chapter 9 gatsby Flashcards

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1
Q

where have tom and daisy went

A

they have left, and didn’t say where they were going

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2
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nick answers a phone call that was obviously intended for Gatsby as it dealt with illegal issues, who was it from

A

slagle

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3
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why does nick delay the funeral

A

until gatsby’s father comes

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4
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what is gatsby’s father’s name

A

Henry C. Gatz

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5
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gatsby’s father is on the point of

A

collapse

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6
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Mr. Gatz believed that gatsby was going to help

A

“build up the country”

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7
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who calls one night and asks for his shoes

A

Mr. Klipspringer

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8
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is mr. klipspringer going to come to the funeral

A

nope

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9
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does Meyer Wolfsheim come

A

nope

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10
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From Gatsby’s father, Nick learns how Gatsby wanted always

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to improve himself as a child – how he wanted to rise above the life of the poor, uneducated family into which he was born.

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11
Q

how is the weather on the funeral day

A

raining

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12
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who shows up at the funeral

A

owl-eyes

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13
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what was owl eye’s last words

A

the poor son of a bitch

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14
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nick says that the whole crowd were all westerners who just couldn’t cut it out in the

A

east

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15
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jordan says that nick is

A

dishonest

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16
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jordan compares nick to a

A

careless driver

17
Q

who does nick run into

A

tom

18
Q

what does tom reveal

A

that he told wilson who the car belonged to

19
Q

nick realizes what about tom and daisy

A

Tom and Daisy were “careless people,” people who made messes and then left others to clean them up.

20
Q

last line of the novel

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-So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past” (9.151).