GG 8 & 9

What time did Gatsby wait until for Daisy?

• all night

• 2 am

• 3 am

• 4 am

Nick tried to hurt Daisy.

• True

• False

Gatsby tells Nick about courting Daisy in Louisville in 1917. Why did he say he loved her? (1 paragraph)

Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy was “the first ‘nice’ girl he had ever known.” What does Gatsby mean when he refers to Daisy as a “nice” girl?

• beautiful

• smart

• open minded

• wealthy

America in the 1920s, which, as Fitzgerald implies throughout the novel’s exploration of wealth, has become

• vulgar and empty

• a powerful dream

• a means to survive

• only achievable through criminal enterprise

The narrative implicitly establishes a connection between the weather and the emotional atmosphere of the story. Explain in one paragraph.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the one thing that Gatsby cannot control? (in a few words).

Nick suggests that all symbols are created by the mind—they do not possess any inherent meaning; rather, people invest them with meaning.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

The rose has been a conventional symbol of beauty throughout centuries of poetry. Nick suggests that roses aren’t inherently beautiful, and that people only view them that way because they choose to do so. Daisy is “grotesque” in the same way. Explain in one paragraph.

It's implied that Daisy felt pressure to marry Tom. List 3 places from which that pressure derives.