Introduction to The Great Gatsby

What is the setting of the novel?

• Chicago
• New York
• Louisville
• San Franciso

Who is the narrator of The Great Gatsby?

• Nick
• Jordan
• Tom
• Jay Gatsby

Describe the narrator's house.

• It is one of the largest on the island, made of brick and surrounded by gardens.
• It is a renovated carriage house on the grounds of one of the mansions.
• It is a weatherbeaten bungalow squeezed between the mansions.
• It is roomy, but not too large for one person, with a gazebo and a boathouse.

Describe the Buchanan's house.

• It is a formal and traditional colonial Georgian mansion.
• It is low and modernistic, designed to blend in with the scenery.
• It is a replica of a Spanish hacienda, with a central garden and fountains.
• It is palatial, although in a state of disrepair.

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.

What advice does Nick's father give him at the beginning of Chapter 1?

• Remember that he's had more advantages in life than others.
•  Tolerance has its limit.
• Get out of the Midwest and get a job.
• Judge those that are less fortunate than you.  

Describe Tom. What is our impression of him in Chapter 1?

• He is short and fat and jolly.
• He has an athletic build and an arrogant attitude. He is an old-money snob.
• He is tall and slender. He is a grumpy middle-aged man.
• He has a medium build and is balding. He is easy-going and pleasant.

What did Miss Baker tell Nick about Tom?

• Tom is terminally ill.
• Tom is in trouble with the police.
• Tom is connected with criminals.
• Tom is having an affair.

How is Gatsby introduced into the novel?

• He is mentioned in a conversation between Nick and Jordan. Later Nick sees himon the lawn in the moonlight.
• Nick meets him at a party.
• Everyone talks about him at the party, but no one sees him. Later Nick sees himwith Daisy.
• Jordan tells Daisy about Tom's affair, and Daisy meets Gatsby to begin an affairof her own to get even with Tom.
  

Gatsby--the character the book is named for--is not "shown" to us until the last page of chapter one.  Why does Fitzgerald wait this long?

• The book is not really about Gatsby.
• To create a surprise when we realize that he is a vampire. 
• To show us that Nick is a stalker. 
• To create suspense.