Chapter 3: Directions: Be sure to answer all questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper. You must answer all parts of the question for credit. Words to remember: And I like large parties. They re so intimate. At small parties there isn t any privacy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- Read the following passage, and then answer the questions in bold: There was music from my neighbor s house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I watched his guests diving from the tower of his raft, or taking the sun 5 on the hot sand of his beach while his two motor-boats slit the waters of the Sound, drawing aquaplanes over cataracts of foam. On week-ends his Rolls-Royce became an omnibus, bearing parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight, while his station wagon 10 scampered like a brisk yellow bug to meet all trains. And on Mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, toiled all day with mops and scrubbing-brushes and hammers and garden-shears, repairing the ravages of the night before. Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived 15 from a fruiterer in New York every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves. There was a machine in the kitchen which could extract the juice of two hundred oranges in half an hour if a little button was pressed two hundred times by a butler s 20 thumb. At least once a fortnight a corps of caterers came down with several hundred feet of canvas and enough colored lights to make a Christmas tree of Gatsby s enormous garden. On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors-d oeuvre, spiced 25 baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold. In the main hall a bar with a real brass rail was set up, and stocked with gins and liquors and with cordials so long forgotten that most of his female guests were too young to know one from 30 another. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Within these two paragraphs, find an example of hyperbole, alliteration, situational irony, and two examples of simile.
1. In 3-5 sentences, how would you describe Gatsby s parties? 2. How do people get invited to Gatsby s parties? How does Nick get invited? Does this mean that he is special? Explain. 3. Who does Nick bump into at Gatsby s party? 4. What are some of the rumors that surround Gatsby? 5. How does Gatsby s party further differentiate East Egg and West Egg? 6. Why is there surprise over Gatsby s library? 7. Why does F. Scott Fitzgerald describe party guests through nicknames like Owl Eyes and Mr. Mumbles as opposed to just giving them proper character names? What effect does that create? 8. How do Gatsby and Nick know each other? 9. "It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. 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. It understood you just as far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey." Describe Gatsby s smile in your own words. How would you feel if someone smiled at you in this way? 10. What literary term best fits the following quote. I like large parties. They re so intimate. At small parties there isn t any privacy. Explain what Jordan means. 11. Despite their being copious amounts of alcohol at the party, Gatsby does not drink. What could this paradox show about his character? 12. How does Nick feel about New York? Explain. 13. How does Nick feel towards Jordan Baker? 14. Explain what Nick means when he says, Dishonesty in a woman is a thing you never blame deeply. 15. Go back through the chapter and make a list of the colors mentioned and what they are describing. Make sure you include the page number. (I would highly suggest creating some sort of table in your notes because you will be keeping track of the colors mentioned in each chapter of this book.) Color Description from the text Page Number Red Tom s House: a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, 6 overlooking the bay Red Tom s House: brick walks and burning gardens 6
Chapter 3 Vocabulary: Look at the chapter list on page 5. Pick 5 of the 6 words from the Chapter 3 list and write your own complete sentences using those words. Word 1: Word 2: Word 3: Word 4: Word 5: Discussion Notes from Class:
Chapter 4: Directions: Be sure to answer all questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper. You must answer all parts of the question for credit. Words to remember: He s an Oggsford man ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- 1. What is the purpose of listing all the names at the beginning of chapter 4? 2. What does Nick find disappointing about Gatsby? 3. Name two events that Gatsby tells Nick about that Nick finds suspect. What proof does Gatsby offer? 4. Explain the incident between Gatsby and the police officer. 5. Nick says, Even Gatsby could happen, without any particular wonder. What does this mean? 6. What happened to Rosy Rosenthal? Why would this information be revealed to the reader? 7. Describe Meyer Wolfsheim in 3-5 sentences. Who is he? What did he do? What s he like? 8. Who else do the men see at the restaurant? Not much else is mentioned about this event, so why does F. Scott Fitzgerald include it? 9. What does Daisy do the night before her wedding, and what does she say? 10. In the text, it states, A week after I left Santa Barbara Tom ran into a wagon on the Ventura road one night and ripped a front wheel off his car. The girl who was with him got into the papers, too, because her arm was broken She was one of the chambermaids in the Santa Barbara Hotel. What does this passage imply? 11. Why did Gatsby buy his house? 12. According to Jordan, what does Gatsby want Nick to do? 13. During their conversation, what happens between Nick and Jordan? 14. Go back through the chapter and make a list of the colors mentioned and what they are describing. Make sure you include the page number. (I would highly suggest creating some sort of table in your notes because you will be keeping track of the colors mentioned in each chapter of this book.) Color Description from the text Page Number Red Tom s House: a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, 6 overlooking the bay Red Tom s House: brick walks and burning gardens 6 Gold Tom s House: a line of French windows, glowing now with reflected gold 6
Chapter 4 Vocabulary: Look at the chapter list on page 5. Pick 4 words from the Chapter 4 list and write your own complete sentences using those words. Word 1: Word 2: Word 3: Word 4: Discussion Notes from Class:
Chapter 5: Directions: Be sure to answer all questions in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper. You must answer all parts of the question for credit. Words to remember: This was a terrible mistake. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Why does Gatsby want to cut Nick s grass? 2. Describe what s happening with the flower situation at Nick s place. 3. In Chapter 3, what colors were associated with Gatsby and his house? Why is now dressed all in white? 4. How would you describe the beginning of the tea party? 5. Why does Nick scold Gatsby? 6. What is Daisy s reaction to Gatsby s home? 7. What is Daisy s reaction to Gatsby s shirt? Is this a logical feeling? What does this say about Daisy? 8. he stretched out his arm toward the dark water in a curious way, and, far as I was from him, I could have sworn that he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock (21). After reading Chapter 5, explain what this moment from Chapter 1 is all about. 9. How might Nick feel about Gatsby and Daisy during the time at Gatsby s house? 10. What does Nick do at the end of the chapter? Why? 11. How do you feel about the current affair? Is Daisy justified in falling in love with Gatsby? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer. 12. Does Gatsby take advantage of the situation? Cite evidence from the text to support your answer. 13. Go back through the chapter and make a list of the colors mentioned and what they are describing. Make sure you include the page number. (I would highly suggest creating some sort of table in your notes because you will be keeping track of the colors mentioned in each chapter of this book.) Color Description from the text Page Number Red Tom s House: a cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion, 6 overlooking the bay Red Tom s House: brick walks and burning gardens 6
Chapter 5 Vocabulary: Look at the chapter list on page 5. Pick 5 words from the Chapter 5 list and write your own complete sentences using those words. Word 1: Word 2: Word 3: Word 4: Word 5: Discussion Notes from Class: