The Great Gatsby Ch. 1-3

Where does the party in Chapter 2 take place?

• Gatsby's mansion

• Tom's and Myrtle's apartment

• a Manhattan nightclub

• Nick's cottage

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What mistake does Myrtle discuss at the party?

• Being spotted with Tom in public

• Never accomplishing her dream of becoming an actress

• marrying her husband

• being born into the wrong social class

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What do Tom and Myrtle fight about?

• If Myrtle is lower class or not

• if Myrtle has the right to say Daisy's name

• If Tom will ever leave Daisy for Myrtle

• About Myrtle's unplanned pregancy

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Who does Tom take Nick to meet?

• Myrtle

• Gatsby

• Jordan

• The mayor

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Where does Nick wake up at the end of the Chapter 2?

• Outside in his swing

• in his bathtub

• in a park

• at the train station

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What does Chestter Mckee do for a living?

• He is a professional gambler

• he is in the bond business

• he is a photographer

• he is a bootlegger

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What is the “valley of ashes”?

• An area in East Egg where a fire had been many years ago.
• A barren, lower-middle class area separating East Egg from West Egg.
• An industrial zone
• An imaginary place used as a metaphor for Gatsby’s loneliness

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

• Seeing eye dogs that the doctor trains fro the Association of the Blind
• A group of security guards who monitor the doctor’s home and offices
• A new kind of contact lens that the doctor has just developed
• An illustration on a billboard overlooking the valley of ashes

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Who are Myrtle and George Wilson?

• Myrtle is Tom’s cousin.  George is her son. 
• George is Tom’s business partner.  Myrtle is George’s wife. 
• Myrtle is Tom’s mistress.  George is Myrtle’s husband. 
• They are the caretakers of Tom’s estate. 

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What does Mrs. Wilson get Tom to buy her while she’s out with Tom and Nick?

• sandwiches for lunch
• a dog
• a new dress
• cuff links for Tom

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