Chapter 1
The narrator of the story moves to this state at the start of the novel.
New York
Where is the Valley of Ashes located?
About half way between West Egg and New York
What does Nick receive that no one else has ever gotten at the beginning of chapter 3?
An invitation to the party
How does Gatsby get out of a speeding ticket?
He shows a card that was given to him after he did a favor for the police commissioner.
What is the weather on the day Daisy comes to Nick's for tea?
It is pouring rain.
“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone…just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had”. This advice was from who?
Nick's father
Why did Tom and Nick go to George Wilson’s garage?
Too see Myrtle
Name a rumor about Gatsby.
He was a German spy.
He was the nephew to Wilhelm Kaiser.
He killed a man.
He went to Oxford.
What were Mr. Wolfsheim's cufflinks made out of?
Human molars
Describe the initial meeting between Gatsby and Daisy
It is very awkward and Gatsby almost breaks a clock.
Nick decides to move east and learn which type of business?
The bond business
What does Myrtle want for the apartment she and Tom share?
A dog
What does the man in the library tell Nick and Jordan about Gatsby’s books?
They are real
During Nick’s encounter with Tom during lunch, what peculiar thing happens to Gatsby?
Gatsby vanishes.
What did Gatsby do to impress Daisy?
He shows her his house and elegant clothes.
At the birth of Daisy’s daughter, Daisy hoped that her daughter would be…
A beautiful little fool
What does Tom do to Myrtle at the end of chapter 2 and why?
He breaks her nose because she keeps saying Daisy's name.
What happens at the end of the chapter that foreshadows the rest of the book?
There is a car accident where the wheel falls off.
What story does Jordan tell about Daisy when she was 18?
She was in love with Gatsby, but they were unable to be together. She ended up marrying Tom instead.
She cries over Gatsby's shirts.
Daisy
Who is the guest who repeatedly calls on the phone during dinner?
Tom's mistress- Myrtle Wilson
"I was within and without, simulaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life." Who said this and why?
Nick said it as a way to explain how huge life is and how much there is to experience.
Nick claims to be guilty of a cardinal virtue. What is it?
Honesty
How does Gatsby plan on reuniting with Daisy?
Nick will invite her over for tea and Gatsby will just show up.
Explain this quote, "There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams-- not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion."
After dreaming about this for five years, Daisy could not have possibly lived up to every dream that he had in his mind.