The Great Gatsby--REVIEW-- (Entire book) Questions and Answers
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The Great Gatsby--REVIEW-- (Entire book)
Describe Tom Buchanan - Answer- Married to Daisy. Large, athletic body; very wealthy; racist; bully; unfaithful
Describe Nick Carraway - Answer- Narrator; sees himself as non-judgmental; Gatsby's neighbor; dates Jordan Baker
Describe Daisy Buchanan ...
The Great Gatsby--REVIEW-- (Entire
book)
Describe Tom Buchanan - Answer- Married to Daisy. Large, athletic body; very
wealthy; racist; bully; unfaithful
Describe Nick Carraway - Answer- Narrator; sees himself as non-judgmental;
Gatsby's neighbor; dates Jordan Baker
Describe Myrtle Wilson - Answer- Tom's mistress; unhappy; poor; married to George
Wilson
Describe Jay Gatsby - Answer- Rich; Possibly shady; throws huge parties; in love
with Daisy
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"They're a rotten crowd. You're worth the whole damn bunch put together." - Answer-
Nick
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"...I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known." - Answer- Nick
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"I didn't want you to think I was just some nobody. You see, I usually find myself
among strangers
because I drift here and there trying to forget the sad thing that happened to me." -
Answer- Gatsby
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"Oh, you want too much! I love you now- isn't that enough?" - Answer- Daisy
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these
days to suit me." - Answer- Tom
Identify the speaker of this quote:
"He was crazy enough to kill me if I hadn't told him who owned the car." - Answer-
Tom
, Identify the speaker of this quote:
"Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!" - Answer- Gatsby
What is Gatsby's real name? - Answer- James Gatz
What did both Gatsby and Carraway participate in? - Answer- The Great War
What is "West Egg"? - Answer- The more fashionable (and tacky) of the two eggs
Why does Gatsby buy his mansion on the West Egg? - Answer- To be near Daisy
Which character invents a false, romantic story about his background? - Answer-
Gatsby
What kind of evidence does Gatsby show Nick? - Answer- A medal from the war;
picture of himself at Oxford
Which character shoots Gatsby? - Answer- George Wilson
Who takes the blame for driving the car in the hit-and-run accident? - Answer-
Gatsby
Who attends Gatsby's funeral? - Answer- Nick and Gatsby's dad
What is Gatsby's business? - Answer- Bootlegging
What college Nick Carraway attend? - Answer- Yale
Does Gatsby want Daisy to admit her part in Myrtle's death? - Answer- No
Nick arranges a meeting with which 2 characters? - Answer- Daisy & Gatsby
Who is driving the car when Myrtle is hit? - Answer- Daisy
What details does Catherine give at the inquest? - Answer- She claims that Myrtle
loved Wilson and never got into any trouble or extramarital affairs
Describe the guests at Gatsby's parties - Answer- They often don't know Gatsby and
they are uninvited. Gatsby spends lots of $$ to entertain his guests
Why does Gatsby love Daisy? - Answer- He has preserved a memory of her from
when they were young and in love
What kind of woman is Myrtle Wilson? - Answer- Poor, simple, desperate to belong
to a different class; selfish
What is the time period of the story? - Answer- The "Roaring Twenties"
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