The Great Gatsby Ch. 7-9 guided reading questions Ch. 7

What is the weather like at the beginning of Ch. 7? Support your answer with four (different) quotations.

Why does the group drive to the city?

Why does Wilson lock Myrtle in the apartment? What does Myrtle see as she looks out the window?

When Wilson says, “I just got wised up to something funny the last two days ..”
What has he “wised up” to? What does he still not know?

Who was in Tom’s car in the drive home from the city? Who was in Gatsby’s car? (you may list each)

Describe in detail what happens on the way home from the city.

“Daisy and Tom were sitting opposite each other at the kitchen table, with a plate of cold fried chicken between them and two bottles of ale. He was talking intently across the table at hewhiler, and in his earnestness his hand had fallen upon and covered her own. Once in a she looked up at thim and nodded..” What does this quotation suggest about Daisy and Tom’s relationship?

Where is Gatsby at the end of Ch. 7?

Ch. 8

What did Daisy do at 4:00 in the morning? Where was Gatsby at the time?

Summarize the first flashback in this chapter starting with “It was this night that he told me the strange story of his youth ..”

What does George believe about the eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleberg?

Ch. 9

Who led George Wilson to believe that Gatsby had killed Myrtle? Support with evidence (quote) after you answer.

Describe Gatsby’s friends’ reactions to his death and funeral. Support with evidence (two quotations) after you answer

in night, why are wiesel and his father evacuated from the auschwitz concentration camp? a massive escape makes the nazis question the security of auschwitz. they are assigned to work as laborers in a factory at another camp, buna. hitler has ordered that all remaining jews be relocated within german borders. the german army needs the camp guards to go to the battle front for a last-chance defense.

answer: may i ask who shelly is?

the people of renaissance florence, like most city–states of the era, were composed of four social classes: the nobles, the merchants, the tradesmen and the unskilled workers.

the nobles lived on large estates outside the city walls. they owned most of the city’s land, so the nobles controlled. the nobles served as military officers, royal advisers and as politicians.

baldassare castiglione described the proper manners of a noble in the book of the courtier (1528). castiglione wrote that a noble must have training to be an able warrior and social talents such as wit, the ability to dance, and “a certain grace that makes all his activities seem effortless and unconscious.”

the nobles were disdainful of the merchant class, who gained wealth in industries like wool processing, shipbuilding and banking. the merchants sought to protect their wealth by controlling the government and marrying into noble families. they became patrons of great artists in order to gain public favor.

the tradesmen of florence were the crafts workers and shopkeepers. most tradesmen belonged to guilds, organizations that established standards of quality, set rules for membership, and limited outside competition.

the unskilled workers were the lowest class of city workers. these laborers did not have job protection and were very dependent on their employers. workers who violated rules could have their wages withheld or could be discharged from their jobs.