Name Mrs. Ordway English 11 Date The Great Gatsby Reading and Study Guide Chapter 9 I.

Vocabulary: Be able to define the following words and understand them when they appear in the novel. deranged________________________________________________________________ surmise _________________________________________________________________ complacent______________________________________________________________ asthetic_________________________________________________________________ provincial _______________________________________________________________ commenurate_____________________________________________________________ II. Literary Terms: Be able to define each term and apply each term to the novel. Theme: _______________________________________________________________ Find an example of the following Themes from The Great Gatsby Money is the root of all evil _______________________________________________ You cannot repeat the past_________________________________________________ There are limits to the American Dream ______________________________________ III. QuestionsPlease answer in complete sentences. 1. Who plans Gatsbys funeral? 2. Who does show up for Gatsbys funeral? 3. How does Meyer Wolfshiem (the guy with molars as cufflinks) decline the funeral invitation? What form or communication? 4. What did Gatsby write in his copy of Hopalong Cassidy? 5. Whats the weather like during the funeral? 6. Some time after the funeral, Nick runs into someone on the street. Who? 7. What, ultimately, is the message of this novel? 8. What is so American about this American novel?

9. What effect on the reader does the fact that, in his youth, Gatsby kept a schedule for self-improvement? Fully explain and support your answer. 10. What effect does Nicks final conversation with Tom have on the reader? In other words, what seems to be Fitzgeralds point with this conversation? Fully explain and support your answer. Here are the books closing words: Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic 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 farther. . . . And then one fine morning so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. (182)

11. Offer a thoughtful analysis of what Fitzgerald means here. In other words, explain what this passage means. Pleas, offer a thoughtful and complete response.

IV. Short Answer: (10 points) Using a CQT format please write a paragraph answering the following question: 12. What does the novel seem to say about the American Dream?