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In the same quote as the last question (also below), what does "perceptible" mean in this context?

"…there was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smoldering."

Which of the following is NOT a rumor that Nick hears about Gatsby's background while he is at the party?

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Nick describes some of the girls who attend Gatsby's parties saying, "they were so identical one with another that it inevitably seemed they had been there before."

What does "inevitably" mean in the context of this passage?

Nick describes the awkward meeting between Gatsby and Daisy at his cottage saying, "A pause; it endured horribly."

What does "endured" mean in the context of this sentence?

At the beginning of the chapter a reporter shows up as "a random shot"

What does "random shot" explain about the reporter?

Nick describes Daisy and Jordan as they lay on the coach as looking "like silver idols weighing down their own white dresses against the singing breeze of the fans."

What does "idols" mean in the context of this sentence?

Fitzgerald wrote that Gatsby "In various unrevealed capacities he had come in contact with such people but always with indiscernible barbed wire between." What is another word for "capacities" in this context?

What is this chapter mainly about?

How did Gatsby feel physically at the beginning of the chapter?

Why doesn't Gatsby follow Nick's advice and leave?

Fitzgerald wrote that Gatsby "In various unrevealed capacities he had come in contact with such people but always with indiscernible barbed wire between." What is another word for "capacities" in this context?

Fitzgerald wrote that Gatsby "felt their presence all about the house, pervading the air with the shades and echoes of still vibrant emotions." What is another word for "pervading" in this context?

When Daisy was waiting for Gatsby to return from the war she was described in the passage below. What does "artificial" mean in the context of this sentence?

"For Daisy was young and her artificial world was redolent of orchids and pleasant, cheerful snobbery and orchestras which set the rhythm of the year, summing up the sadness and suggestiveness of life in new tunes. "

In the quote below, what does "incessantly" mean in the context of this sentence?

"At the grey tea hour there were always rooms that throbbed incessantly with this low sweet fever, while fresh faces drifted here and there like rose petals blown by the sad horns around the floor."

In the quote below, what does "incessantly" mean in the context of this sentence?

"At the grey tea hour there were always rooms that throbbed incessantly with this low sweet fever, while fresh faces drifted here and there like rose petals blown by the sad horns around the floor."

What letter reached Gatsby in Oxford?

What item did George Wilson find that led him to suspect his wife was having an affair?

When Michaelis tries to suggest that George turn to someone for support, he says, "'Maybe you got some friend that I could telephone for, George?' This was a forlorn hope�he was almost sure that Wilson had no friend: there was not enough of him for his wife."

What does "forlorn" mean in the context of this passage?

What is the last thing George Wilson does in this chapter?

Gatsby tells Nick that when he first dated Daisy, he led her to believe he was wealthy and able to take care of her. Nick tells the reader that, "As a matter of fact, he had no such facilities�he had no comfortable family standing behind him, and he was liable at the whim of an impersonal government to be blown anywhere about the world."

What does "facilities" mean in the context of this sentence?

In the same quote as before (also copied below), what does "liable" mean?

"As a matter of fact, he had no such facilities�he had no comfortable family standing behind him, and he was liable at the whim of an impersonal government to be blown anywhere about the world."

Who tells Gatsby, "They're a rotten crowd…You're worth the whole damn bunch put together."?

What is the last thing that happens to Gatsby in this chapter?

Nick thinks that Gatsby didn't believe a call would come. What causes Gatsby to pay such "a high price"?

Were there any events that weren't clear to you?

What is Tom's opinion of George Wilson?

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What does Nick discover about Jordan Baker?

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