58. Insert prepositions where necessary and translate the sentences:

1. When Michaelis’s testimony … the inquest brought … light Wilson’s suspicions … his wife I though the whole tale would shortly be served … … racy pasquinade – but Catherine who might have said anything, didn’t say a word. 2. She convinced herself … it, and cried … her handkerchief, as if the very suggestion was more than she could endure. 3. … first I was surprised and confused; then, as he lay … his house and didn’t move or breathe or speak, hour … hour, it grew … me that I was responsible, because no one else was interested – interested, I mean, with that intense personal interest … which everyone has some vague right … the end. 4. They picked him … when he handed the bonds … the counter. 5. He rose … … his position … the East. Were you a friend … my boy’s, Mr. – ? 6. He fumbled … the embroidered coverlet, trying to take it … the bed, and lay … stiffly – was instantly asleep. 7. “Well, that fact is – the truth … the matter is that I’m staying … some people … here … Greenwich, and they rather expect me to be with them tomorrow. 8. I raised him … out … nothing, right … … the gutter. 9. When a man gets killed I never like to get mixed … … it … any way. 10. “I come across this book … accident”, said the old man. 11. But I wanted to leave things … order and not just trust that obliging and indifferent sea to sweep my refuse … .

58. Translate the following passages into Russian (in writing) and comment on the transformations you have chosen:

    1. From “Most of the reports were a nightmare …” to “…And it rested there”.

    2. From “That’s my Middle West…” to “…us subtly unadabtable to Eastern life”.

    3. From “As I sat there brooding on the old...” to “…borne back ceaselessly into the past”.

58. What it the meaning of the final sentence of this chapter “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”.

Review Study Questions

1. What is the Valley of Ashes literally?

2. Who or what is Dr. T. J. Eckleburg?

3. What is George Wilson’s occupation?

4. What items does Myrtle purchase in the city?

5. What is significant about Myrtle’s questioning whether the dog is a boy or girl?

6. Who is Catherine?

7. What effect does the change of dress have on Myrtle?

8. How does Myrtle talk about the help at the hotel?

9. What rumor has Catherine heard about Gatsby?

10. How does Catherine explain to Nick the affair of Myrtle and Tom?

11. What kinds of cars does Gatsby use to transport guests?

12. How do the guests behave?

13. What does Nick wear to the party?

14. How does Gatsby interact with the guests?

15. What observation does Owl-Eyes make about Gatsby’s library?

16. What is Nick’s first opinion of Gatsby?

17. What happens at the end of the party as the guests are leaving?

18. What does Gatsby’s formal gesture of waving farewell remind us of?

19. What story does Nick recall about Jordan, and what is the catalyst for his remembering?

20. What is the suggestion about Henry L. Palmetto’s death?

21. In the description of Gatsby’s car, what is the significance of its being bright with nickel and swollen in its monstrous length with all kinds of boxes?

22. What phrase does Gatsby repeatedly use to address Nick and others?

23. In what country did Gatsby receive a medal “For Valour Extraordinary”?

24. Who fixed the World Series in 1919, according to Gatsby?

25. Why is Daisy’s reputation so pristine?

26. Why does Nick say Gatsby’s house looks like the World’s Fair?

27. How does Gatsby’s gardener help prepare for Daisy’s visit?

28. How does Gatsby dress for the rendezvous with Daisy?

29. How long has it been since Daisy and Gatsby had seen each other?

30. What does Gatsby’s maid do when leaning out a central bay window?

31. In what way are the various rooms in Gatsby’s mansion described in historical terms?

32. Who was Gatsby’s first benefactor?

33. What part does nature play in the rendezvous?

34. In what state did Gatsby grow up?

35. What was his real name?

36. What was Dan Cody’s background?

37. Who was Ella Kaye?

38. How much was to have been Gatsby’s inheritance from Cody?

39. Why did he not receive it?

40. What is the significance of the threesome not waiting for Gatsby?

41. Why was Daisy appalled at Gatsby’s party?

42. How did Tom charge Gatsby with making his money?

43. In what season of the year had Gatsby met and fell in love with Daisy?

44. Why does Gatsby let all his domestic help go?

45. Whom does he use instead?

46. Why do the characters decide to go to New York?

47. What does Pammy wear when she comes into the room?

48. What does Gatsby say about Daisy’s voice?

49. What car does Tom drive to New York?

50. Who rides with Gatsby?

51. What comment does Tom make about drug stores?

52. Of what does Tom accuse Gatsby?

53. How late does Gatsby stand outside Daisy’s house, waiting to see if she needed him?

54. Why is Gatsby’s house unkempt?

55. Why does Nick advise Gatsby to go away a while?

56. Where had Gatsby met Daisy, according to the story he tells Nick?

57. What might Fitzgerald mean in describing Daisy’s porch as “bright with the bought luxury of starshine”?

58. Why didn’t Gatsby return to Daisy immediately after the war?

59. How is Gatsby’s death explained by the press in local newspapers?

60. How does Catherine respond to questions about her sister?

61. How does Wolfsheim’s letter attempt to explain his not attending the funeral?

62. Who is Henry C. Gatz?

63. Why does Klipspringer call?

64. When Nick locates Wolfsheim’s office and demands to see him, what is ironic about the situation?

65. How does Wolfsheim remember Gatsby?

66. How does the novel end? What is the purpose of the last sentence?