The Great Gatsby Chapter 8 Reading Check

What is Nick's advice to Gatsby?

• Gatsby should leave town for a bit

• Gatsby should confront Daisy and ask her if she'll actually leave Tom

• Gatsby should turn himself into the police

• Gatsby should stop covering for Daisy and let her take the blame

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What is Gatsby doing when he is murdered?

• Standing on his dock, looking at the green light

• Swimming in his pool, waiting on a phone call from Daisy

• Sleeping in his bed, trying to forget the night before

• Speaking to Nick on the phone

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According to Nick's description of Tom and Daisy's history, why did Daisy marry Tom?

• She realized she was pregnant with their daughter and felt trapped

• She assumed Gatsby was killed in the war so she married Tom to forget her grief

• She became paranoid that Gatsby was cheating on her while at Oxford

• She grew restless waiting for Gatsby and wanted change in her life

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What does Gatsby claim he hasn't done all summer?

• Swam in his pool

• Thrown a party

• Gone on vacation

• Done laundry

What compliment does Nick give Gatsby?

• "You really are the great Gatsby!"

• "You dream without limits, and for that I admire you"

• "They're a rotten crowd. You're worth the whole bunch put together"

• "You are the most genuine man I've ever had the pleasure of meeting"

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What happens when Jordan calls Nick at work?

• Nick apologizes for being rude to her the previous night and asks her on a date

• Jordan tells Nick she is seeing another man

• They awkwardly talk and then hang up on each other

• Jordan gossips about the accident and speculates on what Tom and Daisy will do

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In Chapter 8, Wilson's references to the billboard of Doctor T.J. Eckleberg imply that the doctor's eyes are the eyes of whom?

• Satan

• Ghost

• Gatsby

• God

Who discovers the bodies of Gatsby and Wilson?

• Daisy and Tom

• Nick and Gatsby's servants

• Jordan

• Meyer Wolfshiem

Why does Nick purposefully miss his train and not want to go into work?

• He knows that Gatsby will die if he leaves him

• He is too tired from staying up all night

• He just has a generally bad feeling about leaving Gatsby, but can't pinpoint it

• He is not feeling well

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What does Nick find especially tragic about Gatsby's death?

• Gatsby likely knew that his dream would never come true, and must have found the world frightening and sad right before he was shot

• The butler informs Nick that Daisy did call, but Gatsby didn't reach the telephone in time

• Gatsby died looking at the green light in the distance -- so close, yet still out of reach

• Nick thinks it was cowardly of Wilson to shoot Gatsby from behind and then shoot himself