Characters
Who is Daisy?
-Nick's cousin
-Tom's wife
Languid
Lacking enthusiasm, energy, or strength
Daisy tells the family secret about the butler’s...
Nose
Supercilious
West Egg
-Where Nick lived
-Where Gatsby lived
-"New Money"
Miss Baker's first name
Jordan
Grotesque
Repulsively ugly or distorted
To what flower does Daisy sarcastically compare Nick?
A rose
Pungent
Having a sharply strong smell
East Egg
-Where Tom and Daisy lived
-"Old Money"
-Extreme wealth
Nick
-Narrator
-Daisy's cousin
-Gatsby's neighbor
To impair the quality of something, in the past tense
Marred
What does the phone call at dinnertime reveal?
Tom's affair
Savor
To enjoy or appreciate (something pleasant) completely, especially by dwelling on it
The Valley of Ashes was located...
About half way between West Egg and New York
What sport did Tom play?
Public disorder; boisterous
Riotous
Daisy refers to herself as...
Sophisticated
Indeterminate
Not exactly known, established, or defined
What was Wilson's job?
-Owned a car repair shop
(Will also accept Myrtle's husband)
Who is described as “middle thirties, and faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can. Her face, above a spotted dress of dark blue crepe-de-chine, contained no facet or gleam of beauty, but there was an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her body were continually smoldering?
Miss Wilson AKA Myrtle
Privy
Sharing the knowledge of something
What advice does Nick’s dad give him in his younger years? (HINT: This is on the first page of chapter 1)
“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone, just remember that all people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”
Rotogravure
A printing system using copper cylinders, used for magazines and stamps
Nick's job
Bonds man