The Great Gatsby — Chapter 8

The touch of a cluster of leaves revolved it slowly, tracing, like the leg of transit, a thin red circle in the water. It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilson’s body a little way off in the grass, and the holocaust was complete.

Vocabulary: In the line, “I couldn’t sleep all night; a foghorn was groaning incessantly on the Sound…,” what does the word “incessantly” mean as it is used in this sentence?

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Main Idea (multiple choice): Which statement best describes the main idea of this chapter excerpt?

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Inference (quote + what can be inferred): Consider the quote: “He wouldn’t consider it. He couldn’t possibly leave Daisy until he knew what she was going to do.” What can the reader reasonably infer from this?

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Theme Connection (quote + theme): Which theme from The Great Gatsby is most strongly connected to this quote? “He had committed himself to the following of a grail.”

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