TGG DOL #4 Chapter 2

What is the "valley of ashes" and what does it represent?

• It’s a fire pit and it represents Tom’s rage

• It’s a huge dump and it represents the rotting American dream

• cIt’s a valley that’s always really shadowing and it represents Daisy’s fading patience.

What are the “eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg”?

• A billboard

• A pair of glasses found in the road

• A house that looks like a person’s face

• Two blue lights in the distance

Which of the following best explains the following quote from chapter 1?

"And, after boasting this way of my tolerance, I come to the admission that it has a limit."

• Nick is saying that he reserves judgement for absolutely no one and stays true to what his father's advice suggested he do

• Nick is admitting that while others reach a limit with their tolerance for things, he is above that and can still remain neutral and non-judgmental

• Nick admits that he can't actually tolerate much and he's not been very good at taking his father's advice

• Nick is admitting that even though he's bragging about being non-judgmental and tolerant, there is a certain point he reaches in which he can't tolerate

Based on the passage from chapter 2, context clues, and what you know of Tom Buchanan's character, what is the meaning of supercilious as used in the following following quote?

“We’re getting off,” he insisted. “I want you to meet my girl.”

I think he’d tanked up a good deal at luncheon, and his determination to have my company bordered on violence. The supercilious assumption was that on Sunday afternoon I had nothing better to do.

• an attitude of superiority

• an attitude of consideration

• an attitude of generosity

• an attitude of spontaneity

Identify the subject: “He was a blond, spiritless man, anaemic, and faintly handsome.”

• George

• Gatsby

• Tom

• Nick

East Egg is new money.

• True

• False