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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lucille tears her dress at one of Gatsby’s parties, what does he do?
(a) Tells her he is not responsible.
(b) Gives her his sweater to wear.
(c) Tells her she is to blame.
(d) Buys her a new dress.

2. What is Gatsby’s answer when Tom asks him when he went to Oxford?
(a) He did not go at all.
(b) He went for five months in 1919.
(c) He went for two years beginning in 1922.
(d) He went for three months in 1919.

3. What view does the narrator have from his new home?
(a) The water, his neighbor’s lawn and the mansions of millionaires.
(b) A wharf with fishing boats coming and going.
(c) City lights and traffic.
(d) An elementary school and a bus stop.

4. What does Gatsby do when he realizes that Nick does not make much money?
(a) Offers Nick a job.
(b) Tells Nick he should get out of the bond business.
(c) Gives Nick one hundred dollars.
(d) Gives Nick a new car.

5. What does Gatsby say about Daisy’s voice?
(a) It is shrill.
(b) It is like a whisper.
(c) It is soothing.
(d) It is full of money

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick see as he looks through Daisy and Tom’s window?

2. How does the narrator describe his cousin’s face?

3. What does Gatsby say when Tom confronts him about Daisy?

4. What do the two girls in yellow say to Jordan when they see her at Gatsby’s party?

5. What does Catherine confide to Nick regarding Myrtle and Tom?

(see the answer key)

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