AcDec The Great Gatsby Study Guide

Nick Carraway says that after the Great War:

the place where he grew up seemed provincial

When Daisy first visits Gatsby’s house after meeting him again, her attitude is

loving

It is ironic that Nick prides himself on his honesty, when he

all are true

Waiting to meet Daisy again after many years, Gatsby is MOST clearly

nervous

Which is NOT an important theme of The Great Gatsby?

humans’ relationship to the natural world

The first instance of violence in the book is when

Tom hits Myrtle

One character is described as follows: “His tanned skin was drawn attractively tight on his face and his short hair looked as though it were trimmed every day. I could see nothing sinister about him.” This is a description of

Gatsby

Nick Carraway says that this person is “one of the few honest people I have ever known.” He is talking about

himself

In the opening of the book, Nick remembers his father saying that Nick has

advantages

The word that BEST expresses Gatsby’s relationship to the general public is that Gatsby is

notorious

Catherine says, “I’m scared of him. I’d hate to have him get anything on me.” Who is she referring to?

Gatsby

What detail makes it clear that Gatsby has not read his volume of the “Stoddard Lectures”?

The pages are uncut and pristine

In Gatsby’s photo of Dan Cody, Cody is wearing the clothes suitable for

a wealthy yachtsman

Who declares that she married her mistake?

Myrtle Wilson

After Nick’s first party at Gatsby’s, he encounters an incident that foreshadows an important event later in the book. What does Nick encounter after the party?

a car accident

Nick begins to distrust Jordan Baker when he remembers something he has heard about her dishonesty:

She cheated in a golf tournament

Which of the major woman characters in the novel has a profession?

Jordan Baker

George Wilson had some “missing hours” before he ended by at Gatsby’s house. Nick guesses right about what he did in those hours. What did Wilson do?

He attended a meeting with Tom because he heard it was Gatsby’s car that hit Myrtle

Who suggests that Daisy and Gatsby should go home from New York in Gatsby’s car?

Tom

Which character wears a pink suit?

Gatsby

When Nick Carraway first visits Tom and Daisy, he sees _ lying on a sofa and refusing cocktails.

Jordan Baker

Klipspringer sings relevant lyrics while playing the ____.

piano

Nick observes that Gatsby believed in the “future that year by year recedes before us,” symbolized by the ________ that he looked at with yearning.

green light at the end of Daisy’s dock

Myrtle says that she was startled to find out, just after getting married, that George had borrowed .

his (wedding) suit

Tom says, “That fellow had it coming to him,” referring to ____.

Gatsby

The minor character Biloxi has an important characteristic in common with Gatsby:

they are both imposters

The character described as “quick and extravagantly ambitious” is

Gatsby

The character who “saw himself standing alone on the last barrier of civilization” is

Tom

At first Michaelis, unsure of the color of the “death car,” tells police that it was ___.

green

The character who is described with the phrase “Her voice is full of money” is

Daisy Buchanan

Daisy insists that her daughter looks like her, not like Tom.

True

One ethos shared by most of the main characters is self-denial.

False

Before they came to their current house, Tom and Daisy had spent time in France.

True

Nick sees George Wilson heading toward Gatsby’s house with his gun.

False

When Myrtle goes to meet Tom in New York, she tells her husband she’s going to visit her sister.

True

Gatsby is rich because he inherited millions of dollars from Dan Cody.

False

Gatsby helped conceal or deal with shady things Dan Cody was doing.

True

Meyer Wolfshiem finally shows up at Gatsby’s funeral.

False

Gatsby had asked to be buried in San Francisco.

False

Gatsby’s father concludes that Gatsby’s murderer must have killed him because he (the murderer) was insane.

True

In the opening of the novel, Nick Carraway states that he

generally reserves judgment

Nick Carraway relates that upon moving into his house, he bought and intended to read a dozen books on

finance

Gatsby’s mansion is

an imitation of a French mansion

Daisy and Tom tell Nick that they have heard a rumor that he

was engaged to a girl in the West

One hobby of Tom Buchanan is

playing polo

How did Nick Carraway first become acquainted with Tom Buchanan?

They knew each other at Yale

When Nick first has dinner at Tom and Daisy’s house, someone phones Tom in the middle of dinner. According to Jordan Baker, who is phoning Tom?

His mistress from New York

Which character says, “I’ve had a very bad time, Nick, and I’m cynical about everything”?

