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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Nick feel when he senses Daisy’s insincerity and sees the smirk on her face?
(a) Uneasy.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Angry.

2. What do the young ladies at Gatsby’s lawn party speculate about his line of work?
(a) He invests in bonds.
(b) He is a bootlegger.
(c) He is a gigolo.
(d) He is a banker.

3. What quality does the narrator give to Gatsby as he describes the man?
(a) Something sinister about him.
(b) Something ethereal about him.
(c) Something evil about him.
(d) Something gorgeous about him.

4. What arrives from New York to Gatsby’s house every Friday?
(a) Five crates of oranges and lemons.
(b) Five crates of bananas and oranges.
(c) Five crates of apples and pears.
(d) Five crates of bananas and limes.

5. What does Nick think the young Englishmen at Gatsby’s party are selling?
(a) Bonds, real estate or automobiles.
(b) Real estate, insurance or clothing.
(c) Bonds, insurance or automobiles.
(d) Insurance, jewelry or gold bricks.

6. Whom does the narrator visit at the beginning of his first summer in his new residence?
(a) His mother and father who come to visit.
(b) His business associate.
(c) Several of his new neighbors.
(d) His second cousin, Daisy Buchanan and her husband, Tom.

7. What does Catherine confide to Nick regarding Myrtle and Tom?
(a) They should be ashamed of their unfaithfulness.
(b) They should get married.
(c) They should continue their current arrangement.
(d) They should stop seeing one another.

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

9. Why does the police officer apologize to Gatsby after stopping him for speeding?
(a) He made a mistake.
(b) He feels sorry for Gatsby.
(c) Gatsby bribes him.
(d) Gatsby is a friend of the commissioner's.

10. What lie does Catherine tell about Daisy?
(a) She was married before.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is a thief.
(d) She is a Catholic.

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

12. What is Gatsby doing the first time Nick sees him?
(a) Drinking brandy on his front lawn.
(b) Driving his sports car.
(c) Looking up at the stars and trembling.
(d) Strolling arm-in-arm with a young lady.

13. What is Myrtle’s opinion of her servants?
(a) She has to keep after them all the time.
(b) They are hard workers.
(c) They are trustworthy people.
(d) She is grateful to have them.

14. How do Tom and Mrs. Wilson remain discreet on the train to New York?
(a) They sit across the aisle from one another.
(b) They sit in different cars.
(c) Mrs. Wilson sits with Nick.
(d) Mrs. Wilson sits behind Tom.

15. What does Lucille reveal about the man she almost married?
(a) He is below her.
(b) He is too good for her.
(c) He would have been a good husband.
(d) He is wealthy and educated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Daisy’s condition the day before her wedding?

2. What comment does the stout, middle-aged man that Nick and Jordan meet in the library say about Gatsby’s books?

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

4. Which previous acquaintance does Nick meet as he searches the mansion for Gatsby?

5. What does Gatsby want Jordan Baker to ask Nick?

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