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Chapter 7

What is this chapter mainly about?

In the first sentence of this chapter, Fitzgerald writes "…obscurely as it had begun…."

What does "obscurely" mean in this context?

Which word best describes the weather in chapter 7?

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?

What does Gatsby want Daisy to say to Tom?

How is Daisy after Tom questions her about Kapiolani and the Punch Bowl?

When Tom greets Gatsby, Tom says, "'Mr. Gatsby!' He put out his broad, flat hand with well–concealed dislike. �I'm glad to see you, sir…'"

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

How did Gatsby become acquainted with Meyer Wolfshiem?

After the fight, who leaves with Gatsby in his car?

George Wilson is described in this way, "When any one spoke to him he invariably laughed in an agreeable, colorless way. He was his wife's man and not his own."

What does "invariably" mean in this passage?

Who was driving the car that hit and killed Myrtle Wilson?

How does Nick feel about the behavior of Gatsby, Jordan, Tom and Daisy at the end of chapter 7?

How does Fitzgerald describe Tom and Daisy's emotion as they talk after the accident?

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

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Question #16

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






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Chapter 3

What is this chapter mainly about?

Why did Nick go to Gatsby's party?

When Nick meets Gatsby he studies him trying to determine if the rumors he has heard about him are true. He says, "I could see nothing sinister about him." In this context what does "sinister" mean?

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

What does Nick discover about Jordan Baker?

When Jordan returns from talking with Gatsby at his party, she tells Nick she has heard something amazing and says, "But I swore I wouldn't tell it and here I am tantalizing you." In this context what does "tantalizing" mean?

What surprises the middle aged man with owl–shaped spectacles?

What happens when they sit down for the first supper?

What happens at the end of Gatsby's party?

F. Scott Fitgerald wrote "The two girls and Jordan leaned together confidentially."

What does "confidentially" mean in this context?

Find where there was a car accident outside of Gatsby's party. The driver is "infinitely amused."

What does "infinitely" mean in this quote?

F. Scott Fitgerald wrote "most affectations conceal something eventually, even though they don't in the beginning…"

What does this quote mean?

When Nick remembers hearing about Jordan Baker's cheating scandal, he says, "At her first big golf tournament there was a row that nearly reached the newspapers…" In this context what does "row" mean?

What does Nick say is his "Cardinal Virtue?"

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

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Question #3

Who gave Gatsby his first job and introduced him to the extravagant life of a millionaire?

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Question #17

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