We will be having a multiple choice quiz on Gatsby, chapters 1-3. The relevant study questions are provided below.

Study questions for the novel: 
 
Chapter 1
1.    Examine the connotative language Fitzgerald uses to contrast West Egg and East Egg. 
2.    Look at the paragraph about Tom Buchanan beginning with, “He had changed since….”  Find and list ten words that contribute to the impact of the last sentence.  What is the effect of the last sentence? 
3.    What is the first thing Daisy says in the novel?  In what different ways could you interpret her comment? 
4.    Explain the context and the meaning of Nick’s comment about Tom Buchanan: “Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart.” 
5.    Why is the darkness “unquiet”?  (last sentence in chapter 1) 
 
Chapter 2
6.    Draw a sketch of the eyes of Dr. Eckleburg looking over the valley of ashes.  Literally, what is this a picture of? 
7.    List the three most effective images with which Wilson’s character is established.  With which character is he in direct contrast? 
8.    Why does Fitzgerald add the detail about the dog-biscuit to the description of the party at Myrtle’s apartment? 
9.    How does Nick’s following comment give the reader insight into Fitzgerald’s handling of point of view in the novel?  “I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.” 
 
Chapter 3
10.    Look at the first paragraph in chapter three.  Explain the following: 
a     its contrast with the previous scene (look especially at irony)  
b    the sentence which creates a magical tone--  How? 
c    the overall effect of Fitzgerald’s choice of verbs
11.    What is the reason for and the effect of the shift in verb tense which occurs in the fourth paragraph in chapter three? 
12.    From chapter three, pick one or two sentences you really like, write them, and describe Fitzgerald’s style. 
13.    Explain the meaning and purpose of this sentence: “It was testimony to the romantic speculation he inspired that there were whispers about him from those who had found little that it was necessary to whisper about in this world.” 
Explain the point of Owl-Eyes’s admiration for Gatsby’s library.