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Active vocabulary:
1.to show off, to show smth off
2.to run out
3.pointless
4.in a grudging way / in a… way
5.to be flung open
6.all along
7.to croon
8.to keep vigil
9.dog-days
10.intermittent
11.dismally
12.to append
13.to bum one’s way home
14.to look blankly
15.to grope
16.to go on a spree
17.a swindler
18.truculent eyes
Use the active vocabulary in your own situations or recall the
situation in which each of the vocabulary units is used in the book.
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Exercises
1.Translate the following sentences in Russian:
1.In this heat every extra gesture was an affront to the common store of life.
2.Our eyes lifted over the rose-beds and the hot lawn and the weedy refuse of the dog-days along-shore.
3.It was full of money — that was the inexhaustible charm that rose and fell in it, the jingle of ir, the cymbal’s song of it.
4.The immediate contingency overtook him, pulled him back from the edge of the theoretical abyss.
5.So engrossed was she that she had no consciousness of being observed, and one emotion after another crept into her face like objects into a slowly developing picture.
6.At this point Jordan and I tried to go, but Tom and Gatsby insisted with competitive firmness that we remain-as though neither of them had anything to conceal and it would be a privilege to partake vicariously of their emotions.
2.Find synonyms to the following words and expressions or explain their meaning in English:
1.genial
2.indiscreet voice
3.dog-days
4.to partake
5.to sneer at
6.dusk
7.to whimper
8.a bona-fide deal
3.Paraphrase or explain in your own words the following words and expressions:
1.morbid
2.on the verge of tears
3.to be run down
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4.whips of panic
5.to cause a row
6.to go on a spree
7.to crab about
4.Recall the situations in which these sentences were used:
1.“They are all brothers and sisters. They used to run a small hotel”.
2.Gatsby stood in the center of the crimson carpet and gazed around with fascinated eyes.
3.“Blessed precious”, she crooned, holding out her arms.
4.Tom threw on both brakes impatiently, and we slid to an abrupt dusty stop under Wilson’s sign.
5.There is no confusion of a simple mind, and as we drove away Tom was feeling the hot whips of panic.
6.“... Beat me!.. throw me down and beat me, you dirty little coward”.
5.Answer the questions:
1.What changes occurred in Gatsby’s house after his meeting with Daisy?
2.How do descriptions of the weather support the plot?
3.Does Tom show his dislike towards Gatsby?
4.Why does Daisy call her child to the salon?
5.Does Gatsby know about the existence of the child?
6.What does Gatsby mean by saying “Her voice is full of money”?
7.Why does Wilson want to buy Tom’s car?
8.Why does Tom drive so erratically? Why do they all end up at the Plaza Hotel?
9.What investigations does Tom make about Gatsby?
10. How does Nick feel about his 30th birthday? What was significant about his birthday?
11. What does Tom find out about Myrtle that made him physically sick?
12. What happens to Myrtle? Why does she run into the road?
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13. What is the climax of the day?
6.Discussion:
1.How did relations between Gatsby and Daisy develop?
2.Do you think Tom loved Daisy? Give your reasons.
3.Myrtle Wilson’s death. Who was to blame?
4.Compare George Wildon and Tom. What did each man learn about Myrtle and how did they react?
5.Describe the fight between Gatsby and Tom. How do you think these two men are similar and how are they different?
6.What do you think Tom and Daisy were talking about at the end of the chapter? Do you think Tom knew that it was Daisy who had been driving the “death car”? Why, why not?
7.At this point how would you end the novel?
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Chapter VIII–IX
Active vocabulary:
1.to squeak
2.to make smb tranquil
3.to be flattered
4.to spread itself in benediction
5.to blur / blurred (e.g. blurred eyes)
6.to corroborate smth
7.to blurt out
8.a forlorn hope
9.to be deranged by grief
10.a surmise
11.to defer / to be deferred
12.to stand smth
13.reverent (e.g. a reverent voice)
14.a fly-leaf
15.soggy ground
16.without resentment
17.to wear smb out / to be worn out
18.to be hard up
19.at a nod
20.a straightforward
21.to pull oneself together
Use the active vocabulary in your own situations or recall the
situation in which each of the vocabulary units is used in the book.
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Exercises
1.Translate the following sentences in Russian:
Chapter VIII
1.In various unrevealed capacities he had come in contact with such people, but always with indiscernible barbed wire between.
2.He had intended, probably, to take what he could and go — but now he found that he had committed himself to the following of a grail.
3.For Daisy was young and her artificial world was redolent of orchids and pleasant, cheerful snobbery and orchestra which set the rhythm of the year, summing up the sadness and suggestiveness of life in new tunes.
Chapter IX
4.So Wilson was reduced to a man “deranged by grief in order that the case might remain in its simplest form”.
5.But there was nothing — only the picture of Dan Cody, a token of forgotten violence, staring down from the wall.
6.I see now that this has been a story of the West, after all — Tom and Gatsby, Daisy and Jordan and I, were all Westerners, and perhaps we possessed some deficiency in common which made us subtly unadaptable to Eastern life.
2.Find a synonym to the words and expressions in italics or explain their meaning in English:
1.obscene
2.He was clutching at some last hope
3.An inexplicable amount of dust
4.…he made the most of his time
5.…he was a person from much the same strata as herself
6.… her next remark made me rigid
7.…this has been a strain on you
8.a forlorn hope
9.… the authority of his voice set the key for the newspaper reports…
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10. We were so thick like that in everything 11. Jimmy was bound to get ahead
3.Recall the situations in which these sentences were used:
1.… He was at present a penniless man without a past.
