Ron's ESOL Classroom
Advanced Reading/Vocabulary
The Great Gatsby
Chapter One
Vocabulary
- to be inclined (5)
- to be privy (5)
- feigned (5)
- levity (5)
- plaigiaristic (6)
- tolerance (6)
- scorn (6)
- exempt (6)
- eye-sore (9)
- reproach (10)
- supercilious (11)
- arrogant (11)
- effeminate (11)
- desolate (14)
- anon (23)
Study Questions
- Who is Tom Buchanan?
- Who is Daisy Buchanan?
- Who is Jordan Baker?
- Who is Nick Carraway?
- Who is telling the story?
- Where is the story taking place?
- Where is West Egg?
- Who is Nick's neighbor?
- Who calls Tom Buchanan during the dinner party?
- What does the narrator mean by "Only Gatsby, the man who gives
his name to this book was exempt from my reaction--Gatsby who
represented everything for which I have unaffected scorn" (p. 6)?
) 1998 Ron Corio and Nichole McVeigh
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