The Great Gatsby Unit Packet

Directions: Complete this packet by writing in answers/notes during or after class discussion. Your answers need to be in
complete sentences.

Chapter 1

1. Where is West Egg? What does the narrator say is the difference between West Egg and East Egg?

2. What does the narrator say directly about Tom? Provide specific quotes and page numbers.

3. Describe Daisy. Who is she? What is she like?

Discussion/Additional Notes:

Chapter 2

1. What is the “valley of ashes” that Tom and Nick pass on the train? What are the “eyes of T.J. Eckleburg” that watch
over it?

2. Explain the lie that Tom has told Myrtle and what Tom finally does to Myrtle. What does Tom’s behavior show
about his character?

Discussion/Additional Notes:
Chapter 3

1. At Gatsby’s party, some girls say that Gatsby had connections to Germany during the war and that he killed a
man. Why does Nick call this report a “romantic speculation”?

2. What is similar about Gatsby’s party and the party Nick attends at Tom and Myrtle’s?

3. How does the novel’s first-person point of view affect what the reader knows about Jordan and Gatsby?

4. Describe the car accident outside Gatsby’s party. What is the significance of this incident?

Discussion/Additional Notes:

Chapter 4

1. Why does Nick start believing some of the stories that Gatsby tells about his life?

2. Jordan tells Nick a story about Daisy and Gatsby’s past. What does he learn from this flashback?

3. What is Gatsby’s plan to reunite with Daisy? What does this reveal about Gatsby’s character/way of thinking?

Discussion/Additional Notes:
Chapter 5

1. Describe the meeting between Gatsby and Daisy at Nick’s house. Provide quotes and page numbers.

2. Why do you think Daisy starts crying when she sees the shirts at Gatsby’s house?

Discussion/Additional Notes:

Chapter 6

1. What does the reader learn about Gatsby’s past in regards to “James Gatz”?

2. Does Nick thin Gatsby’s love for Daisy is realistic or an illusion? Explain.

3. What might the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock symbolize for Gatsby?

Discussion/Additional Notes:

Chapter 7

1. What epiphany does Tom experience in this chapter?

2. In the hotel room, what internal conflicts causes Daisy to refuse Gatsby? How does her social position contribute
to her decision to stay with Tom?

3. What external conflict do Daisy and Tom face after Myrtle is killed in the traffic accident?
Discussion/Additional Notes:

Chapter 8

1. Why won’t Gatsby flee?

2. What do the “eyes of T.J. Eckleburg” symbolize ?

3. Describe what happens to Gatsby.

Discussion/Additional Notes:

Chapter 9

1. Why does Nick care for Gatsby?

2. What do you think this novel says in regards to the American Dream? Explain.

Discussion/Additional Notes:
 The Roaring Twenties – Scavenger Hunt
Directions: Go to our class website and click on the Scavenger Hunt tab under The Great Gatsby unit. For each
section, either watch the video or click on the title which will direct you to a specific article.
THE ROARING TWENTIES- Watch the video. Then write five important facts about the 1920s.

PROHIBITION
1. When did the Prohibition Era begin?

2. List three specific consequences Prohibition had on the economy.

3. What was the 18th Amendment?

4. List at least three different ways people tried to evade the dry mandate.

5. How did the Prohibition Era affect law enforcement and the legal system?

SPEAKEASY
1. What is a speakeasy?

2. Why were they called speakeasies?

 3. What ended the business of speakeasies?

ARNOLD ROTHSTEIN
1. List three interesting facts you learned about Arnold Rothstein.

19th AMENDMENT
1. What is the 19th Amendment?

2. When did the women suffrage movement begin?

3. What does NWSA and AWSA stand for? What was the main difference between the two organizations?

4. Who is Carrie Chapman Catt?

5. What was the final vote for the 19th Amendment?

6. Who had the deciding vote for the ratification for Tennessee?

7. On November 2, 1920, how many women voted for the first time?

FLAPPERS
1. List at least three traits about flappers in regards to who they were, what they believed in, and what
they wore.
AUTOMOBILES- Look through the photo gallery. List three things you noticed about cars during this time
period.

MUSIC
Video- Listen to at least thirty seconds of each song. Write down your reactions and thoughts about the music.

Article- Read either the “Dance Bands,” “Jazz,” or “The Blues” section. List three interesting facts you learned
from your reading.

F. SCOTT FITZGERALD- Watch the video. And then, write down five facts about the author.
 Passage Log

Directions: As you read through the novel, make note of important passages. For each passage, identify the chapter,
describe the scene, and provide at least one quote with the page number.

CHAPTER DESCRIPTION QUOTES AND PAGE NUMBER