The Great Gatsby — Chapter 4

He doesn’t know very much about Tom, though he says he’s read a Chicago paper for years just on the chance of catching a glimpse of Daisy’s name.” It was dark now, and as we dipped under a little bridge I put my arm around Jordan’s golden shoulder and drew her toward me and asked her to dinner. Suddenly I wasn’t thinking of Daisy and Gatsby any more, but of this clean, hard, limited person, who dealt in universal scepticism, and who leaned back jauntily just within the circle of my arm. A phrase began to beat in my ears with a sort of heady excitement: “There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired.” “And Daisy ought to have something in her life,” murmured Jordan to me. “Does she want to see Gatsby?” “She’s not to know about it. Gatsby doesn’t want her to know. You’re just supposed to invite her to tea.” We passed a barrier of dark trees, and then the façade of Fifty-Ninth Street, a block of delicate pale light, beamed down into the park. Unlike Gatsby and Tom Buchanan, I had no girl whose disembodied face floated along the dark cornices and blinding signs, and so I drew up the girl beside me, tightening my arms. Her wan, scornful mouth smiled, and so I drew her up again closer, this time to my face.

Vocabulary: In the sentence below, what does the word "punctilious" mean? Quote: "This quality was continually breaking through his punctilious manner in the shape of restlessness."

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Main Idea (multiple choice): Which statement best captures the main idea of this chapter excerpt?

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Inference (multiple choice): Read the quote and choose the best inference. Quote: "Taking a white card from his wallet, he waved it before the man’s eyes. 'Right you are,' agreed the policeman, tipping his cap."

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Theme Connection (multiple choice): Which theme from The Great Gatsby does this quote most strongly connect to? Quote: "They will give you a better impression than my generalities of those who accepted Gatsby’s hospitality and paid him the subtle tribute of knowing nothing whatever about him."

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Vocabulary: In the sentence below, what does the word "somnambulatory" mean? Quote: "Mr. Wolfshiem... lapsed into a somnambulatory abstraction."

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Main Idea (multiple choice): Why does Fitzgerald include Jordan’s story about Daisy and Gatsby in Louisville?

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Inference (multiple choice): Read the quote and choose the best inference. Quote: "He looked at me sideways—and I knew why Jordan Baker had believed he was lying."

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Theme Connection (multiple choice): Which theme does this quote most strongly connect to? Quote: "Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay."

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