The Great Gatsby Chapter 3

How often does Gatsby hold parties at his mansion?

Every weekend

How did Nick describe the men and women going through Gatsby’s garden?

moths among the whispering and the champagne and the stars

What did some of the guests do at Gatsby’s mansion?

diving from the tower of his raft, sunbathing on the sand of his beach, and motor-boating

What did Gatsby do with his cars on the weekends

Rolls-Royce acted like a bus, taking people to and from the city from early morning until well after midnight. Meanwhile, his station wagon zipped around like a fast little yellow bug, picking up people from the train station.

What did Gatsby do on Mondays

eight servants—including an extra gardener—spent the whole day cleaning and fixing everything, trying to undo the mess from the night before

What happened every Fridays at Gatsby’s?

five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York

What happened every Monday at Gatsby’s?

oranges and lemons le t his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves

What could Gatsby’s machine do to the oranges?

extract the juice of two hundred oranges in half an hour

What happened every 2 weeks at Gatsby’s?

caterers would arrive with hundreds of feet of canvas and lights that Gatsby’s garden would look like a Christmas tree

What did Gatsby have on his buffet tables

spiced baked hams, patterned salads, pastry shaped like pigs, and turkeys cooked to a rich, golden brown.

By seven o’clock, the orchestra had arrived with which instruments

oboes, trombones, saxophones, violins, cornets, piccolos, and all kinds of drums.

What type of genre did the orchestra play

yellow cocktail music

what did the gypsy dressed in a shimmering opal-colored outfit do

grabs a cocktail out of the air, downs it for courage, and starts dancing alone on the platform (indicated the start of the party)

What did the people at the party call the gypsy dancer

Gilda Gray’s understudy from the Follies

Who did Nick receive an invitation from?

Gatsby's chauffer in a uniform of robin’s egg blue

What separated Nick from the other party guests?

Nick was actually invited. Everyone else came uninvited.

How did people react when Nick asked them where Gatsby was?

They stared at him in "such an amazed way."

What did the two girls in the yellow dresses first say to Jordan Baker?

They were sorry she didn't win the golf tournament.

Where did one of the girls in the yellow dress first meet Jordan Baker?

She met her last time she went to one of Gatsby's parties.

What are some rumors about Gatsby?

-He killed a man (first girl in yellow dress)

-He was a German spy during the war (Lucille)

-He was in the American army during the war (first girl)

-He was an Oxford man (Jordan)

Jordan’s group consisted of who

three married couples and Jordan’s date, a pushy college student who kept making suggestive comments

How did Jordan’s group act?

hey were the respectable, upper-class representatives of the area—people from East Egg looking down on the more wild and flashy crowd from West Egg.

Where did Jordan and Gatsby look for Gatsby

crowded bar, top of the stair steps, and out on the veranda

Who was sitting on the edge of a table in the gothic library

A stout, middle-aged man with enormous owl-eyed spec-tacles

What did Owl Eyes say about Gatsby's books?

They were real books.

Who brought the Owl Eyes to Gatsby’s party

a woman named Claud Roosevelt

What did the famous tenor sang?

a well-known contralto sang jazz in Italian

What did the two girls in yellow perform?

a baby-themed act in costume

How many finger bowls of champagne did Nick have

2

How did the man (Gatsby) remember Nick?

Nick was in the Third Division of the war (9th Machine-Gun Battalion)

What infantry was Gatsby in and for how long?

Seventh Infantry until June 1918

What did Gatsby invite Nick to do?

go for a ride in his hydroplane near the shore along the Sound

What did Gatsby's smile show?

He understood just as much as one wanted to be understood.

When Gatsby identified himself carefully, who was calling him

Chicago

Does Jordan like large parties or small parties? Why?

large parties so she can have privacy.

What was Mr. Vladimir Tostoff’s latest work that was played at Gatsby’s party?

Vladimir Tostoff’s Jazz History of the World.

What was the results of the Vladimir Tostoff’s Jazz song

girls were resting their heads on men’s shoulders in a sweet, friendly way, playfully leaning back into their arms

Why didn’t Nick understand what Mr. Tostoff was playing?

he was focused on Gatsby standing alone on the marble steps

What did Nick notice about Jordan

She moved with a lively, confident step, like someone who learned to walk on fresh, clean golf courses early in the morning.

When one of the girls in yellow were playing the piano, what did the tall red haired woman do

drunkingly singing and crying

What were women doing from being drunk?

They were fighting with men said to be their husbands.

What did Jordan say after she spoke to Gatsby?

She told Nick she just "heard the most amazing thing."

What was the next perosn that needed Gatsby on the phone

Philadelphia

What happened to Owl Eyes' car?

Someone else drove it into a ditch.

What did Nick mostly do on a daily basis?

He worked

Why did Nick stop having affairs with that girl in Jersey City?

The girl's brother kept giving him dirty looks

How did Nick break up with the Jersey girl?

when she went on vacation in July, he let it quietly end.

What did Nick do on a daily basis

had dinner at the Yale Club, studied investments and stocks in the library, and the, walk down Madison Avenue past the old Murray Hill Hotel, then over Thirty-third Street to Pennsylvania Station.

What would Nick sometimes do in his head about the woman he saw in crowds?

follow them tot heir apartments

When Nick was people watching, what would he do?

Imagine that he was part of their happiness and excitement

What happened when Nick and Jordan were on a house party together up in Warwick?

"She left a borrowed car out in the rain with the top down, and then lied about it."

Why did Jordan lie?

She couldn’t stand being at a disadvantage, and anted to keep up her cool, confident appearance while still getting what she wanted

How did Nick feel about Jordan’s lying?

It didn’t really bother him. He felt sorry and forgot about it

Why did Jordan tend to stay away form sharp, clever men?

she felt more comfortable in a world where no one would ever dare to break the rules

How else was Jordan "incurably dishonest?"

She cheated in a golf tournament.

Why does Jordan like Nick?

She thinks Nick is careless.

What is Nick's cardinal virtue?

"I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known."

What stopped Nick from acting on impulse?

he’s a slow thinker with a lot of internal rules

What did Nick thinl about the girl he wrote to back home?

a little sweat would show on her upper lip when she played tennis

How does Nick feel about Jordan despite her dishonesty?

He feels attracted to her

What did Nick initially imagine Gatsby to look like?

Rosy, husky, middle-aged

Why does Nick begin to see Jordan Baker regularly?

He was curious about her.

What did Gatsby and Nick plan to do the next day?

They planned to go up in the hydroplane at 9:00.