Chapter 4-6 Great Gatsby Flashcards
•What do the young ladies at Gatsby’s lawn party speculate about his line of work?
he’s a bootlegger
As the young ladies talk, what do they say happened when a man found out Gatsby was the nephew of Von Hindenburg and second cousin to the devil?
they say gatsby killed the man
•How does Nick remember years later, the celebrities and other affluent people who visited Gatsby’s mansion in the summer of 1922?
he wrote their names down in a times table
Who was the man that stayed over at Gatsby’s so often that became known as the “boarder”?
a man named klipspringer
How can Nick tell that Gatsby suffers from restlessness?
He was never quite still,
While talking to Nick, what does Gatsby reveal about his family?
They used wealthy people in middle west but are all dead now.
•What does Gatsby tell Nick is one of his family’s traditions?
getting an education at oxford
•What does Nick realize as Gatsby continues telling him about his past?
he realizes that gatsby might be lying
•What does Gatsby tell Nick about his time in the war?
He was promoted to be a major and the Allies gave him a decoration.
Why does Gatsby drift toward strangers?
he tries to forget the sad thing that happened to him
•Why does the police officer apologize to Gatsby after stopping him for speeding?
Gatsby shows the police officer a white gift card that he got for helping him once
Who has lunch with Gatsby and Nick in the Forty - Second Street cellar
Mr. Wolfsheim
•What does Gatsby’s luncheon guest reveal about an event that took place at the metropole?
A man named rosey was shot three times in his full belly
•Why is Nick angry with Gatsby as they drive in Gatsby’s fancy car?
gatsby asked jordan to tell something to nick during tea
•What are Mr. Wolfsheim’s cufflinks made of?
human molars
What infamous 1919 event was Mr. Wolfsheim involved with?
World’s Series
What is the name of the young soldier Daisy dated in 1917
Jay Gatsby
What is Daisy’s condition the day before her wedding?
upset and drunk
What does Gatsby want Jordan Baker to ask Nick?
invite daisy over for tea
Why does Gatsby buy his mansion on the bay?
because daisy lives across the bay
Why does Nick think his house is on fire when he returns from his visit with Jordan?
“The whole corner of the peninsula was blazing with light.” from Gatsby’s house
What does Gatsby do when he realized that Nick does not make such money?
he offers him a job
•What request does Nick make of Daisy when he asks her to tea?
don’t bring TOM
•How does Gatsby look when he arrives at Nick’s for tea?
he was wearing WHITE flannel suit, SILVER shirt, GOLD colored tie. he was pale and there were dark signs of sleeplessness beneath his eyes
What does Gatsby say to Nick at two minutes to four?
I can’t wait all day
How does Daisy greet Nick when she arrives in her car?
Is this where you live my dearest one
•Why is Nick surprised when he enters his living room with Daisy?
The room was deserted.
How is Gatsby feeling when he stands in Nick’s living room with Daisy?
nervous
•At the tea, how long has it been since Daisy and Gatsby have seen one another?
five years
•What is Gatsby’s reaction to the afternoon tea with Daisy?
He said that it was a mistake
What does Nick tell Gatsby about his behavior at tea?
it’s rude
Where does Nick wait while Gatsby and Daisy talk?
he waits under a huge black knotted tree
What is Daisy’s emotional state when Nick comes back into the room?
emotional w/ tears
•How long did it take Gatsby to earn enough money to buy his mansion
three years
•What is Gatsby’s response when Daisy asks him how he lives in such a huge house all alone?
“I keep it full of interesting people, night and day. People who do interesting things, Celebrated people.”
Why does Daisy begin to cry as Gatsby shows her his many shirts?
she’s never seen such beautiful shirts before
What does Gatsby always see at the end of Daisy’s dock?
cgreen lIGHT
Whom does Gatsby call to play the piano for Daisy and Nick?
KLIPSPRINGER
What does Gatsby find most entrancing about Daisy?
daisy’s voice
Why does Nick go outside in the rain during tea?
gives them space
What rumor does the New Work reporter reveal about Gatsby?
he lived in a boat that looked like a house
How does Gatsby meet Dan Cody?
Gatsby met Dan Cody on Lake Superior, where Cody was out with his yacht, the Tuolomee, and Gatsby rowed out to warn him of inclement weather.
What is Gatsby’s birth name?
James Gatz
Where did Gatsby live as a boy?
North Dakota
what type of people were Gatsby’s parents
unsuccessful farmers
•how did Gatsby picture himself when he is 17 years old
a son of god
•what were two of Gatsby’s job after he left his parent’s home?
clam digger and salmon fisher
how does Gatsby feel about women
contemptuous
what gives Gatsby an outlet for his turbulent heart as a young man?
his imagination
•How long did Gatsby attend lutheran college of st Olaf’s in minnesota
two weeks
how did Dan Cody become wealthy
The transactions in Montana Copper
what represented beauty and glamour to Gatsby when he was 17 years old?
cody’s yaht
•where were the first places Cody and Gatsby sailed to after Gatsby was hired by cody
the west indies, and the Barbary Coast
•after Cody hired Gatsby, how many times did they sail around the continent?
3
•what did Gatsby learn from living with Cody for five years
leave liquor alone
•who arrives on horseback to Gatsby’s house on a Sunday afternoon while nick is visiting
Tom and a man named sloans and a pretty woman in a brown riding habit
•what does Gatsby want daisy to tell tom
she never loved him
•what does nick tell Gatsby when Gatsby talks about his past with daisy
you can’t repeat the past
how has Gatsby’s life been during the years he has been away from Daisy?
Confused and disordered
As Gatsby is about to kiss daisy for the first time, what does he realize
“His mind would never romp again like the mind of God
