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100

What does Nick say Gatsby is doing with his words?

Choosing them carefully

100

What did the singing guest need a waterproof version of?

Mascara

100

What is Gatsby's catchphrase, that he keeps calling Nick?

Old Sport

100

What did Owl Eyes think might be wrong with the car whose wheel came off?

It ran out of gas.

200

What did Nick receive that almost no one else did?

An invitation to the party

200

What did the orchestra play at Gatsby's request?

Vladimir Tostoff's Jazz History of the World

200

Whom did Gatsby converse with for an hour in the library?

Jordan Baker

200

Why can the books in Gatsby's library not be read?

The pages aren't cut.

300

What did one party guest receive from Gatsby, and why?

A new gown worth over $200, because she tore the one she was wearing at a previous party.

300

What two cities does Gatsby get phone calls from?

Chicago and Philadelphia

300

What about Gatsby "just missed being absurd"?

a. his clothes

b. his speech

c. his constant apologies

b.  elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd

300

Who was the "persistent undergraduate given to violent innuendo"?

Jordan's date at the party

400

What battalion was Nick a member of in the War?

Ninth Machine Gun

400

When will Nick and Gatsby go up in Gatsby's hydroplane?

9 o'clock the morning after the party

400

What Infantry Corps did Gatsby belong to until June 1918?

Seventh

400

Nick wonders how a young man such as Gatsby could "drift coolly out of _____ and buy a _____ on Long Island Sound."

nowhere...palace

500

Name two things Gastby doesn't do at his parties, that most people do.

Drink, pair off with women, sing, socialize

500

Nick had a brief affair with a girl that summer. Where was she located?

Jersey city

500

Who rarely puts in an appearance at Gatsby's party, and never partakes of the hilarity when he does?

Gatsby

500

To what insect does Nick compare the men and women who came an went from Gatsby's parties?

Moths