Great Gatsby Chap 5 and 6

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

• The mantlepiece clock
• Nick's china tea cup
• The arm of the chair
• An ornament on the mantlepiece

Why is Gatsby nervous when he meets Nick outside his house?

• He is eager for Nick to arrange a meeting with Daisy and anxious to know if he will do it.

• He is waiting for a “shipment” and wants to talk to Nick about a possible job offer.

• He is worried that he has offended Nick by encroaching on Nick's date with Jordan.

• He has just killed someone and needs Nick's help to bury the body.

Gatsby comes to Nick's house before Daisy shows up.  How is he behaving?

• Cocky and confident
• Nervous and jumpy
• Indifferent
• Joyful and upbeat

What does Nick do in an attempt to give Daisy and Gatsby some privacy?

• He goes into town.

• He goes outside to sit and think.

• He reads in his bedroom.

• He makes a few business calls in the study.

Tom Buchanan was perturbed by Daisy attending Gatsby's parties.

The word perturbed in the above sentence means:

• Suspicious

• Sad

• Annoyed

• Accepting

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When Nick brings Daisy to the front door, where has Gatsby gone?

• He has run away back to his house out of embarrassment

• He left Nick's home and re-appeared at the door

• He's in the kitchen preparing tea

• He's hiding in the hallway out of embarrassment

What is the true reason Gatsby changes his name?

• He absolutely hates his given name.

• He wishes to reinvent himself and not follow his parent's path.

• He wanted to show everyone that he was independent.

• All of the above.

Where was Gatsby born?

• A New York slum

• A farm in North Dakota

• San Francisco

• His birthplace is never revealed

Tom adamantly wants to learn "the truth" about Gatsby. What is it he wants to know?

• how Gatsby knows his wife

• what kind of friendship he has with Nick

• how he earns his money

• how he knows Myrtle Wilson

What epithet does Gatsby condescendingly add to Tom's name every time he introduces him at his party?

• "the polo player"

• "the rich man across the bay"

• "Daisy's husband"

• "the former football player"