Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
100

The narrator of the story moves to this state at the start of the novel.

New York

100

Where is the Valley of Ashes located?

About half way between West Egg and New York

100

What does Nick receive that no one else has ever gotten at the beginning of chapter 3?

An invitation to the party

100

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. 

100

What is the weather on the day Daisy comes to Nick's for tea?

It is pouring rain.

200

“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

200

Why did Tom and Nick go to George Wilson’s garage?

Too see Myrtle

200

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. 

200

What were Mr. Wolfsheim's cufflinks made out of?

Human molars

200

Describe the initial meeting between Gatsby and Daisy

It is very awkward and Gatsby almost breaks a clock.

300

Nick decides to move east and learn which type of business?

The bond business

300

What does Myrtle want for the apartment she and Tom share?

A dog

300

What does the man in the library tell Nick and Jordan about Gatsby’s books?

They are real

300

During Nick’s encounter with Tom during lunch, what peculiar thing happens to Gatsby?

Gatsby vanishes.

300

What did Gatsby do to impress Daisy?

He shows her his house and elegant clothes. 

400

At the birth of Daisy’s daughter, Daisy hoped that her daughter would be…

A beautiful little fool

400

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.

400

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. 

400

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.

400

She cries over Gatsby's shirts.

Daisy

500

Who is the guest who repeatedly calls on the phone during dinner? 

Tom's mistress- Myrtle Wilson

500

"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.

500

Nick claims to be guilty of a cardinal virtue.  What is it? 

Honesty

500

How does Gatsby plan on reuniting with Daisy?

Nick will invite her over for tea and Gatsby will just show up. 

500

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.