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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gatsby say to Nick at two minutes to four?
(a) He would like some brandy.
(b) He is hungry.
(c) He is bored.
(d) He is going home.

2. What is one of the rumors about Gatsby that his guests talk about?
(a) He had a nervous breakdown.
(b) He once killed someone.
(c) He dislikes children.
(d) He has a secret wife.

3. How does the narrator describe his cousin’s face?
(a) Aged and lonely.
(b) Humorless.
(c) Happy and bright.
(d) Sad and lovely.

4. How does Nick describe Mrs. McKee?
(a) Shrill and horrible.
(b) Quiet and comely.
(c) Loud and manly.
(d) Silent and creepy.

5. How does Nick describe Mrs. Wilson?
(a) Overweight and homely.
(b) Thin and attractive.
(c) Shapely but plain.
(d) Stout and sensuous.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nick remember years later, the celebrities and other affluent people who visited Gatsby’s mansion in the summer of 1922?

2. What does Nick tell Gatsby when Gatsby talks about his past with Daisy?

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

4. What does Tom find out about Gatsby’s drugstores in Chicago?

5. What is Daisy’s reaction when she hears that she gave birth to a little girl?

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