The Great Gatsby chapters 3-4

Where is Nick invited to?

gatsby's mansion

who does Nick share a drink with at the gatsby mansion?

Jordan Baker

what is the rumor nick finds out about in the gatsby mansion?

that gatsby treats his guests so well, and tries to avoid all kind of trouble, because he killed a man and is on the run from the law

what is another explanation towards why gatsby treats his guests so well?

it's because he was a german spy during World war 1

what does another guest say to counter the claim that gatsby was a spy?

he couldn't have been a german spy because he was in the USA army during the war

what do nick and jordan find instead of gatsby?

a drunken man admiring gatsby's library

where do nick and jordan eventually find themselves at?

a table with a man and a woman

what did nick and the man discover?

they both served in the same military division overseas during the war

who was the man at the table with nick?

Gatsby

how does nick describe Gatsby?

as having a very compelling smile and demeanor: "it faced--or seemed to face--the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor."

what does Nick detect about Gatsby?

he is being very deliberate in his actions, suggesting a mix of sincerity and contrivance

what does nick try to do when a phone call takes Gatsby away?

he tries to pry more information about Gatsby from Jordan, but she also only has rumors and impartial information, including the doubtful fact that he attended college at oxford university

what does nick and jordan not believe?

that gatsby's repeated use of the overly formal phrase "old sport" is inauthentic

why did nick and jordan separate?

when gatsby requests jordan's presence for a private meeting

what does nick do after being separated from jordan?

to finally leave the party at the end of the long night

what does Nick see when he is staying in front of the gatsby mansion?

a drunken car crash and gatsby watching all the partiers leave

what does nick feel after seeing gatsby through a window?

a "sudden emptiness [that] seemd to flow now from the windows and the great doors, endowing with complete isolation the figure of the host"

what feeling keeps reappearing throughout the novel?

the sense of loneliness and isolation

what did Nick also do while at the gatsby party?

kept a lower-profile, but did carry on a short affair with a young woman

was Nick alone for most of the summer? and what does nick frequently imagine himself doing?

nick was infact alone for most of the summer. Nick frequently imagined himself entering the lives of strangers he sees in new york.

what does Nick do after losing Jordan Baker and eventually reconnecting with her?

they begin a semi-romantic relationship: "I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity"

Nick found out that, like daisy, tom, and Gatsby, Jordan constantly does what for others?

Jordan constantly performs for others, concealing her true self through affectations and even frequently outright lying

what does nick declare about himself to be?

"one of the few honest people I have ever known"

what was coming through the neighbors house?

music

what was happening outside of gatsbys mansion?

men and girls came and went like moths through the blue gardens

what did Nick see at high tide in the afternoon?

gatsby's guests diving from the tower of his raft or taking the sun on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the water of the sound

when did Gatsby's Rolls-Royce become an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city?

between 9 am and long past midnight

how did gatsby's station wagon scamper like?

like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains

who would toil all day with mops and scrubbing brushes and hammers and garden shears, repairing the ravages of the night before on monday?

8 servants including an extra gardener

what would happen every friday at the gatsby mansion?

5 crates of oranges and lemons would arrive from a fruiterer in New York--every monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulp-less halves

how much juice could be extracted if the machine took half an hour and also how much buttons would need to be pressed?

in half an hour the machine in Gatsby's mansion could extract juice from 200 oranges in half an hour. It's just you would need to press the button 200 times

what would usually happen once a fortnight?

a corps of caterers would come down with several hundred feet of canvas and enough colored lights to make a chirstmas tree of Gatsby's enormous garden

what could be seen on Gatsby's buffet tables?

garnished horsd'oeuvre, spiced baked hams, salads of harlequin designs, pastry pigs, and turkeys bewitched in dark gold

A bar, with a real brass rail, was set up in the main hall. what was it stocked with?

gins, liquors, and with coridals

When did the orchestra arrive?

by seven o'clock

what instruments were in the orchestra?

oboes, trombones, saxophones, viols, cornets, piccolos, low, and high drums

what did one of the people do?

they seize a cocktail out of the air, dumps it down for courage and then moves her hands like Frisco dances out alone on the canvas

who was the person who spilt the cocktail?

Gilda Gray's understudy from the 'Follies.'

what starts the party at Gatsby's mansion?

when that understudy of Gilda Gray spills the cocktail on the ground and moves her hands like Frisco dances

what did Nick think when going to Gatsby's house for the first time?

he was one of the few guests actually invited

what was some peoples own ticket of admission?

when they would come for the party with a simplicity of heart

A chauffeur in a uniform crossed my lawn early that Saturday morning with a surprisingly formal note from his employer. What color was the Chauffeur's uniform?

robin's egg blue

who signed the formal note sent to Nick?

Jay Gatsby (in a majestic hand)

what did nick where and when did nick go to Gatsby's party?

he dressed up in white flannels and went around little after 7 pm

what did Nick think some people were selling?

Bonds or insurance or automobiles

how many people did nick talk to before heading to the cocktail table?

