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Chapter 4-6 Great Gatsby Flashcards

1
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•What do the young ladies at Gatsby’s lawn party speculate about his line of work?

A

he’s a bootlegger

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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?

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they say gatsby killed the man

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•How does Nick remember years later, the celebrities and other affluent people who visited Gatsby’s mansion in the summer of 1922?

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he wrote their names down in a times table

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4
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Who was the man that stayed over at Gatsby’s so often that became known as the “boarder”?

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a man named klipspringer

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How can Nick tell that Gatsby suffers from restlessness?

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He was never quite still,

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While talking to Nick, what does Gatsby reveal about his family?

A

They used wealthy people in middle west but are all dead now.

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7
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•What does Gatsby tell Nick is one of his family’s traditions?

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getting an education at oxford

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8
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•What does Nick realize as Gatsby continues telling him about his past?

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he realizes that gatsby might be lying

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9
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•What does Gatsby tell Nick about his time in the war?

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He was promoted to be a major and the Allies gave him a decoration.

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10
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Why does Gatsby drift toward strangers?

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he tries to forget the sad thing that happened to him

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11
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•Why does the police officer apologize to Gatsby after stopping him for speeding?

A

Gatsby shows the police officer a white gift card that he got for helping him once

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12
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Who has lunch with Gatsby and Nick in the Forty - Second Street cellar

A

Mr. Wolfsheim

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•What does Gatsby’s luncheon guest reveal about an event that took place at the metropole?

A

A man named rosey was shot three times in his full belly

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14
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•Why is Nick angry with Gatsby as they drive in Gatsby’s fancy car?

A

gatsby asked jordan to tell something to nick during tea

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15
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•What are Mr. Wolfsheim’s cufflinks made of?

A

human molars

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16
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What infamous 1919 event was Mr. Wolfsheim involved with?

A

World’s Series

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17
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What is the name of the young soldier Daisy dated in 1917

A

Jay Gatsby

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18
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What is Daisy’s condition the day before her wedding?

A

upset and drunk

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19
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What does Gatsby want Jordan Baker to ask Nick?

A

invite daisy over for tea

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20
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Why does Gatsby buy his mansion on the bay?

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because daisy lives across the bay

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21
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Why does Nick think his house is on fire when he returns from his visit with Jordan?

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“The whole corner of the peninsula was blazing with light.” from Gatsby’s house

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22
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What does Gatsby do when he realized that Nick does not make such money?

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he offers him a job

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23
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•What request does Nick make of Daisy when he asks her to tea?

A

don’t bring TOM

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24
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•How does Gatsby look when he arrives at Nick’s for tea?

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he was wearing WHITE flannel suit, SILVER shirt, GOLD colored tie. he was pale and there were dark signs of sleeplessness beneath his eyes

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25
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What does Gatsby say to Nick at two minutes to four?

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I can’t wait all day

26
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How does Daisy greet Nick when she arrives in her car?

A

Is this where you live my dearest one

27
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•Why is Nick surprised when he enters his living room with Daisy?

A

The room was deserted.

28
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How is Gatsby feeling when he stands in Nick’s living room with Daisy?

A

nervous

29
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•At the tea, how long has it been since Daisy and Gatsby have seen one another?

A

five years

30
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•What is Gatsby’s reaction to the afternoon tea with Daisy?

A

He said that it was a mistake

31
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What does Nick tell Gatsby about his behavior at tea?

A

it’s rude

32
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Where does Nick wait while Gatsby and Daisy talk?

A

he waits under a huge black knotted tree

33
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What is Daisy’s emotional state when Nick comes back into the room?

A

emotional w/ tears

34
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•How long did it take Gatsby to earn enough money to buy his mansion

A

three years

35
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•What is Gatsby’s response when Daisy asks him how he lives in such a huge house all alone?

A

“I keep it full of interesting people, night and day. People who do interesting things, Celebrated people.”

36
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Why does Daisy begin to cry as Gatsby shows her his many shirts?

A

she’s never seen such beautiful shirts before

37
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What does Gatsby always see at the end of Daisy’s dock?

A

cgreen lIGHT

38
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Whom does Gatsby call to play the piano for Daisy and Nick?

A

KLIPSPRINGER

39
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What does Gatsby find most entrancing about Daisy?

A

daisy’s voice

40
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Why does Nick go outside in the rain during tea?

A

gives them space

41
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What rumor does the New Work reporter reveal about Gatsby?

A

he lived in a boat that looked like a house

42
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How does Gatsby meet Dan Cody?

A

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.

43
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What is Gatsby’s birth name?

A

James Gatz

44
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Where did Gatsby live as a boy?

A

North Dakota

45
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what type of people were Gatsby’s parents

A

unsuccessful farmers

46
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•how did Gatsby picture himself when he is 17 years old

A

a son of god

47
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•what were two of Gatsby’s job after he left his parent’s home?

A

clam digger and salmon fisher

48
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how does Gatsby feel about women

A

contemptuous

49
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what gives Gatsby an outlet for his turbulent heart as a young man?

A

his imagination

50
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•How long did Gatsby attend lutheran college of st Olaf’s in minnesota

A

two weeks

51
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how did Dan Cody become wealthy

A

The transactions in Montana Copper

52
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what represented beauty and glamour to Gatsby when he was 17 years old?

A

cody’s yaht

53
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•where were the first places Cody and Gatsby sailed to after Gatsby was hired by cody

A

the west indies, and the Barbary Coast

54
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•after Cody hired Gatsby, how many times did they sail around the continent?

A

3

55
Q

•what did Gatsby learn from living with Cody for five years

A

leave liquor alone

56
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•who arrives on horseback to Gatsby’s house on a Sunday afternoon while nick is visiting

A

Tom and a man named sloans and a pretty woman in a brown riding habit

57
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•what does Gatsby want daisy to tell tom

A

she never loved him

58
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•what does nick tell Gatsby when Gatsby talks about his past with daisy

A

you can’t repeat the past

59
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how has Gatsby’s life been during the years he has been away from Daisy?

A

Confused and disordered

60
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As Gatsby is about to kiss daisy for the first time, what does he realize

A

“His mind would never romp again like the mind of God

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