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Gatsby Questions 4-6

This document provides discussion questions about chapters 4, 5, and 6 of The Great Gatsby for a high school English class. The questions are divided into factual questions that require direct evidence from the text and inferential questions that require drawing conclusions. The objectives are for students to apply literary elements, recognize details, make inferences, demonstrate understanding of English standards, and provide textual evidence in complete sentences. A checklist reminds students to include evidence and page numbers, engage in discussion, and proofread their work.

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Gatsby Questions 4-6

This document provides discussion questions about chapters 4, 5, and 6 of The Great Gatsby for a high school English class. The questions are divided into factual questions that require direct evidence from the text and inferential questions that require drawing conclusions. The objectives are for students to apply literary elements, recognize details, make inferences, demonstrate understanding of English standards, and provide textual evidence in complete sentences. A checklist reminds students to include evidence and page numbers, engage in discussion, and proofread their work.

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Cover Sheet

Student name: _____________________________________


Ms. Karn
English III – ____

The Great Gatsby Discussion Questions Chapters 4, 5, and 6


 
Objectives:

o Applies literary elements to reading and writing activities.


o Recognizes relevant details.
o Makes inferences and draws conclusions.
o Demonstrates understanding and mastery of standard written
English.
o Writes in complete sentences and imbeds textual evidence.

Checklist:
 Students will provide textual evidence and page number to support their
answer.
 Students will be prepared to engage in a student-led reading circle.
 Students will proofread for distracting errors.

Chapter 4

The Facts
1.    What does Gatsby tell Nick about himself?
2.    What accomplishments of Meyer Wolfsheim’s does Gatsby describe to Nick?
How does Nick react?
3.    According to Jordan, what did Daisy do on her wedding day? Why?
4.    Why does Gatsby want to have tea with Daisy in Nick’s house? Why doesn’t
Gatsby ask Nick for this favor himself?
5.    What does Tom do when he and Daisy return from their honeymoon?
 
Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
1.     Aside from the improbability of his story, what other evidence is there that
Gatsby is lying when he tells Nick about his background?
2.    What does Gatsby’s friendship with Meyer Wolfsheim imply about his own
background?
3.    How does Daisy behave after Gatsby goes overseas? What does her
behavior reveal about her feelings for Gatsby?
4.    With Jordan in his arms, Nick thinks of a phrase: “There are only the
pursued, the pursuing, the busy and the tired.” How do you think this phrase
reflects on the events of the novel so far? Do you think that Gatsby would agree
with the phrase?

Chapter 5

The Facts
1.    What does Gatsby offer Nick in return for Nick’s cooperation in inviting Daisy
to his house?
2.    What is the meeting between Gatsby and Daisy like initially?
3.    How are Daisy and Gatsby different when Nick returns to the house after a
half an hour?
4.    What are Gatsby’s feelings by the end of the chapter?
5.    What does Gatsby reply when Nick asks him how he makes his money?
Why does Nick find that significant?
 
Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions
1.     What is Gatsby’s dialogue like in this chapter? What does it tell us about
Gatsby?
2.    Why do you think Daisy sobs when Gatsby shows her his shirts?
3.    What is the weather like in this chapter? How does it reflect on the
emotional climate of Gatsby and Daisy?
4.    In this chapter, Gatsby’s dream seems to be fulfilled. What indications are
there, though, that reality cannot satisfy his dream?

Chapter 6

The Facts
1.     When does James Gatz change his name? Why?
2.    What is Daisy’s real response to the party, according to Nick?
3.    What does Gatsby tell Nick he wants Daisy to do?
 
Making Inferences and Drawing Conclusions

1.    Tom, Mr. Sloane, and a young lady visit Gatsby and the lady invites Gatsby to
come to dinner with them. What does Gatsby’s response tell us about his social
sensitivity? What connection, if any, do you think this scene might have with
Gatsby’s love of Daisy?
2.    What is Gatsby’s view of the past? When Nick says that Gatsby “wanted to
recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving
Daisy,” what do you think he means?
3.    At the end of the chapter, Nick describes Gatsby kissing Daisy in Louisville
five years before. What is Gatsby giving up when he kisses her? Why?

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