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WorksheetsThe Great Gatsby- Chps. 1-3 Vocab
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
When Nick says he has "feigned sleep" (1) he means...
He's lost sleep over people confiding him.
He's had nightmares over people's confessions.
He isn't affected by their confessions.
He pretends to be asleep when people confess to him.
Nick describes Tom as a man "with a rather hard mouth and supercilious manner" (7). A synonym to describe Tom would be...
humble
silly
arrogant
sturdy
Daisy's manner when Nick walked in was described as conscientious (8) because she wanted to
appear distraught.
appear nonchalant.
be doing what was expected of her.
appear over dramatic.
Gatsby gave Nick the intimation he wanted to be alone (20). Which word could you use in place of intimation?
signal
code word
disguise
wink
Nick describes a building in the Valley of Ashes as contiguous to absolutely nothing (24). The building can be compared to which of the states in the US?
Hawaii
Alabama
Florida
California
Tom looked at Jordan incredulously when she declined a drink (10). The root word lends itself to someone's
personality.
emotional ability.
physical ability.
credibility.
One can infer that the puppies in the basket that cowered (27) were ...
yawning.
afraid.
playing hide and seek.
yapping.
Nick tells the reader that the dog biscuit "composed apathetically in the saucer of milk all afternoon" (29) to draw attention to
the bowl of milk.
the dog drinking milk.
the neglect of the dog the rest of the afternoon.
the neglect of the milk by the dog.
Nick described Mr. McKee's wife's as "shrill, languid, handsome, and horrible" (30). Which of the following could be used in place of languid?
carefree
obnoxious
arrogant
intelligent
Tom broke Myrtle's nose with a "short deft movement" (37). This shows Tom's
precision.
clumsiness.
loss of hearing.
wimpy hit.
"floating rounds of cocktails permeate the garden outside" (40)
The prefix of the word permeate insinuates that the drinks were
sparse.
scattered throughout
stout
on the ground
Nick overhears "casual innuendo" within conversations. The word innuendo means
cross conversation
metaphor for dancing
allusive remark, often in a suggestive tone
intentions
Nick prematurely thought Gatsby would be a "corpulent" (48) man, but instead found that he was rather
young
thin
angry
old
Nick says that in "my provincial inexperience I believed they didn't- drift coolly out of nowhere and buy a place on Long Island Sound" (49). Does Nick have extensive knowledge of this topic?
yes
no
Nick "denied so vehemently any knowledge of his movements" (42). A synonym to replace vehemently is
quietly
insistently
sarcastically
disbelievingly