2.She was feeling the pressure of the world outside…
3.Someone… drove her in the wake of her sister’s body.
4.…he had lost the old warm world, paid a high price for living too long with a single dream.
5.“Look here, old sport, you’ve got to get somebody for me. You’ve got to try hard…”
6.He was on the point of collapse.
7.“Jimmy always is better down Eats///”
8.Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.
4.Answer the questions:
1.When did Gatsby first meet Daisy?
2.What was the problem when Gatsby met Daisy as a young man? What does it mean that he was following a grail?
3.What impression did Daisy’s house make on Gatsby?
4.What did he do to “take” Daisy?
5.How did Daisy spend her life without Gatsby?
6.Why did Daisy begin to date other men?
7.Do you think Daisy loved Tom when she married him?
8.What is the weather like and what time of year is it (not in the flashback)?
9.How did the news of Myrtle’s death affect her sister?
10. Was George aware of his wife’s love affairs?
11. Why is there a dog leash in Wilson’s drawer? Why is Wilson being watched all night? What is it he refers to as “God”?
12. How did Geogre try to find the “yellow car”? 13. Why did he kill himself?
14. Why is Nick the only person who was responsible and cared about every practical question after the catastrophe?
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15. Why does the caller from Chicago hang up? Why did Nick hang up on Klipspringer? Why did Mr. Wolfsheim decline to attend the funeral?
16. What does Mr. Gatz feel like? Did Mr. Gatz want to take the body West? Why?
17. What does Meyer Wolfsheim tell Nick about his first meeting with Gatsby?
18. How does Mr. Gatz explain Jimmy’s running off with home? 19. What is it that Gatsby’s schedule “shows [us]”? How was Jay Gatz’s childhood schedule consistent with the adult
Gatsby’s behavior?
20. What does it mean to be “unadaptable to Eastern life”? 21. Who attends the funeral?
22. What is the purpose of Nick’s last meeting with Jordan? 23. How does Nick describe West Egg/the East?
24. Why does Nick erase the word on the stairs?
5.Discussion:
1.How does Fitzgerald achieve a melancholic mood at the beginning of Chapter 8?
2.How are seasons used in constructing the novel?
3.Comment on the quotation “... he let her believe that he was a person from much the same strata as herself …”
4.How does Nick’s statement “You’re worth the whole bunch put together” show a change in Nick from the beginning of the novel?
5.Daisy’s betrayal.
6.Imagine and describe the scene of the accident in Gatsby’s house.
7.Speak on Mr. Gatz. Give a character sketch of Mr. Gatz.
8.What does it mean that “the holocaust was complete”?
9.Nick’s last meeting with Jordan. Comment on the quotation: “... a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver”.
10.Comment on the quotation: “They were careless people, Tom and Daisy, … let people clean up the mess they had made…
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ADDITIONAL EXERCISES AND TASKS
1.REVISION QUESTIONS
Chapters I–II
1.Describe each of the following characters with three adjectives: Tom, Daisy, Jordan, Nick.
2.In Chapter 2, what did Nick mean when he commented on the party in Manhattan: “I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life”?
3.Why do you think Tom chose Myrtle as his mistress?
4.What is the valley of ashes and what do you think it symbolizes?
5. Fitzgerald described the billboard depicting the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg as brooding “Over the solemn dumping ground.” Why do you think the author chose to place this fantastic-looking billboard in the “valley of ashes”?
Chapters III–V
1.Why do you think the author provided the reader with rumors rather than facts about Gatsby?
2.The author often uses the setting to affect the mood, or the atmosphere of the story. Find three descriptions of this setting that help to create a lively atmosphere at the beginning of the party.
3.In what way did the atmosphere change as the party progressed?
4.Why does Fitzgerald use a flashback in Chapter IV?
5.Explain the following quote in Chapter IV: “He came alive to me, delivered suddenly from the womb of his purposeless splendor”.
6.Why do you think the exact nature of Gatsby’s criminal associations remains ambiguous?
7.One important theme (central idea or message that is carried throughout the book) is the difference between the
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pursuit of a dream and the realization of it. How does the following passage illustrate this theme: “There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams—not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion”.
8. What do you think the defunct mantelpiece clock symbolized?
Chapters VI–VII
1.When Nick told Gatsby that you cannot repeat the past, Gatsby responded, “Why of course you can!” Do you agree with Nick or Gatsby? Explain.
2.What is the central conflict in the novel?
3.When does the climax occur in Chapter VII?
Chapters VIII–IX
1.What did the coming of fall portend? How did the seasons of the year provide structure for the book?
2.Nick told Gatsby, “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.” Why did he pay Gatsby this compliment? In what way did this statement show a change in Nick from the beginning of the novel?
3.What did T.J. Eckleburg represent for Wilson? What did this say about Wilson’s mental state?
4.Why did Nick take full responsibility for Gatsby’s funeral?
5.What was the purpose of Nick’s final meeting with Jordan?
6.Why did Nick refer to Tom and Daisy as “careless people”?
7.Who do you think was most responsible for Gatsby’s death? Do you think his death was a tragedy? Why do you think Fitzgerald had Daisy and Tom receive no punishment for their acts of homicide and adultery?
8.Identify four major symbols and explain the symbolic meaning of each.
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