Gatsby characters 1-3

Mr. Hoham

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  1. "He had been one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty one that everything afterward savors of anticlimax."
  2. Your answer:
    Jay
    Nick
    Tom


  3. What lie about Daisy, told my Catherine, shocked Nick?
  4. Your answer:
    that she was older than she really was
    that she had been divorced twice
    that Daisy was Catholic


  5. "Chester, I think you could do something with her"
  6. Your answer:
    Lucile McKee
    Catherine
    Daisy


  7. "The sister was a slender, worldy girl of about thirty, with a solid sticky bob of red hair.
  8. Your answer:
    Myrtle
    Catherine
    Daisy


  9. "Don't ask me said, washing his hands of the whole matter. I know little about driving, next to nothing.
  10. Your answer:
    Jay
    George
    Owl Eyes


  11. "And I like large parties. They're so intimate."
  12. Your answer:
    Jordan
    Jay
    Tom


  13. "Well, he told me once he was an Oxford man."
  14. Your answer:
    Tom
    Jay
    Jordan


  15. "But his eyes, dimmed a little by many paintless, days under sun and rain, brood on over the solemn dumping ground."
  16. Your answer:
    Jay Gatsby
    Nick
    Dr. Eckleburg


  17. "I've been everywhere and seen everything and done everything. Sophisticated, God, I'm sophisticated."
  18. Your answer:
    Daisy
    Lucile
    Myrtle


  19. "He smiled, understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of enternal reassurance in it.
  20. Your answer:
    Nick
    George
    Jay


  21. "I can't explain about business. When are you going to sell me that car?"
  22. Your answer:
    Owl Eyes
    George Wilson
    Chester McKee


  23. "All right, I said. I'm glad its a girl. And I hope she'll be a fool, that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
  24. Your answer:
    Daisy
    Tom
    Jordan


  25. "You see, she cried triumphantly. She lowered her voice again. It's really his wife that's keeping them apart. She's catholic, and they don't believe in divorce."
  26. Your answer:
    Lucile
    Myrtle
    Catherine


  27. "In college I was unjustly accused of being a politician because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men.
  28. Your answer:
    Nick
    Jay
    George


  29. "I began to like New York, the racy, adventurous feel of it at night, and the satisfaction that the constant flicker of men and women and machines gives to the restless eye.
  30. Your answer:
    George
    Jay
    Nick


  31. Tom and Nick got off the train on their way to New York so that Nick could meet.
  32. Your answer:
    Catherine
    Myrtle
    Lucile


  33. "She was in the middle thirties, and faintly stout, but she carried her surplus flesh sensuously as some women can."
  34. Your answer:
    Daisy
    Catherine
    Myrtle


  35. "He said that he was in the artistic game. I gathered later that he was a photographer."
  36. Your answer:
    Chester McKee
    Dr. Eckleburg
    Nick


  37. "I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known"
  38. Your answer:
    Jordan
    Jay
    Nick


  39. "Absolutely real, have pages and everything. I thought they'd be a nice durable cardboard."
  40. Your answer:
    Tom
    Owl Eyes
    Jay Gatsby


  41. "The host stood on the porch, his hand up in a formal gesture of farewell."
  42. Your answer:
    Jay
    Catherine
    Daisy


  43. "His eyes are blue and gigantic, their retinas are one yard high"
  44. Your answer:
    Dr. Eckleburg
    Jordan
    Chester McKee


  45. When Myrtle mentioned Daisy's name, Tom reacted by...
  46. Your answer:
    sitting silent for an hour
    crying
    hitting her in the nose


  47. The Buchanans lived at on Long Island Sound.
  48. Your answer:
    Marvin's Gardens
    Haven Court
    East Egg


  49. The narrator's name is
  50. Your answer:
    George
    Jay
    Nick



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