1. Chapter 7 Dr. Jim Bates

2. Why does Gatsby stop giving parties? Daisy disapproves of them.

3. When does Tom first realize that Daisy is in love with Gatsby? Daisy stares at Gatsby and says he always looks so cool.

4. Why is Myrtle Wilson upset when she sees Tom and Jordan? Myrtle thinks Jordan is Tom’s wife and is jealous.

5. Why does George Wilson lock Myrtle in the bedroom? He has realized that she is having an affair, but he doesn’t know with whom. He wants to prevent her from seeing her lover until they can move away. He has realized that she is having an affair, but he doesn’t know with whom. He wants to prevent her from seeing her lover until they can move away.

6. How does Gatsby characterize Daisy’s voice? He says that her voice is “full of money.”

7. What do you think he means by this? He means that her voice is his fairy-tale dream of wealth and love. He means that her voice is his fairy-tale dream of wealth and love.

8. Why does Gatsby lose Daisy during the confrontation at the Plaza? The main reason is his insistence that she deny the truth and claim that she loved only him. He could have compromised at almost any point and avoided the confrontation, but to do so would have been to violate the principal aspect of his relationship with Daisy, which is to possess her in a dream world of the past, before she knew Tom. The main reason is his insistence that she deny the truth and claim that she loved only him. He could have compromised at almost any point and avoided the confrontation, but to do so would have been to violate the principal aspect of his relationship with Daisy, which is to possess her in a dream world of the past, before she knew Tom.

9. Why does Tom insist that Daisy go home with Gatsby? He does it to emphasize his defeat of Gatsby.

10. What do you think this tells us about Tom’s character and his relationship with Daisy? It shows his cruelty and demonstrates that much of his relationship with Daisy is based on power rather than love. It shows his cruelty and demonstrates that much of his relationship with Daisy is based on power rather than love.

11. At the end of the chapter, Gatsby is standing alone, looking out at Daisy's house. Where else in the novel does he do this? He is standing the same way at the end of Chapter One, but then he was watching over a dream. Now he is watching over nothing. He is standing the same way at the end of Chapter One, but then he was watching over a dream. Now he is watching over nothing.