Ms. Hamden
The Great Gatsby—Chapter 6
NAME:
1. What is Gatsby's real history? Where is he from and what is his name?
2. Why did Gatsby create a new persona? What version of himself is “Jay Gatsby”?
3. What did Dan Cody teach Gatsby? How did Cody make is money?
4. What was Gatsby supposed to get from Cody? How was Cody’s wife involved?
5. When Tom and his friends drop in on Gatsby how do they treat him? What does this indicate about
their view of him?
6. Why doesn’t Gatsby understand that he wasn’t really invited? What does that show about Gatsby?
7. On page 102 Daisy comments to Tom, “if you want to take down any addresses here’s my little gold
pencil.” What does this reveal about her knowledge of Tom and her frame of mind regarding him?
8. What is Daisy's opinion of Gatsby's party? How does this affect him?
9. What does Gatsby want from Daisy?
The Great Gatsby—Chapter 7
1. What change occurs at Gatsby's on Saturday night? What has happened to Gatsby's original servants?
2. Chapter 7 takes place near the end of the summer. What might this setting symbolize?
3. What was Gatsby's reaction to Daisy's child? Why is this?
4. What does Tom suddenly notice? Why does Tom decide that going into town is a good idea?
5. What remark does Tom make about the drug store?
6. What car is Tom driving when he stops at Wilson's? What color is Gatsby's car (the one Tom's
driving)?
7. What has Wilson discovered about his wife? What does Wilson reveal to Tom about Myrtle's wants?
8. Who is Myrtle really watching? Whom does she believe this person to be?
9. What is happening beneath the parlor suite at the Plaza Hotel as Tom and Daisy's marriage is
dissolving? What literary device is being employed here?
10. What, specifically, does Gatsby want Daisy to tell Tom?
11. What confuses Gatsby about Daisy's love for him?
12. What does Daisy say she plans to do? Does she mean it?
13. Who “wins”? What does the winner say to convince Daisy?
14. Tom excitedly approaches the wreck. What changes his emotion?
15. What is revealed about the “death car”?
16. Who does Tom believe was driving? How was the driver a “coward”?
17. Who is waiting in the bushes outside of the Buchannan house? Why is he there?
18. Who was actually driving the "death car"?
19. Fitzgerald writes, "They weren't happy…and yet they weren't unhappy either. There was an
unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were
conspiring together." What is the true nature of the relationship between Daisy and Tom?