Great Gatsby Chapter 5

The Great Gatsby
Chapter 5 Reading

By Carolyn Minks

Multiple Choice

What does Gatsby offer Nick as a payment for arranging a meeting with Daisy? 83

• The chance to fly his hydroplane

• Money

• A car

• A secret business connection

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How does Nick feel about Gatsby’s offer to compensate him for his help by hiring him? 83

• Nick is angry because he knows Gatsby is involved in illegal activities.

• Nick is offended that Gatsby is offering to pay him for his help.

• Nick appreciates the offer, but regretfully declines.

• Nick is overjoyed because he hates his current job.

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What was the weather like on the morning that Gatsby and Daisy were due to meet? 83

• Very windy

• Pouring with rain

• Blazing sunshine

• Icy cold

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For Gatsby, the white flannel suit, silver shirt and gold-colored tie symbolizes 84

• purity

• genuine love

• underlining wickedness

• superficial and materialistic nature

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How does Gatsby’s demeanor change when Daisy comes over for tea? 86

• He goes from being confident and sure of himself to being uncertain and awkward, and back to confident

• He goes from being uncertain and awkward to being confident and sure of himself, and back to uncertain

• He goes from being sad and unhappy to smiling and joyful, and back to sad and unhappy

• He goes from being a shady criminal to a wide-eyed young man, and then to a love-struck teenager

Multiple Choice

What does Gatsby almost break during the first nervous moments of being reunited with Daisy? 86

• A clock

• A vase

• A chair

• A window

Open Ended

What does the clock symbolize AND the fact that Gatsby knocked it over but caught it. 86

THINK ABOUT:

1- What literally does a clock do?

2- What are Gatsby's feelings and emotions when he knocks into it?

3- Based on your thoughts above, what is a deeper meaning behind the clock?

Multiple Choice

What's different about the green light in Chapter 5?

• It's shining brighter than usual.

• The mist covers it and it can't be seen.

• The light has been disabled and no longer works.

• It never existed -- it was only a figment of Gatsby's imagination.

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How do Gatsby and Daisy look once Nick decides to leave them alone? 89

• Nervous to be alone with each other

• Absolutely lost in each other's presence

• Still very awkward

• Tense, as if they need to discuss the past

Multiple Choice

What does Gastby's lavish display of wealth during Daisy's visit symbolize? 91

• His desire to impress Nick

• His need for social acceptance

• His attempts to win Daisy's love

• His fear of losing everything

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What best describes Gatsby's feelings while at his own home? 91

• He seems to regret having Nick and Daisy over
• He seems in awe that Daisy is really here
• He seems upset that Nick accompanied them
• He seems glad to know Daisy is happily married to Tom

Multiple Choice

Where does Gatsby get his clothes from? 92

• Sweden

• Italy

• France

• England

Multiple Choice

What causes Daisy to cry in chapter five? 92

• Gatsby's shirts

• Klipspringer's piano playing

• Nick's tiny house

• Tom's affair

Multiple Choice

In chapter 5, the narrator states, “Now it was a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.” 93

What is being implied here?

• In the beginning, the light was Gatsby's only connection to Daisy, but once she spent time with him he didn't need it anymore

• At first, Gatsby would stare at the light as if he was looking at Daisy, but once he found out about her marriage to Tom he was disgusted

• Once, Gatsby had longed for Daisy to come to his parties, but when he learned she had a daughter he didn't want her anymore

• Gatsby had the light installed after buying his house to replace a brighter light, but now that there was more fog he couldn't see either of them.

Multiple Choice

While touring his house, Daisy tells Gatsby that she'll "put you in it and push you around." What is it? 94

• A pink cloud

• A wheeled hamper

• A red wheelbarrow

• A rickety rowboat

Multiple Choice

What can the reader infer as to why Fitzgerald would use a paradox in the following statement?

I tried to go then, but they wouldn't hear of it; perhaps my presence made them feel more satisfactorily alone. (Pg. 94)

• To show the reader that Nick is the main character and he is to be in each scene.

• To show the reader that Nick brought about comic relief to the story whenever Daisy and Gatsby were together.

• To show the reader that Nick felt less guilty as long as he was there with Daisy and Gatsby.

• To show the reader that Daisy and Gatsby used Nick's presence as a way to keep them from feeling guilty.

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the man who lives at Gatsby's house... Gatsby has him play music for Daisy? 94

• Klipspringer

• Wolfsheim

• Alfred

• Cecil

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes Gatsby as he meets Daisy again in chapter five?

• He slowly comes to realize that Daisy will never be his again

• His initial nervousness gives way to confidence as he shows Daisy his house

• He confronts Daisy about not marrying him while bad mouthing Tom

• His excitement grows as Daisy promises to leave Tom and move in with him

Multiple Choice

This chapter mainly explores what topic?

• Money and materialism

• Issues of identity

• Wealth, class and social status

• Memories, the past and regrets

Open Ended

What do you think Fitzgerald wants the reader to know about memories, the past, and regrets?