2 or 3 people, as they didn't know the whereabouts of Gatsby (the host)

why did nick go to the cocktail table?

it was the only place in the garden where a single man could linger without looking purposeless and alone

when did nick meet jordan baker?

when he we to get drunk from the embarrassment. That's when he caught jordan at the marble steps, leaning a little backward and looking with contemptuous interest down into the garden

why did jordan baker hold nicks hand impersonally?

as a promise that she'd take care of him in a minute, and give ear to two girls in twin yellow dresses who were at the foot of the steps

what were the twin talking about when they said "sorry you didn't win" to jordan baker?

it was referring back to the golf tournament in which jordan baker had lost in the finals the week before

what time did one of the girls in yellow say they first met nick?

about a month ago

how does jordan's arm look like?

a slender golden arm resting on nick's arm

who were at the table jordan and nick sat at?

two girls in yellow and three men, each one introduced themselves as Mr.Mumble

how did the girl beside jordan respond after jordan asked her "do you come to these parties often?"

in an alert, confident voice she said "the last one was the one I met you at," then ask if it wasn't for Lucille too.

what did Luccile say?

That they like to go to these parties since they never care what she does. Last time she tore her gown on a chair, then gatsby asked for her name and address. inside of a week she got a new package from Croirier's new evening gown inside it

why did Lucille not wear the new gown?

it was too big in the bust and had to be altered

how much and what did the new gown look like?

it costed 256 dollars, and looked gas blue with lavender beads

what rumor did nick hear about gatsby?

he doesn't want any trouble with anybody

what made the three other people at nicks table thrill?

that they thought gatsby had killed a man once

why couldn't gatsby be a german spy?

it's because he was in the american army during the war

how long did it take for jordan to say to go?

half and hour

after the first supper how many people were at the new table with nick and jordan?

3 married couples and jordan's escort

who was seen in the high gothic library?

A stout, middle-aged man with enormous owl-eyed spectacles was sitting somewhat drunk on the edge of a great table, staring with unsteady concentration at the shelves of books

what did the middle aged dude thought would be a nice durable cardboard?

the books

what book did the middle aged man show jordan?

Volume One of the 'Stoddard Lectures'

how did the middle aged man describe the book as?

a bona fide piece of printed matter

what is the middle age man a regular of?

Belasco

why did the middle aged man put the book back?

he said that if one book was removed then the entire library was liable to collapse

who brought the middle aged dude in the library?

Mrs. Claud Roosevelt, he then asks jordan if he knows her

how long has the middle aged man been drunk for?

about a week, and thought the library would sober him up

how long has the middle aged man been in the library?

for an hour

what were the moment of the burden for the orchestra?

the banjo or the traps

what had begun by midnight?

the hilarity increased and a celebrated tenor had sung in italian, and a notorious contralto had sung in jazz. people were also doing stunts all over the garden

what did the two girls in yellow do?

they did a baby act in costume and chapmagne was served in glasses bigger than finger bowls

what was floating in the sky?

a triangle of silver scales, trembling a little to the stiff, tinny drip of the banjoes on the lawn

who was the people at jordans and nicks table?also how many finger bowls of champagne did nick have?

nick and jordan were sitting at a table with a man about nicks age and a rowdy little girl. So far nick has had 2 finger bowls of champagne

what division was nick in during world war 1?

third division

what was nick in the third division?

the 9th machine-gun battalion

what was the other person in the third divison?

he was the 7th infantry until June 1918

what did nick and gatsby talk about for a moment?

about some wet, grey little villages in france

what had gatsby bought and was going to test out in the morning?

a hydroplan

how many times would you get those rare smiles with a quality of eternal ressurance?

4 or 5 times in life

how old did nick think gatsby was?

a year or two over thirty

who was calling nick on the wire?

Chicago

what does gatsby keep saying?

old sport

what did jordan originally think mr.gatsby was like?

a florid and corpulent person in his middle years

what did gatsby say to jordan?

that he was an oxford man

what kind of feeling did jordan saying that she doesn't believe gatsby went to oxford was it?

the "I think he killed a man" feeling

what other locations did nick listed for gatsby springing up from?

the swamps of Louisiana or from the lower east side of new york

what happened above the echolalia of the garden and what sound was heard?

there was the boom of a bass drum, and the voice of the orchestra leader

what did Mr.Gatsby request to be played and what did the song do?

gatsby requested Mr.Vladimir Tostoff's latest work, which attracted so much attention at Carnegie Hall last May

what as the name of the event that the new song put on?

in the papers it was called a big sensation

Gatsby smiled with what and added 'some sensation!'

jovial condescension

Mr.Vladimirs latest work is called what?

Vladimir Tostoff's Jazz history of the world

what are some quality features of gatsby mentioned?

his tanned skin and short hair as though it were trimmed every day

what were girls doing when Jazz history of the world ended?

they were putting their heads on men's shoulders in a puppyish, convival way, girls were swooning backward playfully into men's arms

who wanted to speak to jordan baker?

gatsby

what was special about jordan bakers movements?

it was as if she had first learened to walk upon golf courses on clean, crips mornings

at what time was nick alone?

almost 2 am

what was one of the girls in yelllow playing?

the piano