Gatsby Passages

What kind of person is Daisy?

• Daisy is flighty and very superficial.

• Daisy is an intellectual.

• Daisy is a down-to-earth, sweet, naive young woman.

• Daisy is just plain mean.

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.

When asked about her daughter, what does Daisy say?

• "She acts just like her father!"

• "I hope she's a beautiful little fool."

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

• "I wish I had never had her."

What is the “valley of ashes”?

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

• A barren, lower-middle class 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 fro the Association of 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 overlooking the valley of ashes

Who are Myrtle and George Wilson?

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

• George is Tom’s business partner.  Myrtle is George’s wife. 

• Myrtle is Tom’s mistress.  George is Myrtle’s husband. 

• They are the caretakers of Tom’s estate. 

Identify Catherine and Mr. and 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 in 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 Mr. McKee tell Nick about Gatsby?

• Gatsby is the son of a Texas oil tycoon

• Gatsby has recently been released from a mental hospital

• Gatsby donated half a million dollars to an orphanage in his hometown

•  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

How does the narrator describe Gatsby?

• Gatsby was brilliant, although somewhat 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 about most topics.