Question

1.Based on what the reader knows about Daisy, what can be inferred about Gatsby’s motivation for arranging to meet Daisy at Nick’s home?
“He wants to know—’ continued Jordan ‘—if you’ll invite Daisy to your house some afternoon and then let him come over.’


The modesty of the demand shook me. He had waited five years and bought a mansion where he dispensed star-light to casual moths so that he could ‘come over’ some afternoon to a stranger’s garden.


‘Did I have to know all this before he could ask such a


little thing?’


‘He’s afraid. He’s waited so long. He thought you might be offended. You see he’s a regular tough underneath it all.’


Something worried me. ‘Why didn’t he ask you to arrange a meeting?’


‘He wants her to see his house,’ she explained. ‘And your


house is right next door.’"






2.Gatsby is worried that Daisy will be too worried about Tom's feelings if he reunites with her in her home.



Gatsby believes that Daisy will be impressed when she sees his large, expensive home.



Gatsby believes that Daisy does not want to go to Jordan’s home because it is too far away.



Gatsby is threatened by the idea that Daisy may like Nick better than she likes him if she compares their personalities instead of their homes.




3.Examine the following passage from The Great Gatsby. What might the Valley of Ashes Symbolize?


This is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air. Occasionally a line of grey cars crawls along an invisible track, gives out a ghastly creak and comes to rest, and immediately the ash-grey men swarm up with leaden spades and stir up an impenetrable cloud which screens their obscure operations from your sight.




The decay of a society that is focused too much on wealth



The remains of a volcano that took out everything regardless of its value



The highlight of the American Dream



The beaty that lies in pain and ugliness




4.What words in the following passage have the greatest impact on the tone the author creates?


The valley of ashes is bounded on one side by a small foul river, and when the drawbridge is up to let barges through, the passengers on waiting trains can stare at the dismal scene for as long as half an hour.


valley, scene, hour



foul, dismal, stare



drawbridge, river, passage



bounded, waiting, small











5.Read the passage below and answer the question that follows.




I decided to call to him. Miss Baker had mentioned him at dinner, and that would do for an introduction. But I didn’t call to him for he gave a sudden intimation that he was content to be alone—he stretched out his arms toward the dark water in a curious way, and far as I was from him I could have sworn he was trembling. Involuntarily I glanced seaward—and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far away, that might have been the end of a dock. When I looked once more for Gatsby he had vanished, and I was alone again in the unquiet darkness.



How does this symbol of the green light represent the American Dream?





The green light is symbolic of money and achievement which are major aspects of the pursuit of the American Dream.



The green light symbolizes the American Dream because Gatsby and Daisy both like the

color green.



The green light symbolizes the American Dream because Gatsby and Daisy both like the color green.





Both A and C are correct, but not B; that one is just silly.

Answer 1

1.- Gastby is worried that Daisy will be too worried about Tom's feelings if he reunites with her in her home.

3.- The valley of ashes sybolizes the decay of society that is focused too much on wealth

4.- foul, dismal, stare

The green light represents Gastby's hopes and dreams for the future.

Answer 2

The correct answers to these questions are the following:

1. Gatsby's motivation for arranging to meet Daisy at Nick's house is that Gatsby believes that Daisy will be impressed when she sees his large, expensive home. He wants to meet at Nick's house because he lives next door to Gatsby's house, so Daisy can be impressed and attracted to him because of his mansion.

3. According to the mentioned passage, the Valley of Ashes may symbolize the decay of a society that is focused too much on wealth. Fitzgerald satirizes the wealth-ridden society of the roaring twenties, their hedonism and their focus on fortune and wealth no matter the consequences. Ironically, this would come to an end a few years later with the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.

4. The words that have the greatest impacton the tone the author creates are foul, dismal, stare. These are the words that set the grave tone and better convey the message of the excerpt.

5. The symbol of the green light represent the American Dream in that The green light is symbolic of money and achievement which are major aspects of the pursuit of the American Dream. Of course, the green light also symbolizes Gatsby desire for Daisy, but in a broader sense, it symbolizes the American Dream. It is associated with the idea that an individual from a lower-class can move up the social ladder. The color green symbolizes the economic wealth that Gatsby thinks will enable him to win Daisy's love.