and broke her nose

Question 20

Describe Gatsby’s wealth. List some of the things that represent wealth.

Answer 20

The elaborate parties he would throw during the summer nights, expensive food such as fresh fruit, a Rolls-Royce car, had 8 servants, an enormous garden

Question 21

Why did Nick Carraway go to Gatsby’s party?

Answer 21

He was invited unlike the other people who showed up

Question 22

How does Nick meet Gatsby?

Answer 22

He doesn’t initially know who he is, but Gatsby approaches him and talks about being in the war together

Question 23

Who is Klipspringer?

Answer 23

Lives in Gatsby’s house, even though Gatsby didn’t know it for a while
They call him “the boarder”
He plays the piano

Question 24

Who is Mr. Wolfshiem?

Answer 24

A very old friend of Gatsby
In a shady business; one of his friends was shot
He is a gambler, he was the man who fixed (rigged) the World’s Series back in 1919

Question 25

What “matter” did Gatsby have Jordan Baker discuss with Nick?

Answer 25

He wants to know if Nick will invite Daisy to Nick’s house and let Gatsby join.

Question 26

Why did Gatsby want Daisy to see the house and his clothes?

Answer 26

To show her that now he’s wealthy

Question 27

What had the green light on the dock meant to Gatsby?

Answer 27

It showed how close he was to her because when he was an officer he was seas away from her. Now he is across the bay from her

Question 28

What is Gatsby’s real story? Where is he from, and what is his name?

Answer 28

James Gatz, from a poor family in North Dakota that he left because he felt his future was so much above them.

Question 29

What did Dan Cody do for Gatsby?

Answer 29

He taught him how to act as a wealthy upper class person.

Question 30

What does Gatsby want from Daisy?

Answer 30

he wanted her to tell Tom she didn’t love him.

Question 31

What was Gatsby’s reaction to Daisy’s child?

Answer 31

He is confused by it because it wasn’t part of his plan. He doesn’t know what to do with the child

Question 32

What did Wilson do to Myrtle? Why?

Answer 32

Locked her in her room because he found out she was having an affair

Question 33

What does Gatsby think about Daisy’s relationship with Tom?

Answer 33

He thinks that she doesn’t really love him

Question 34

How does Wilson react to Myrtle’s death?

Answer 34

Wants revenge, in the end kills Gatsby

Question 35

How does Tom react to Myrtle’s death?

Answer 35

He calls Gatsby a coward because he thinks it was Gatsby that killed Myrtle, and not Daisy

Question 36

How does Nick react to Myrtle’s death?

Answer 36

He is an outside person who looks at it and sees Daisy and Tom as careless

Question 37

Why did Myrtle run to the car?

Answer 37

She thinks it is Tom in the car and wants to stop the car and not Daisy and Gatsby

Question 38

What does Wilson do to avenge Myrtle?

Answer 38

He goes to the West Egg, and finds his way to Gatsby’s house and kills Gatsby

Question 39

Where does New Money live?

Answer 39

West Egg

Question 40

Where does Old Money live?

Answer 40

East Egg

Question 41

Why couldn’t Nick get anyone to come to Gatsby’s funeral?

Answer 41

Nobody really knew him or cared about it. He was just the guy who threw parties and had a big house

Question 42

Who is Henry C. Gatz?

Answer 42

Gatsby’s father

Question 43

What is the book Henry Gatz shows Nick? Why is it important to the novel?

Answer 43

Hopalong Cassidy
On the last page of the book, there was a schedule of what his day would be like in the future. Gatsby was always striving for something, he wanted to improve his mind

Question 44

What happens between Nick and Jordan Baker?

Answer 44

Jordan calls him and is mad at him because he pushed her away. At the end of the call they break up.

Question 45

What does Nick say about people like Daisy and Tom?

Answer 45

They were careless people who messed everything up and retreated back to their money and leave others to clean it up.