Gatsby Ch. 6 PLOT Review

The Great Gatsby Chapter 6

PLOT Review

Poll

True or False: I listened to (or read) all of Chapter 6.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Who comes to Gatsby's house asking questions at the beginning of chapter 6?

• Nick

• Daisy

• a reporter

• Tom

Gatsby Real Story...

Multiple Choice

Where is Gatsby originally from?

• Michigan

• North Dakota

• Lake Superior

• Boston

Multiple Choice

How are Gatsby's parents described in Chapter 6?

• smart and curious engineers

• stupid and vacuous prisoners

• shiftless and unsuccessful farm people

• successful and generous entrepreneurs

Multiple Choice

What is Jay Gatsby's real name?

• Dan Cody

• Jaimeson Gatsby

• James Gatz

• James Cody

Multiple Choice

Why does Gatsby change his name?

• he hated the name Jameson

• he wanted to prove independence

• he wanted to reinvent himself

• he thought the new name sounded richer

Multiple Choice

Where does Gatsby meet Dan Cody?

• In Kentucky

• At a party

• On Cody's yacht

• At Daisy's house

Multiple Choice

How many years did Gatsby spend with Dan Cody?

• 4 years

• 3 years

• 7 years

• 5 years

Multiple Choice

What does Gatsby learn from Dan Cody?

• How to be married

• How to seduce women

• How to make money

• How to be a rich gentleman

Multiple Choice

What quality did Gatsby take away from his time with Dan Cody?

• he enjoys drinking

• he has a passion for mining copper

• he rarely drinks

• he hates travel

Multiple Choice

True or False: Dan Cody left Gatsby $25,000 when he died.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False: Gatsby used the money from Dan Cody to start his business.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Who swindled Gatsby out of his inheritance from Dan Cody?

• Meyer Wolfshiem

• Ella Kay

• His father

• Owl Eyes

The Sloanes...

Tom Buchanan & The Sloanes happen to pass by Gatsby's house & see Gatby & Nick outside & feel obligated to stop...

What type of people are the Sloanes?

Multiple Choice

Re-read the section, then describe how the Sloanes are acting:

“Mr. Sloane didn't enter into the conversation, but lounged back haughtily in his chair; the woman said nothing either-until unexpectedly, after two highballs, she became cordial" (Fitzgerald 102).

• cordial and lively

• quiet and sad

• social and happy

• arrogant and snobby

Multiple Choice

How does Gatsby reveal his lack of social graces to Tom?

• He accepts an insincere dinner invitation.

• He gets drunk.

• He yells at an old crippled man.

• He mixes soda in his champagne.

Multiple Choice

What does the incident with the three visitors on horseback reveal about Gatsby?

• He doesn't own a horse

• He isn't really part of the wealth class.

• He is threatened by Tom

• He is interested in women other than Daisy

Tom & Daisy attend a Gatsby party...

Multiple Choice

Why does Tom attend Gatsby's party?

• To meet celebrities

• To keep an eye on Daisy

• To talk to Gatsby

• To snoop around Gatsby's house

Multiple Choice

How does Gatsby introduce Tom at the party?

• As the millionaire

• As the polo player

• As his good friend

• As his neighbor

Multiple Choice

What is the overall purpose of the following passage?

Nick says, "... I felt an unpleasantness in the air, a pervading harshness that hadn’t been there before...and now I was looking at it again, through Daisy’s eyes. It is invariably saddening to look through new eyes at things upon which you have expended your own powers of adjustment" (Fitzgerald 103-104 or 110-111).

• to show that West Egg is better than East Egg

• to show that West Egg is worse than East Egg

• to show that the parties have changed completely

• to show Nick’s opinions of the party had changed completely

Multiple Choice

Read the passage, then answer the question that follows:

"We were at a particularly tipsy table. That was my fault— Gatsby had been called to the phone and I’d enjoyed these same people only two weeks before. But what had amused me then turned septic on the air now" (Fitzgerald 106 or 112).

What does the word septic mean?

• Happy

• Sad

• Toxic

• Medicating

Multiple Choice

Why is the following statement ironic coming from Tom Buchanan?

“I may be old-fashioned in my ideas but women run around too much these days to suit me" (Fitzgerald 103).

It is ironic because...

• he has his own mistress.

• he's a rather forward-thinking gentleman.

• he'd never cheat on his own wife.

• he knows that everyone cheats.

Multiple Choice

Gatsby is concerned that Daisy did not like...

• Gatsby's house

• Nick's house

• Her dress

• The party

Gatsby & Nick have a conversation after his party.

Multiple Choice

What does Daisy think of Gatsby's party?

• She was impressed by the celebrities.

• She welcomed the opportunity to see Gatsby

• She was jealous of the other women.

• She was offended and appalled.

Multiple Choice

Read the following passage, then answer the question that follows:

“He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God” (Fitzgerald 110).

What is Gatsby giving up when he chooses to kiss Daisy?

• He is giving up his family.

• He is giving up all his worldly possessions.

• He is giving up his greatest ambitions.

• He is giving up his sense of honesty.

Multiple Choice

What does Nick tell Gatsby about the past?

• the past can never be forgotten

• live for the future - not the past

• you can't repeat the past

• you can forget what happened in the past

Multiple Choice

What does Gatsby say in response when Nick tells him that he can't repeat the past?

Gatsby says...

• "I know, old sport"

• "Why of course you can!"

• "That's my affair"

Multiple Choice

What does Gatsby want from Daisy?

• for her to tell Tom that she never loved him

• for her to secretly move in with Gatsby

• for her to stop coming over to Gatsby's because he doesn't like Tom

• for her to tell him why she married Tom

Do you think Daisy will be able to tell Tom that she NEVER loved him?

Poll on next slide...

Poll

Do you think Daisy will be able to tell Tom that she NEVER loved him?

There is no right or wrong answer...

• Yes, Daisy will tell Tom she NEVER loved him.

• No, Daisy won't be able to do it.

Poll

How do you feel about your own knowledge of Chapter 6 from The Great Gatsby?

• Test me! I'm ready!

• I'm getting there!

• I'm lost! Please help!

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