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The Great Gatsby Chapter 5 review Questions and Answers 1. What does Nick mean when he says, “I realize now that under different circumstances that conversation might have been one of crises of my life. But because the offer was obviously and tactlessly for a service rendered, I had no choice except to cut him off there”? Nick realized that Gatsby was talking about an illegal job. If Nick was in a different situation, he might have accepted the job that Gatsby offered. Nick doesn’t accept the job because he knows that the only reason Gatsby offered the job was that Nick helped Gatsby with the meeting with Daisy. 2. In this chapter, what stages does Gatsby go through as he waits for then meets Daisy? In this chapter Gatsby goes through feeling excited, nervous, shy awkward, and embarrassed when he is waiting for Daisy to arrive and he first meets her again. After being left alone with Daisy, Gatsby feels comfortable. 3. How does Daisy react to the meeting? Point out several

specific ideas throughout the chapter. The meeting begins awkwardly for both Daisy and Gatsby. After Nick leaves them alone, Nick re enters to see Daisy and Gatsby happy. Daisy cried tears of joy and Gatsby seemed to glow 4. When Nick asks Gatsby what business he is in, Gatsby responds, “That’s my affair,” before he realizes that it is not an appropriate reply. Why does Gatsby give that answer, and why is it not an appropriate reply? Gatsby snaps at Nick because Gatsby cannot tell the truth about what he really does. It is not an appropriate reply. If his business was legal, he would have simply answered the question Nick asked. This is a clue (foreshadowing) to the truth about who Gatsby really is 5. Why does Gatsby throw all his shirts on the table? Gatsby throws all his shirts on the table to brag and boast about all of his money. He wants to shows off his wealth to Daisy and prove that he is worthy of being Daisy’s man. 6. Obviously, Daisy, with all her money, is not

going to cry over some shirts; why does she cry? Daisy cries because she now knows that Gatsby has waited for her and everything he has done, in his life he has done he for her 7. As the three of them look across the bay towards Daisy’s house, the narrator states, “Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her, almost touching her. It seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.” What does Fitzgerald mean by: A. Compared to the great distance between Gatsby and Daisy? For Gatsby he light used to seem very close to Daisy, reaching out to the green light and looking at the green light made Gatsby feel close to her even though he could not actually be close to her. Now, there is no distance between them because they are together again

B. “Now it was again a green light a dock His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.” The light now means nothing because Daisy is there with Gatsby on the balcony. The light is no longer magical for Gatsby. It is now just a green light 8. In the third to last paragraph of this chapter what does Nick mean when he says, “even that afternoon Daisy tumbled short if his dreams-not through her own fault. ”? Nick means that Gatsby has been dreaming about Daisy that he created a drean of Daisy that can only truly exist in Gatsby’s mind. He loves and desires the Daisy he has created in his mind It is impossible for her to be this Daisy because the past five years have changed her. The Gatsby that Daisy created, is impossible for the real Daisy to achieve