Gatsby Chs. 1-3 Review

What is the "valley of ashes"?

• An area in East Egg where a fire had been many years ago

• A barren area separating East Egg from West Egg

• An industrial zone

  
  

• An imaginary place used as a metaphor for Gatsby's loneliness

What are the "eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg?

• Seeing eye dogs that the doctor trains for the Association for 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

  
  

Who did Tom take Nick to meet?

• His mistress

  
  

• Dr. T.J. Eckleburg

  
  

•  His parents

  
  

• Gatsby

  
  

Identify Myrtle and George Wilson.

•  Myrtle is Tom's cousin. George is her son.

  
  

•  George is Tom's business partner. Myrtle is his wife.

• Myrtle is Tom's mistress. George is her husband.

• They are the caretakers on Tom's estate.

  
  

What did Mrs. Wilson buy while she was out with Tom and Nick?

• Sandwiches for lunch

  
  

• A dog

  
  

• A new dress

• Cuff links for Tom

  
  

Where did they go? What was at 158th Street?

• Tom's favorite restaurant

  
  

•  Nick's office

  
  

• The dealer where Tom bought his last car

  
  

• The apartment where Tom met his mistress

  
  

 Identify Catherine and Mr. & Mrs. McKee.

• Catherine is Nick's secretary. Mrs. McKee is her sister, and Mr. McKee is her

  brother-in-law.

  
  

• Catherine is Myrtle's sister. The McKees live downstairs at the apartment complex.

  
  

• Catherine is Tom's cousin. The McKees are the apartment managers.

  
  

• Catherine is Mrs. McKee's best friend. The McKees are old neighbors of Myrtle's.

  
  

What does Catherine tell Nick about Gatsby?

•  Gatsby is the son of a Texas oil tycoon.

• Gatsby has recently been released from a mental hospital.

  
  

•  Gatsby donated a half-million dollars to an orphanage in his home town.

  
  

• Gatsby is the nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm.

What reason did Myrtle give for marrying George Wilson?

• She had to do something to get away from her abusive parents.

  
  

• She did it to spite George's former girlfriend.

• She thought he was a gentleman; later she found out differently.

  
  

• She didn't think she would ever find a husband, and she was grateful to him for

  asking her.

  
  

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 more times.

  
  

• He ignored her and went on with his conversation with Nick.