Gatsby
THE GREATGATSBY CH. 7 QUESTIONS
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED (2024/2025) (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
What indication is there at this point that, in Myrtle's mind anyway, Tom
has been more than a fling? - ANS ✓She refused to move away with Wilson like
she had said she wanted earlier. She wants to stay near Tom.
Besides Myrtle, what other eyes "kept their vigil" on the activities along the
roadway? - ANS ✓T.J. Eckleburg
As always, there is a grain of truth in what Gatsby says. In what sense is he
an Oxford man? - ANS ✓He went to Oxford for five months. It was an
opportunity given to soldiers.
Daisy says that Tom is "revolting." To what, can you imagine, is she
referring? - ANS ✓He's saying he loves her and that he's cheating on her.
Why does Daisy have a tough time saying, as Gatsby wishes, that she never
loved Tom? - ANS ✓Because her and Tom had good memories, she did love him
once, but she loved Gatsby too.
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great Gatsby
THE GREATGATSBY CH. 7 QUESTIONS
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
UPDATED (2024/2025) (VERIFIED
ANSWERS)
What indication is there at this point that, in Myrtle's mind anyway, Tom
has been more than a fling? - ANS ✓She refused to move away with Wilson like
she had said she wanted earlier. She wants to stay near Tom.
Besides Myrtle, what other eyes "kept their vigil" on the activities along the
roadway? - ANS ✓T.J. Eckleburg
As always, there is a grain of truth in what Gatsby says. In what sense is he
an Oxford man? - ANS ✓He went to Oxford for five months. It was an
opportunity given to soldiers.
Daisy says that Tom is "revolting." To what, can you imagine, is she
referring? - ANS ✓He's saying he loves her and that he's cheating on her.
Why does Daisy have a tough time saying, as Gatsby wishes, that she never
loved Tom? - ANS ✓Because her and Tom had good memories, she did love him
once, but she loved Gatsby too.
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great Gatsby
