December 6, 2018 - Day 46

EQ:

Gatsby Questions

1. What stuns Gatsby?
2. When does Tom know?
3. What does Wilson know?
1. Myrtle is having an affair
4. What position is that?
5. What is Tom about to lose?
6. What does that mean, I'm right across from you?
7. Who won?
1. Tom
8. What is a main reason why people marry?
1. survival
9. What are Tom and Daisy talking about?
10. What does Tom have that is most important to Daisy right now?

December 5, 2018 - Day 45

EQ: Why does Daisy lie and tell Gatsby she has never seen such beautiful shirts?
She has made a mistake and realizes she can't go back.

Chapter 6 GG

1. The beginning of Chapter 6, Nick is going to explain what?
1. who Gatsby really is
2. What is Gatsby's real name?
1. Jay Gatz
3. Why do people change their names?
1. hide something
4. Who names Gatsby?
1. Dan Cody
5. Why does Gatsby not drink?
1. Dan Cody was an alcoholic
6. What's harder to do, live poor forever, or be rich, and lost it all?
1. Be rich and lose it all
7. What is the rumor of Gatsby's wealth?
1. bootlegger
8. What is better with gifts, the anticipation or the getting?
1. the anticipation
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December 4, 2018 - Day 44

EQ: How is Gatsby different than the parties he throws?
He doesn't drink

Questions:

1. Who is Philadelphia?
1. business
2. What is wrong with the story of his dead parents?
1. he says he is from the Midwest in San Francisco (not in the Midwest)
3. Where was he educated?
1. Oxford
4. What is this card?
1. Get out of jail free
5. Who can give a card like this?
1. police commissioner or mayor
6. M T
1. Money Talks
7. What happened in 1919?
1. fixed World Series
8. What does that letter say?
1. he's coming home
9. What is more important - love or money?
1. love 
10. What is coincidence?
1. Nick is Daisy's cousin and he just randomly ends up living next door to Gatsby
11. Potentially, what is Nick setting up Daisy and Gatsby?
1. a hypocrite
12. Why is she crying?
1. she realizes she can never leave and she messed up marrying Tom
13. Can you recreate the past?
1. No
14. Can you have a first kiss twice?
1. No
15. Can you have a first love twice?
1. No
16. Can you fall in love twice?
1. Maybe

December 3, 2018 - Day 43

***There have been no notes on the blog due to EOC and EOC Prep***

EQ: What amendment banned alcohol, what amendment reversed it? What were the 1920's called?


The Great Gatsby

1. Who is the author?
1. F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. Who is the author within the story?
1. Nick Carraway
3. What does he take pride in?
1. he refuses to judge people
4. What does Nick say about himself?
1. highly moral and highly tolerant
5. Who is the hero?
1. Jay Gatsby
6. What year is it?
1. 1922
7. Where is the setting?
1. New York (Long Island - West Egg)
8. What business is he in?
1. bonds
9. What neighborhood does Nick move into?
1. West Egg
10. What is the difference between new and old rich?
1. old rich is money for generations; new rich is money recently aquired
11. Who is Nick's neighbor?
1. Jay Gatsby
12. Do old rich like the new rich?
1. No
13. What type of university is Yale?
1. Ivy League
14. Who is Nick's cousin?
1. Daisy Buchanan
15. Who is Daisy's husband?
1. Tom Buchanan
16. What sport is riding clothes?
1. Polo
17. What word is it called when you play with words?
1. pun
18. Daisy's reaction to Gatsby means...
1. She has a past with him
19. Does Daisy know about the affair?
1. YES
20. Why does she stay?
1. lifestyle
21. Why would you hope your child would be a fool?
1. to protect her heart
22. I I B
1. Ignorance is bliss
23. What does this mean?
1. if you don't know, it doesn't bother you
24. In 1922, what powers NYC?
1. coal
25. What is symbolism?
1. something that stands for something
26. Who is Tom's lover?
1. Myrtle
27. Who is Myrtle married to?
1. George Wilson
28. In 1922, what major event has just ended?
1. World War I
29. What kind of gift is a puppy?
1.  a commitment
30. Why is Nick uncomfortable?
1. he knows Tom is cheating on his cousin
31. What is guilty by association mean?
1. since he knows, he is guilty too
32. What does Nick mean when he was within and without?
1. he's in the group, but doesn't belong
33. What mixed message does Tom give Myrtle?
1. Gives her a puppy and then breaks her nose
34. Will Myrtle leave?
1. No
35. What are the 4 rumors?
1. German spy during the war, graduate of Oxford, once killed a man in cold blood, cousin to Kaiser Wilhelm
36. What connections does Nick have to Gatsby?
1. they served in the same division during the war
37. What is the habit of Gatsby?
1. calls everyone 'Old Sport'
38. What does Gatsby not do?
1. drink
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