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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While talking to Nick, what does Gatsby reveal about his family?
(a) They are poor Canadians.
(b) They are middle-class New Yorkers.
(c) They retired to Florida.
(d) They are a wealthy, San Francisco family.

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

3. Who has lunch with Gatsby and Nick in the Forty-Second Street cellar?
(a) Miss Baker.
(b) Mr. Wilson.
(c) Mr. Wolfsheim.
(d) Mr. Carraway.

4. Where does a call for Gatsby come from while he is talking with Nick?
(a) California.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Chicago.

5. How can Nick tell that Gatsby sufferes from restlessness?
(a) He constantly cracks his knuckles.
(b) He always blinks his eyes.
(c) He constantly taps his foot, and opens and closes his hand.
(d) He always paces the floor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gatsby always see at the end of Daisy’s dock?

2. Why does Gatsby buy his mansion on the bay?

3. Why does Nick look familiar to Gatsby?

4. When Lucille tears her dress at one of Gatsby’s parties, what does he do?

5. What does Gatsby tell Nick is one of his family’s traditions?

(see the answer key)

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