Gatsby

How does the narrator describe Gatsby?

• Gatsby was brilliant, although smug and self-centered

• Gatsby had an extraordinary gift for hope, and a romantic readiness

• Gatsby was a big, hulking brute of a man

• Gatsby was self-assured and showed boundless enthusiasm for most topics

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From where did the narrator, Nick Carraway, come and why?

• From France to establish a vineyard in New York

• From the South to become an actor on Broadway

• From the Northwest to be a fashion designer

• From the Midwest to study the bond business

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Describe Nick Carraway's living arrangements

• It's one of the largest on the island, made of brick and surrounded by gardens

• It's a newly renovated carriage house on the grounds of one of the mansions

• It's a weather beaten bungalow squeezed between mansions

• It's a roomy, but not too large for one person, with a gazebo and a boathouse

Describe Tom and Daisy Buchanan's house

• It's a formal and traditional colonial Georgian mansion

• It's a low and modernistic home, designed to blend in with the scenery

• It's a replica of a Spanish hacienda, with a central garden and fountains

• It's an enormous mansion, 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

Describe Tom.

• He is short, fat, and jolly

• He has an athletic build and an arrogant attitude.

• He is tall and slender.

• He has a medium build and is balding

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What kind of person is Daisy?

• Flighty and superficial.

• Intellectual

• Down to earth and naive

• Mean and cold-hearted

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What does Jordan Baker reveal to Nick about Tom when he takes a phone call at dinner?

• Tom is terminally ill

• Tom is in trouble with the police

• Tome is connected with criminals

• Tom is having an affair

When asked about her daughter, what does Daisy say?

• "I hope she'll be a fool--that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful, little fool."

• "I wish I had never had her."

• "I suppose she talks--and eats and everything."

• "Isn't' she a little darling?"

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How is Gatsby introduced into the novel at the end of the chapter?

• He is mentioned in a conversation between Nick and Jordan then he is seen later on the lawn in the moonlight

• Nick meets him at one of Gatsby's parties

• Everyone talks about him at the Buchanan's

• Daisy meets Gatsby for a rendezvous to get even with Tom