Name:

Mrs. Ordway
English 11
Date:
Great Gatsby: Chapter One Study and Reading Guide

I. Vocabulary: Be able to define the following words and understand them when they
appear in the novel.
inclined ________________________________________________________________
privy___________________________________________________________________
levity___________________________________________________________________
contemptuously __________________________________________________________
incredulously_____________________________________________________________
intimation_______________________________________________________________

II. Literary Terms: Be able to define each term and apply each term to the novel.
Narrator_________________________________________________________________
First person
______________________________________________________________
Third Person Limited ______________________________________________________
Third Person Omniscient___________________________________________________

Which point of view is The Great Gatsby told? _________________________________

Who is the narrator? _______________________________________________________

III. Questions
1. How does Nick get to Tom and Daisy’s house?

2. Tom was really good at what activity in college?

3. When Tom gets a couple of phone calls, what secret does Jordan tell Nick?

4. Whose nose is damaged by silver polish?

5. What does Daisy say she wishes her daughter to be?

6. Is Nick Carraway engaged?

7. Does Jordan appear to be married?

8. Who does Carraway see, reaching out across the water to, apparently, a green light?

9. What inference can we make about Daisy’s marriage? Offer a full and thoughtful

answer.

10. What is important about Carraway, the narrator, being the kind of guy who listens to

others? How will this trait add to the novel’s impact?

11. How might we describe Fitzgerald’s style in this novel? Again, fully explain and

support your answer.

12. List 5-7 important details we learn about the narrator from this chapter.

13. How does Nick compare East and West Egg. Who is Nick’s neighbor?

14. What do we learn about Tom from the phone call?

15. What does Nick see at the end of Chapter 1? What dramatic effect doe this last image

impart?

IV. Short Answer Using a CQT format please answer the following question:
(You can write your answer on the back of this study guide)
What seems to be Fitzgerald’s tone towards wealthy people in this first chapter? Fully
explain and support {this means you must quote something from the text} your answer.