Ap Lit The Great Gatsby chapters 5-6

What TWO things does Gatsby send to Nick's house before the tea date?

• Champagne

• An orchestra

• Someone to cut his grass

• Cupcakes

• Flowers

Who wrote The Great Gatsby

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Dr. Suess

• Ernest Hemingway

• Ray Bradbury

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Where do Tom and Daisy live?

• West Egg
• East Egg
• North Egg

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In various situations in the story, Gatsby continues getting phone calls and making phone calls.  What literary technique could Fitzgerald be employing? 

• symbolism
• flashback
• foreshadowing
• alliteration

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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.

" 'Can't repeat the past?' " he cried incredulously. " 'Why of course you can!' " (Fitzgerald 116).  Why does Gatsby say this?

• He wants to be with Daisy like they were 5 years ago.
• He wants to go back to when his best friend, Dan, was alive.
• He wants to go back and finish college.
• He wants to go back to his real identity.

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Who is the narrator of The Great Gatsby?

• Nick
• Jordan
• Tom
• Jay Gatsby

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When Daisy shows up to Nick's house, Gatsby could be described as...

• Confident

• Aloof

• Nervous

• Apathetic

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What did Tom do to Myrtle when she mentioned Daisy’s name?

• He hit her and broke her nose
• He laughed and called her a jealous fool
• He taunted her and repeated Daisy’s name several times more
• He ignored her and went on with his conversation with Nick

Nick says, "Perhaps his presence gave the evening its peculiar quality of oppressiveness - it stands out in my memory from Gatsby's other parties that summer" (Fitzgerald 110).  What is he talking about?

• Tom had come with Daisy to Gatsby's house one evening.
• Myrtle's husband, George, is at the same party as Tom.
• Dan Cody showed up out of the blue.
• A newspaper reporter came to a party and was asking a bunch of questions to the guests.

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