Daisy Buchanan

When Nick spots Gatsby behind his house looking with yearning at something, what is Gatsby looking at?

A green light at the end of Daisy’s dock

Daisy shows everyone her knuckle, which has become black and blue. How does she say that happened?

Tom did it accidentally during dinner

Tom and Daisy Buchanan live in the village of

East Egg

The person at Gatsby’s house who thinks they are all superior because they are “Nordics” is

Tom Buchanan

When Nick first visits Tom and Daisy, he meets ____________________ for the first time.

Jordan Baker

Nick Carraway first hears of Gatsby when _____________________ mentions him.

Jordan Baker

Right after the phone call at dinner, __________________ remarks that there is a “romantic” nightingale on the lawn.

Daisy

The book begins with Nick Carraway recalling advice from his father.

True

Nick Carraway and Daisy Buchanan are cousins.

True

Though Tom and Daisy live in a big house, they have no servants.

False

At the opening of the book, Nick Carraway has to get rides from other people because he has no car.

False

Nick Carraway’s family business is hardware.

True

Myrtle Wilson married George because she thought he was something that later turned out not to be true

high-class

Myrtle tells the story of how she met Tom, and when he invited her to go with him, she thought

“You can’t live forever, you can’t live forever.”

The furniture in the apartment where Tom takes Nick and Myrtle is upholstered with

scenes of Versailles

In the apartment, Nick picks up a book and tries to read it, but it doesn’t make sense to him. The book is called

“Simon Called Peter”

At the apartment, Myrtle’s demeanor changes into “impressive hauteur.” The BEST definition for hauteur is

arrogance

At the gathering with Tom and Myrtle, Myrtle keeps drunkenly shouting out the name of someone who upsets her. Whose name does she keep shouting out?

Daisy

Which character lives with a friend in a hotel?

Myrtle’s Sister, Catherine

Which person at the apartment party has been to one of Gatsby’s parties?

Catherine

Who is said to be a nephew or cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm?

Gatsby

When McKee says “Beauty and the Beast ... Loneliness ... Old Grocery Horse ... Brook’n Bridge,” he is referring to

his photography subjects

At the gathering Tom brings Nick to, the evening ends with __________ hitting __________.

Tom hitting Myrtle

Chester McKee’s profession or hobby is

photography

On the street, Tom buys a __________ for Myrtle for ten dollars.

dog

Catherine tells Nick, “Neither of them can stand the person they’re married to.” She’s talking about

Tom and Myrtle

_____________________ recently got back from Monte Carlo.

Catherine

Nick first goes to Gatsby’s party

after receiving an invitation delivered by a chauffeur

At Gatsby’s party, Nick hears a rumor that Gatsby

had killed a man

Nick observes that Gatsby’s house resembles a

palace

Nick remarks on something that intrigues him about Jordan Baker

the possibility she cheated in her first tournament

Nick says he likes New York because of the possibility of

adventure

There are rumors that someone was a German spy during the war — who are they about?

Gatsby

Nick describes one partygoer who drifts off into a “deep vinous sleep.” The word “vinous” means

related to wine or drunkenness

Gatsby invites Nick to try out what new machine in the morning?

his hydroplane

Around what age is Gatsby?

30

The man Gatsby takes into the library says, “I’ve just heard the most amazing thing.” Who is this guest?

Jordan Baker

Nick realizes that he has met Gatsby before where?

In France during the war

Gatsby has a habit of calling people “old __________.”

sport

Jordan Baker is a champion in what sport?

golf

In New York, Nick regularly eats dinner at the __________ Club.

Yale Club

At Gatsby’s first party that Nick attends, he meets __________ for a second time.

Jordan Baker

When Myrtle arrives in New York she buys some perfume and a copy of Town Tattle magazine.

True

Myrtle first met Tom Buchanan in line at a bank.

False

Myrtle says that Daisy won’t divorce Tom because Daisy is Catholic.

False

Myrtle has lived over the garage with George for eleven years.

True

Catherine tells Nick that Myrtle has had a long series of lovers.

False

The first time Nick and Gatsby meet, Gatsby asks Nick whether he knows Daisy.

False

Gatsby owns motorboats, aquaplanes, and a Rolls Royce.

True

A man in Gatsby’s library reveals that Gatsby’s books are real but have never been read.

True

Gatsby and Nick start playing tennis together several times each week.

False

Early in the summer, Nick has a short affair with a woman from Jersey City.

True