Gatsby Test - Chapters 1-9 Questions & Correct Answers || Expert Verified || Ace The Test
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Great Gatsby
In Chapter 1, the reader meets the narrator, Nick Carraway. These first four paragraphs serve as a prologue that introduces the rest of the story. What information does Nick give about himself in this prologue? - Correct Answer What his father told him about criticizing other people. He is not jud...
Gatsby Test - Chapters 1-9 Questions & Correct
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In Chapter 1, the reader meets the narrator, Nick Carraway. These first four paragraphs serve as a
prologue that introduces the rest of the story. What information does Nick give about himself in this
prologue? - Correct Answer What his father told him about criticizing other people. He is not judgmental
at all, and people feel they can come to him with their problems because of it.
What does Nick say is "gorgeous" about Gatsby? - Correct Answer He has some heightened sensitivity to
the promises of life, an extra ordinary gift for HOPE.
Nick also explains his disillusionment with mankind. What about Gatsby causes this disillusionment? -
Correct Answer Gatsby doesn't cause this, the East Egg Dwellers caused Nick's disillusionment with
mankind.
What is Nick's socio-economic background? - Correct Answer He is from a well-to-do family in the
midwest. They are in the wholesale hardware business. (Upper-middle)
When Nick returns from the war, why does he decide to go East? - Correct Answer He felt like the
Middle-West seemed like the "ragged edge of the universe", and he wanted to get into the bond
business out East.
The action in this story takes place over the course of one summer. What occurs in this chapter that
makes Nick feel that his life is beginning over again? - Correct Answer Someone asks Nick how to get to
West Egg, and he felt like an original settler.
How is West Egg different from East Egg? - Correct Answer West Egg was the less fashionable, and the
people who lived there had new money and tended to flaunt their wealth a little more. East Egg was old
money, with houses that were more conservative but certainly not less expensive.
Before meeting him, what does Nick tell us about Tom Buchanan? - Correct Answer He was a very
successful athlete. He appeared arrogant and aggressive and he was extremely wealthy.
, Find the words Nick uses to describe Daisy's voice, which is one of her most noticeable features. -
Correct Answer "I've heard it said that Daisy's murmur was only to make people lean towards her, an
irrelevant criticism that made it no less charming." "It was the kind of voice that the ear follows up and
down, as if each speech is an argument of notes that will never be played again."
Daisy says, "Tom's getting very profound." what do you think her tone might have been? - Correct
Answer She is using a slightly sarcastic and mocking tone.
At this point, why does Nick observe, "There was something pathetic in his [Tom's] concentration..."? -
Correct Answer Nick was rather disgusted at how he described the need for white people or "the
dominant race" to watch out for the other races trying to take over.
When the telephone rings a second time, why does Nick say, "No one was able utterly to put this fifth
guest's shrill metallic urgency out of mind"? What literary device is employed in the phrase "fifth guest's
shrill metallic urgency"? - Correct Answer There was a lot of tension at the dinner table, because Tom's
mistress was calling during dinner time. The literary device is...
Why is Nick's instinct to telephone immediately for the police? - Correct Answer Nick is startled by these
people and their values, like their willingness to talk about infidelity. The tension around the table
appears to stress Nick out.
We found out that Tom has a woman in New York. What unflattering feature of Jordan Baker's
personality revealed? - Correct Answer Jordan Baker's unflattering trait is she's dishonest and gossips.
What three sentences indicate that Nick thinks Daisy's cynical outburst is fake? - Correct Answer The
three sentences indicate that Nick thinks Daisy's cynical outburst is fake is, "The instant her voice broke
off ceasing to compel my attention, my belief, I felt the basic insincerity of what she has said. It made me
uneasy, as Go the whole evening had been a trick of some sort to exact a contributory in motion from
me. I waited, and sure enough, in a moment she looked at me with an absolute smirk in her lovely face,
as if she had asserted her membership in a rather distinguished secret society to which she and Tom
belonged."
What is the reader left to think about Daisy's emotional state and her relationship with Tom? - Correct
Answer The reader is left to feel like daisy is emotionally unstable and has a weak relationship with Tom.
She acts nervous but pretends nothing is wrong.
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