Great Gatsby Comprehension

When Gatsby calls on Nick for the first time, he tells Nick several things about himself. What is NOT something he tells Nick about himself?

• Gatsby says he was married to a wealthy French aristocratic woman who died from influenza.

• Gatsby says he is the son of a wealthy family from the Middle West.

• Gatsby says he was educated at Oxford.

• Gatsby says he was promoted from first lieutenant to major during the war.

When Gatsby and Nick were driving into the city, crossing the Queensboro Bridge, what did they NOT see?

• A hearse and its funeral procession.

• A large group of Irish marching across the bridge with signs demanding equal pay.

• A limousine driven by a white chauffeur whose occupants were black people.

When Jordan Baker told Nick a story while they were in the tea garden at the Plaza Hotel, she told about how Daisy and Tom married in June but soon afterward Tom was in a car accident on the Ventura road. What was odd about what Jordan said next?

• She said that Tom always drove even though he did not have a license.

• She said the Ventura police were going to arrest Tom for the accident because he had “illegal things” in the car, but he paid them off and was let go.

• She said a girl who was with Tom broke her arm in the accident, and that the girl was a chambermaid in the Santa Barbara Hotel

• She said Tom told Daisy the car had been stolen and the Santa Barbara police found it after it had been in a crash.

What does Gatsby call Nick?

• Nicky

• Old Sport

• Buddy

• Mate

What does Nick do for Gatsby that Gatsby asked Nick to do?

• Nick sells some bonds to Gatsby because Gatsby feels sorry that Nick is poor.

• Nick asks Daisy to come over so Gatsby could see her.

• Nick asks Jordan to have lunch with Gatsby at the yacht club.

What makes Daisy cry at Gatsby’s home?

• The emptiness of the mansion.

• All of Gatsby’s beautiful shirts.

• The delicate sound of the piano.

• Seeing the green light at the dock across the bay.

What is Gatsby’s real name?

• Jayson Gatsberry

• Jim Gatzkowski

• Jaime Gab

• James Gatz

What did Daisy and Gatsby do at Gatsby’s party?

• They took the horses out for a ride in the moonlight.

• They danced the fox-trot.

• They sat at the end of the dock with their feet in the water.

• He played the piano and she sang.

What does Gatsby tell Nick he wants to have happen?

• He wants Tom to divorce Daisy “even if it’s for his own benefit.”

• He wants Daisy to “see that I’m a better man than Tom.”

• He wants Nick to find out about Tom’s “financial holdings” and about the money he owes.

• He wants to “repeat the past” to when he first met Daisy.

Nick learned that Gatsby and Daisy

• both think marriage is old fashioned.

• were set up on a blind date as teenagers.

• had kissed five years ago.

• were engaged before he went to the war.