Chapter 1
Name the people at the dinner party over at the Buchanan's residence
Daisy, Tom, Nick, Jordan
For which character does Nick feel a "tender curiosity"?
Jordan Baker
Gatsby comes over to Nick's at the start of this chapter to take him to _________________.
lunch
What is the symbol of Daisy and dreams that loses some significance for Gatsby?
the green light
This character is described as being supercilious, and arrogant
Tom Buchanan
What fascinates Owl-Eyes about Gatsby's library?
The books are real.
Why does Gatsby leave at the end of the chapter?
Tom appears.
How would you describe Gatsby prior to and when first seeing Daisy?
Nervous, scared, unable to talk. He is embarrassed.
Tom and Nick attended this Ivy League university. Beat Harvard!
Yale (or New Haven)
What does Myrtle's sister Catherine think is the reason Tom and Daisy can't divorce?
Daisy is (supposedly) Catholic.
What are two rumors about Gatsby that appear in the chapter?
He killed a man. He was a German spy in the war. Jordan thinks he did not actually attend Oxford.
What is Daisy and Gatsby's background?
They met and fell in love when he was stationed in Louisville. He was sent to the war, and Daisy moved on to other men.
This atmospheric element plays a role throughout this chapter. Someone get James Spann quick!
The weather
Tom and Myrtle secretly have one of these together in New York.
An apartment (or flat)
What does Nick receive from Gatsby in this chapter?
An invitation to his "little party"
What is the "big favor" that Gatsby asks of Nick? (thru Jordan)...oh the modesty of it!!!
To ask Daisy to tea at Nick's house
"It makes me sad because I've never seen such--such beautiful shirts before." Who says this?
Daisy
What does Jordan inform Nick about Tom?
Tom has a woman in New York
This character states that he was "within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life"
Nick
It faced---or seemed to face---the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. What does this describe?
Gatsby's smile (or face)
"Yeah, Gatsby's very careful about women. He would never so much as look at a friend's wife." Who says this, and what is the irony of it?
Meyer Wolfsheim, and it is ironic because the favor he is asking of Nick involves getting together with a married woman.
This signified that time had stopped for Gatsby when he sees Daisy for the first time in five years
a defunct (broken) clock