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Great Gatsby Chapter 1-6 Flashcards

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1
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What is Jay Gatsby’s real name?

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James Gatz

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Where is he really from?

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Lake Superior

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Who are his parents?

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unsussessful farmers

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How old was Gatasby when he met Dan Cody?

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17

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What happened after Gatsby warned Cody about hte coming of bad weather?

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Cody let him be his personal assisstant and they did everything together

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How much did Gatsby actually receive from Cody’s estate?

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Nothing

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Who invites Gatsby over for dinner in chapter 6?

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Tom

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Who shows up at Gatsby’s party in this chapter?

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Tom and Sloams

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Why does Daisy offer Tom her “little old pencil”?

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To take some adreesses of the famous

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Why does Gastsby say he relly wants Daisy to do?

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He wants Daisy to tell TOm she never loved him and marry Gatsby

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Notoriety?

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The state of being famous or well known for some bad quality or deed

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Conception?

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The way something is perceived or regarded

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Florid?

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Having red or flushed complexion

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Legacy?

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An amount of money or property left to someone in the will

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Antecedents?

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A thing or eent taht existed before or logically precedes another

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Arrogant?

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Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of ones own importance or abilities

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Menagerie?

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A collection of wild animls kept in captivity for exhibition

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What time does Nick return at the start of chapter 5?

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2 am

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Where does Gatsby want to go?

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Coney Island

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Why is Nick somewhat offended by Gatsby’s buisness offer?

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Gatsby insulted his money and was trying to pay Nick back for Daisy

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What three colors is Gatsby dressed i for the tea party?

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white silver gold

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What does Gatsby almost knock off the mantle?

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Clock

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Where does Gatsby wnt to take Daisy and Nick after the tea?

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His house

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What does Daisy do when shes overwhelmed with Gatsby’s shirts?

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she cries at the beauty

tom doesnt treat her like that

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Who used ot be Gatsby's best friend years ago?
Dan Cody
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Peninsula?
A piece of land almost fully surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water
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Coney Island?
Residental neighborhood in NYC | Lots of carnavals
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Tactless?
Having or showing a lack of sensitivity in dealing with others or with diffult issues
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Innumerable?
Too many to be counted
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Exhilarating?
Making one feel very happy animated or elated
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Counterfeit?
Made in exact imitation of something valueable or important with the intention to deceive or defend
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Defunct?
No longer existing or functioning
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Reproach?
Address in such a way as to express ddisapproval or disappointment
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Serfs?
Agriculture laborer bound under the federal sustem to work on his lord's estate
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Jonquils?
Yellow flowers with cylindrical leavise native to southern europe and northeastern aftica
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Illusion?
A thing that is wrongfully perceived or interpreted by senses
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Who was the man that was Gatsby's so often that he comes to be known as "the boarder"?
Klipspringer
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What is the one nervous habit that Gatsby demostrates?
He will never be still
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What color is G car?
cream
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Where did G say he was from?
San Francisco
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Why had he been "educated at Oxford"?
It was a family tradition
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What country had awarded G a medal that he carried around with at all times?
Montenegro
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Who fixed the 1919 World Series?
Wolfsheim
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What were Wolfsheim's cufflinks made of?
Human molars
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How old is Daisy?
23
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What present had tom given Daisy before their wedding?
String of pearls
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What does G want N to do for him?
Invite Daisy to his house and let G come over and have teal
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What is the name of Tom's mistress?
Myrtile
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What does Myrtile husbnd do for a living?
car mechanic and seller
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Where does Myrtile live?
Valley of Ashes | above the mechanic shop
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What day is when T, N, and the mistress goes to town?
Sunday
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Wht oes toms mistress want him to buy for her?
a dog
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Who is Catherine?
Myrtile sister
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Whta is the name of the photographer who lives downstairs?
Chester McKee
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What reason does Catherie give for T and his minstress being unable to marry?
Daisy is a Catholic (lie) so she doesnt believe in divorce
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Why does T break his mistress nose?
Tom didnt want myritle to say Daisy's name tom doesnt want ot mix his lives T can treat Myrtile however he wants
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In what year does Nick come East?
1922
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Which egg does Nick live on?
West
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Where was D childhood spent?
Louisville
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What relation is Daisy to Nick?
1st cousin
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Where did T and N know one another from?
college
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What sex is is T and D child?
girl
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Who does J know that lives on west egg?
G
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What ime of year is it at the beggining of the novel?
Spring
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Where does T keep his woman?
NY
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What has D heard about N frm 3 people?
he was engaged
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What sprt does T particulary enjoy?
polo
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How often does Gatsby have parties?
every weekend
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How do most people get into Gatsby's parties?
they walk in
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With whom does Nick "hook up" at the pparty?
Jordan Baker
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Where do they meet Owl eyes?
Gatsby Library
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Wh;o has "one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassuuance in it?
Gatsby
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Is nick among the first or last guests to leave the party?
last
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What company does N work for?
Bond salesman
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What sport does J play?
Golf
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What does N say is his best cardinal virtue?
honesty
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Fortnight?
A period of 2 weeks
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Harlequin?
in varied colors
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Contemptous?
showing contempt
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Staid?
Sedate Respectable unadvernturous
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Oxford?
prestigious university in england
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Sinister?
Giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen
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Virtues?
Behavior showing high moral standards
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Roughneck?
Person of hard manual labor
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Desolate?
Deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness
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Impenetrable?
impossible to pass through or enter
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Saunter?
Walk in a slow, relaxed manner
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Smoldering?
Burn slowly with smoke but no flame
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Indeterminate?
Not exactly known
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Haughty?
Arrogantly superior and disdainful
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Incessant?
Continuing without pause or interruption
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Ectoplasm?
The more viscous, clear, outer layer of the cytoplasm in ameboid cells
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Shrill?
High pitched and piercing
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Languid?
Displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort
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Vulnerable?
Susceptile to emotional attack or harm
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Plagiaristic?
stealing another authors work
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Epigram?
Apity saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way
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Contour?
An outline, especially one representing or bounding the shape or form of something
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Anticlimax?
A disappointing end to an exciting or impressive series of events
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Supercilious?
Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others
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Paternal
aprropriate to a father
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Compulsion?
The action or state of forcing or being forced to do something
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Hulking?
heavy and clumsy
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Turbulent?
Characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion
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Intimation?
An indication or hint
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Cynical?
Distrusting or disparaging the motives of others
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Civet?
A slender noturnal canivorous mammal with a barred and spotted coat and well developed Native to Africa and Asia
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Voltaire?
versatile writer producing plays poems novels essays and historical and science works
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Endive?
edible mediterranean plant whose bitter leaves may be blanched and used in salads
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Beluga?
Small white toothed whale related to the narwhal, living in herds mainly in Artic coastal waters
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Baedeker?
German publisher for guidebooks for travelers
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Labyrinth?
An intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find ones way or reach the end
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Fey?
doomed | fated to die
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Klipspringer?
small, agile African antelope

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