Great Gatsby Study Guide

What is Gatsby's explanation for how he got rich?

His family all died and he came into money

Nick dislikes Gatsby in chapter 4

False

What does Nick call the desolate area where the road meets the railroad?

Valley of ashes 

Why does Gatsby drift toward strangers?

To forget his sadness

What does Daisy want her daughter to grow up to be?

A beautiful little fool

In chapter 2, What does Myrtle Wilson buy from an old man in a taxi?

Puppies 

In chapter 1, when the narrator returns from the East, what does he hope to never see again?

Glimpses into the human heart 

How does the narrator describe Torn Buchcan: body?

A cruel body 

Why does the police officer apologize to Gatsby after stopping him?

Gatsby is a friend of the commissioner

Whats does Gatsby ask Nick in the beginning of chapter 4?

“What’s your opinion of me anyhow?”

chapter 2, how do Tom and Mrs. Wilson remain anonymous on the train together? 

They sit in different cars

In chapter 3, what is one of the rumors about Gatsby that his guests talk about?

That Gatsby killed someone

Just before Daisy married Tom…

she got drunk and broke her expensive necklace

Meyer Wolfsheim is wearing cufflinks made of…

Human molars 

As Galsby and Mick drive to the city, Gatsby talks about his past. What do they talk about?

• He is the son a wealthy family from San Francisco 

• Gatsby has attended Oxford University

After Nick meets Gatsby. Gatsby has to have a private meeting with.

Jordan Baker

What happens at the end of chapter three?

A man gets in a car accident and the wheel comes off.

What well known college did both Nick and Tom attend?

None of these (Yale)

What did Meyer Wolfsheim fix back in 1919?

The World Series