The Great Gatsby — Chapter 9

And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby’s wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. He had come a long way to this blue lawn, and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night. Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgiastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms further… And one fine morning— So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

Vocabulary: In the sentence below, what does the word "adventitious" mean? Quote: "Someone with a positive manner, perhaps a detective, used the expression 'madman'... and the adventitious authority of his voice set the key for the newspaper reports next morning."

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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): What can be inferred from the following quote? Quote: "But she and Tom had gone away early that afternoon, and taken baggage with them. 'Left no address?' 'No.'"

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Theme Connection (multiple choice): Which theme from The Great Gatsby is most strongly connected to the quote below? Quote: "They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money..."

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