"The Great Gatsby"--Chapter 1

1. How does the narrator describe Gatsby?

• Gatsby was brilliant, although somewhat smug and self-centered.
• Gatsby had an extraordinary gift for hope, and a romantic readiness.
• Gatsby was a big, hulking brute of a man.
• Gatsby was self-assured and showed boundless enthusiasm about most topics.

From where did the narrator come and why?

• From France to establish a vineyard in New York
• From the south to become an actor on Broadway
• From the northwest to be a fashion designer
• From the Midwest to study the bond business

Describe the narrator's house.

• It is one of the largest on the island, made of brick and surrounded by gardens.
• It is a renovated carriage house on the grounds of one of the mansions.
• It is a weatherbeaten bungalow squeezed between the mansions.
• It is roomy, but not too large for one person, with a gazebo and a boathouse.

Describe the Buchanan's house.

• It is a formal and traditional colonial Georgian mansion.
• It is low and modernistic, designed to blend in with the scenery.
• It is a replica of a Spanish hacienda, with a central garden and fountains.
• It is palatial, although in a state of disrepair.

How does Nick know Daisy and Tom?

• Nick and Tom served in the war together. He met Daisy at their wedding.
• Nick and Daisy went to school together. Daisy was dating Tom.
• He met them through a friend of his parents in Chicago.
• Daisy and Nick are cousins. Nick and Tom knew each other from school.

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

• He is short and fat and jolly.
• He has an athletic build and an arrogant attitude. He is an old-money snob.
• He is tall and slender. He is a grumpy middle-aged man.
• He has a medium build and is balding. He is easy-going and pleasant.

What kind of person is Daisy?

• Daisy is unstable and very superficial.

• Daisy is an intellectual.

• Daisy is a down-to-earth, sweet, naive young woman.

• Daisy is just plain mean.

What did Miss Baker tell Nick about Tom?

• Tom is terminally ill.
• Tom is in trouble with the police.
• Tom is connected with criminals.
• Tom is having an affair.

When asked about her daughter, what does Daisy say?

• "She acts just like her father!"
• "I hope she's a beautiful little fool."
• "I suppose she talks--and eats, and everything."
• "I wish I had never had her."

How is Gatsby introduced into the novel?

• He is mentioned in a conversation between Nick and Jordan. Later Nick sees him on the lawn in the moonlight.

• Nick meets him at a party.

• Everyone talks about him at the party, but no one sees him. Later Nick sees himwith Daisy.

• Jordan tells Daisy about Tom's affair, and Daisy meets Gatsby to begin an affairof her own to get even with Tom.