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What was Nick’s father’s advice to him? |
If he ever felt like criticizing anyone to remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages he had |
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Describe Nick’s family. |
prominent, well-to-do people in middle western city for three generations. Old money |
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What school did Nick graduate from? What year? |
Yale in New Haven, 1915 |
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What did he later participate in after graduating? |
The Great War 1916-1918 |
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What business did Nick decide to do the summer of 1922? |
Go into the bond business |
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Where is Nick from? |
middle-west |
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For how long would his father finance Nick? |
for one year |
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Describe the house Nick is living in. |
a weather beaten cardboard bungalow $80 a month |
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Name some things Nick had in this house. |
A dog, til it ran away, an old Dodge, a Finnish woman (servant) |
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In what area near New York City is Nick living in? |
West Egg |
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Which "egg" is more "fashionable" according to Nick? |
East Egg |
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Who is Nick’s mysterious next-door neighbor? |
Gatsby lives in a mansion next door. |
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Who is Daisy’s husband? How old? |
Tom Buchanan, age 30 |
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What did Tom do in college? |
He played football |
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Name one of Tom’s qualities |
Arrogant, rich, tough, unsympathetic, etc. |
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What does Tom have that shows he’s successful? |
Tom has horses, a big house on the water, a large garden, a butler |
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How old is Daisy’s child? |
3 years old |
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Daisy shows her black and blue hand. How did she get it, and how does she attack back? |
her finger; Tom "that’s what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great big hulking physical speciman of a-" (page 16) |
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What book was Tom reading that reveals him as prejudiced? |
The Rise of the Coloured Empires by Goddard |
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What does Nick remind Daisy of? (an unexpected term) |
An absolute rose |
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Who is the "fifth visitor" who arrives at dinner? |
Tom gets a phone call from his mistress |
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What does Daisy say she wants her child to be? |
a beautiful little fool |
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Tom and Daisy want Nick to get together with someone. Name that person. |
Jordan Baker, the golfer |
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What does Tom think about Jordan and her family? |
That her family shouldn’t let Jordan run around the country (page 23) |
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Where is Jordan from? Who else is from there? |
Louisville. Daisy is also from Louisville. |
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At the end of the chapter, what did Gatsby do that showed yearning |
Stretched out his arms across the bay |
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How does Tom know Nick the narrator? |
They went to Yale together. |
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