great gatsby chapter 3

Question 1

in the beginning of the chapter, how does nick describe gatsby’s parties

Answer 1

elaborate parties
orchestra and everything
hordes of people come
most nights during the summer

Question 2

how is nick invited

Answer 2

by gatsby’s chauffer

Question 3

who does nick meet at the party

Answer 3

jordan

Question 4

what is jordan’s profession

Answer 4

golfer

Question 5

what do people gossip about gatsby

Answer 5

he might be a murderer or something

Question 6

nick is not big with

Answer 6

parties

Question 7

where does nick go while at gatsby’s party

Answer 7

the library

Question 8

who does nick meet in the library

Answer 8

a man with owl-eyed spectacles

Question 9

what is the man in the library surprised about

Answer 9

that all the books are real

Question 10

what does the man in the library say

Answer 10

“I’ve been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.”

Question 11

who does nick meet outside the library

Answer 11

gatsby

Question 12

what do nick and gatsby chat about

Answer 12

having been in WW I

Question 13

how old is nick

Answer 13

around 30

Question 14

why does gatsby leave the conversation

Answer 14

phone call

Question 15

who does gatsby send his butler to fetch

Answer 15

jordan

Question 16

describe the lady singing

Answer 16

woman with red hair singing along to a piano and weeping black mascara tears

Question 17

what are the spouses fighting about

Answer 17

men- they’re not allowed to talk to they hot young girls

women- their husbands are trying to talk to the hot young girls

Question 18

jordan tells nick what

Answer 18

come and visit me at my aunts house

Question 19

what does gatsby say to nick after saying goodnight

Answer 19

that he has plans to go up in his hydroplane tomorrow

Question 20

what does nick see in the driveway

Answer 20

a coupe hit a wall and lost a wheel

Question 21

who is the driver of the coupe

Answer 21

the man with the glasses who was in the library

Question 22

what does nick find out moments after watching the car lose the wheel

Answer 22

that the man with the glasses was not the driver

Question 23

after the party

nick falls into his usual routine of _____

Answer 23

work
eat
sleep

Question 24

when does jordan pop up again

Answer 24

mid summer

Question 25

nick isn’t in love with jordan

he calls it ____

Answer 25

curiosity

Question 26

what does jordan lie about

Answer 26

leaving the top down in a borrowed convertible

Question 27

jordan’s lie reminds nick of ____ about jordan

Answer 27

a story that jordan may have cheated in a golf tournament once

Question 28

classic fitzgerald line regarding jordan :

Answer 28

“Dishonesty in a woman is something you never blame deeply.”

Question 29

how good of a driver is jordan

Answer 29

a horrible one

Question 30

jordan says she hates what type of people

Answer 30

careless people

Question 31

jordan also says that she likes

Answer 31

nick

Question 32

nick realizes that he needs to break things with ________

Answer 32

a certain girl back in Chicago.