Great Gatsby 1-6 Quote Matching

Who said: “You did it, Tom,” she said accusingly.  “I know you didn’t mean to but you did do it. That’s what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great big hulking physical specimen of a—“

• Myrtle

• Nick

• Daisy

• Jordan

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

At the end of ch. 1, Nick narrates: “I couldn’t guess what Daisy and Tom were thinking but I doubt if even Miss Baker who seemed to have mastered a certain hardy skepticism was able utterly to put this fifth guest’s shrill metallic urgency out of mind”. Who is the fifth guest?

• Jordan

• Myrtle

• Daisy

• Gatsby

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In ch. 3 during the first Gatsby party Nick ever attends, he meets a man who says:  “The books? ` He nodded. “Absolutely real—have pages and everything.  I thought they’d be a nice durable cardboard.  Matter of fact they’re absolutely real.” Who is this man?

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Which character is Nick telling the reader about in this quote: “At her first big golf tournament there was a row that nearly reached the newspapers – a suggestion that she had moved her ball from a bad lie in the semi-final round.  The thing approached the proportions of a scandal—then died away.  A caddy retracted his statement and the only other witness admitted that he might have been mistaken.”

• Myrtle

• Tom

• Jordan

• George Wilson

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

Who believes "I am one of the most honest people that I have ever known."?

• Gatsby

• Nick

• Tom

• George Wilson

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who is Nick talking about in this quote: “…she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can…there was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smoldering” (Ch 2).

• Myrtle

• Daisy

• Jordan

• Gatsby

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Who is Nick describing in this quote? “Her face was sad and lovely with bright things in it, bright eyes and a bright passionate mouth – but there was an excitement in her voice that men who had cared for her found difficult to forget…”

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who says the following quote in a taunting way?  “Daisy! Daisy! Daisy! . . . I’ll say it whenever I want to!” (Ch 2)

• Daisy

• Jordan

• Tom

• Myrtle

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Who SAYS this quote? “Whenever he sees I’m having a good time he wants to go home.” Then, who is "he"?

• Myrtle - Tom

• Daisy -Tom

• Jordan - Tom

• Nick - Tom

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CCSS.RL.8.3

Who is Catherine (Myrtle's sister) talking about in this quote? “It's really his wife that's keeping them apart. She's a Catholic and they don't believe in divorce."

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3