Easy questions
What’s the name of the book
Great gatsby
How are West Egg and East Egg different?
Nick explains that West Egg is “the less fashionable of the two, though this is a most superficial tag to express the bizarre and not a little sinister contrast between them.”
Why did Daisy marry Tom?
Even though she was still in love with Gatsby, Daisy most likely married Tom because she knew he could provide her with more material comforts
How does Nick Carraway first meet Jay Gatsby?
Nick is Gatsby’s neighbor, and he first sees him out on the lawn one dark night,
How many chapters in the book
9 chapters
Why does Gatsby stop throwing parties?
fter Daisy and Tom finally attend one of Gatsby’s parties, Gatsby abruptly stops throwing them, for there no longer is a reason to hold such events
How does Tom find out about the affair between Gatsby and Daisy?
Tom finds out about the affair between Gatsby and Daisy in Chapter 7, just before the three of them, along with Nick, take a trip to New York
Why does Gatsby arrange for Nick to have lunch with Jordan Baker?
Although Nick doesn’t realize it at first, Gatsby arranges for him to have lunch with Jordan as part of his plan to get close to Daisy.
daisy was what with happiness
paralyzed
After World War I (the Great War), the narrator moved to
New yirk
Why does Myrtle run out in front of Gatsby’s car?
At the end of the Chapter 7, Myrtle runs out in front of Gatsby’s car because she mistakes it for Tom’s car
What is the importance of the character Owl Eyes?
Nick meets a character he knows only as “Owl Eyes” at the first party he attends at Gatsby’s house. Nick comes across a drunk Owl Eyes in the library,
The novel narrator is
Nick Carrorway
The narrator and Tom Buchanan both attended
Yale
Does Daisy love Gatsby or Tom?
Daisy seems unhappy with her marriage to Tom
Why does Daisy cry over Gatsby’s shirts?
Gatsby shows Daisy the shirts that a man in England sends to him each season.
The narrator says that his father emphasized the importance of being
Nonjudgmental
Tom Buchanan plays
Polo
Why does Tom insist on switching cars with Gatsby when they go to the city?
The group decides to go to the city shortly after Daisy “told [Gatsby] that she loved him, and Tom Buchanan saw.”
Why does Tom bring up race so often?
During Nick’s first dinner with the Buchanans, Tom responds to Nick’s comment about Daisy making him feel “uncivilized” by starting a conversation about how “civilization’s going to pieces