Gatsby

Question 1

judgement

Answer 1

I’m inclined to all judgement

Question 2

secret

Answer 2

I was privy to the secrets griefs of wild, unknown men

Question 3

hope

Answer 3

an extraordinary gift for hope

Question 4

money

Answer 4

the less fashionable of the two…not a little sinister contrast between them

Question 5

conspicuous consumption - 1

Answer 5

consoling proximity of millionaires - all for eight dollars a month

Question 6

conspicuous consumption - 2

Answer 6

cheerful red-and-white Georgian Colonial mansion overlooking the bay

Question 7

conspicuous consumption - 3

Answer 7

gleaming white against the fresh grass

Question 8

valley of ashes

Answer 8

a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat .…. with a transcendent effort, of ash-grey men…through the powdery air

Question 9

Doctor T.J Eckleburg

Answer 9

• blue and gigantic…over a non-existent nose.

- persistent stare

Question 10

George Wilson

Answer 10

he was a blonde, spiritless man, anaemic and faintly handsome

Question 11

conspicuous consumption - 4

Answer 11

crowded to the doors with a set of tapestried furniture entirely too large for it….

Question 12

conspicuous consumption - 5

Answer 12

elaborate afternoon dress of cream-coloured chiffon

Question 13

conspicuous consumption - 6

Answer 13

every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York

Question 14

conspicuous consumption - 7

Answer 14

Gatsby’s gorgeous car lurched up the rocky drive to my door…its three-noted horn

Question 15

Death

Answer 15

….Myrtle Wilson, her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled her thick dark blood with the dust

Question 16

American Dream

Answer 16

paid a high price for living too long with a single dream

Question 17

Failure

Answer 17

I found myself on Gatsby’s side, and alone

Question 18

compassion

Answer 18

I was responsible, because no one else was interested

Question 19

Deceit

Answer 19

after that I felt a certain shame for Gatsby