The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 5

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NOTE: Testing on Monday. Today I am going to give you your state-issued ID number.  Please write it down in your planner.

Please get your netbook when you arrive.  Copy the following questions into your ENGLISH JOURNAL and complete by the end of the period.  Be sure to put your answers in a different text color and skip the appropriate space between each question. ALSO, include the chapter number.

The Great Gatsby -- Chapter 5

1.  Describe the meeting between Gatsby and Daisy.

2.  Explain the following line: "Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry."
3.  How long did it take Gatsby to make the money to buy the mansion?
4.  How does Gatsby reply when Nick asks him what business he is in?

5.  What did Gatsby do to impress Daisy?

6.  What had the green light on the dock meant to Gatsby?

7.  What does the following line mean:  "There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy  tumbled short of his dreams -- not through her own fault, but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion."

8.  What aspect of Daisy could not be over-dreamed?
9.  What moral issues are raised in this novel?
10.  If you could arrange to have tea with anyone in the world (living or dead), who would it be and why?

HOMEWORK:  Independent Reading.  Study vocabulary to The Great Gatsby.