{"id":5005,"date":"2017-09-03T15:33:34","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T15:33:34","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-09-03T15:33:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T15:33:34","slug":"GatsbyF","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/GatsbyF\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is this chapter mainly about?<\/a><\/p>\n

Nick describes a reporter who arrives at Gatsby's door, saying, "This was his day off and with laudable initiative he had hurried out \ufffdto see.'"<\/p>\n

What does "initiative" mean in the context of this sentence?<\/a><\/p>\n

Who gave Gatsby his first job and introduced him to the extravagant life of a millionaire?<\/a><\/p>\n

Nick describes Gatsby when he was a young lady's man saying, "But his heart was in a constant turbulent riot."<\/p>\n

What does "turbulent" mean in this context?<\/a><\/p>\n

Nick explains Gatsby's background, saying, "So I take advantage of this short halt, while Gatsby, so to speak, caught his breath, to clear this set of misconceptions away."<\/p>\n

What does "misconceptions" mean in this sentence?<\/a><\/p>\n

At the beginning of the chapter a reporter shows up as "a random shot"<\/p>\n

What does "random shot" explain about the reporter?<\/a><\/p>\n

Who is James Gatz?<\/a><\/p>\n

The quote below describes Daisy talking with the movie director.<\/p>\n

What does "proximity" mean in this sentence?<\/p>\n

"It occurred to me that he had been very slowly bending toward her all evening to attain this proximity, and even while I watched I saw him stoop one ultimate degree and kiss at her cheek."<\/a><\/p>\n

In the same quote as the last question (below), what is another word that means the same as "ultimate" in this sentence?<\/p>\n

"It occurred to me that he had been very slowly bending toward her all evening to attain this proximity, and even while I watched I saw him stoop one ultimate degree and kiss at her cheek."<\/a><\/p>\n

What does Tom think that Gatsby's job is?<\/a><\/p>\n

What types of people does Gatsby say he invited to his party?<\/a><\/p>\n

What does Daisy tell Tom about the people at Gatsby's party as they are leaving?<\/a><\/p>\n

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote that "She was appalled by West Egg, this unprecedented 'place' that Broadway had begotten upon a Long Island fishing village…."<\/p>\n

What does "unprecedented" mean in this sentence?<\/a><\/p>\n

In the same quote as the last question (below), what does "appalled" mean in this sentence? ""<\/p>\n

"She was appalled by West Egg, this unprecedented 'place' that Broadway had begotten upon a Long Island fishing village…."<\/a><\/p>\n

What does Gatsby want Daisy to do?<\/a><\/p>\n

Were there any events that weren't clear to you?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is this chapter mainly about? Nick describes a reporter who arrives at Gatsby's door, saying, "This was his day off and with laudable initiative he had hurried out \ufffdto see.'" What does "initiative" mean in the context of this sentence? Who gave Gatsby his first job and introduced him to the extravagant life of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5005\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myedme.com\/login\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}