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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is Daisy’s condition the day before her wedding?
(a) Excited.
(b) Exhausted.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Drunk.
2. What do the young ladies at Gatsby’s lawn party speculate about his line of work?
(a) He is a gigolo.
(b) He is a bootlegger.
(c) He is a banker.
(d) He invests in bonds.
3. How does Nick feel when he senses Daisy’s insincerity and sees the smirk on her face?
(a) Embarrassed.
(b) Indifferent.
(c) Uneasy.
(d) Angry.
4. Where does Catherine tell Nick that Mr. Gatsby acquired his wealth?
(a) His father.
(b) Oil investments.
(c) Kaiser Wilhelm.
(d) Gambling.
5. What does Nick see in Gatsby’s smile?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Eternal reassurance.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Pride.
6. What is Gatsby doing the first time Nick sees him?
(a) Driving his sports car.
(b) Looking up at the stars and trembling.
(c) Strolling arm-in-arm with a young lady.
(d) Drinking brandy on his front lawn.
7. What arrives from New York to Gatsby’s house every Friday?
(a) Five crates of bananas and limes.
(b) Five crates of oranges and lemons.
(c) Five crates of apples and pears.
(d) Five crates of bananas and oranges.
8. What does Nick realize about Jordan’s personality the more he sees her?
(a) She is honest.
(b) She is dishonest.
(c) She is shallow.
(d) She is hateful.
9. What does Gatsby’s luncheon guest reveal about an event that took place at the Metropole?
(a) Rosy Rosenthal shot himself.
(b) Rosy Rosenthal was shot three times.
(c) Rosy Rosenthal shot three people.
(d) Tom shot Rosy Rosenthal.
10. What does Gatsby tell Nick is one of his family’s traditions?
(a) To be educated at Yale
(b) To be educated at Harvard
(c) To be educated at Purdue
(d) To be educated at Oxford
11. What does Gatsby invite Nick to do on the morning after the party?
(a) Sail.
(b) Golf.
(c) Swim.
(d) Go up in his hydroplane.
12. How does the narrator describe Tom Buchanan’s body?
(a) Obese.
(b) Skeletal.
(c) A cruel body.
(d) Effeminate.
13. What infamous 1919 event was Mr. Wolfsheim involved with?
(a) Killing his business partner.
(b) Fixing the World Series.
(c) Abandoning his children.
(d) Killing his wife.
14. What gossip does Miss Baker share with Nick when Daisy leaves the room?
(a) Tom lost his job.
(b) Daisy is pregnant.
(c) Daisy has a boyfriend in New York.
(d) Tom has a mistress in New York.
15. What is the name of the young soldier Daisy dated in 1917?
(a) Jay Gatsby.
(b) Tom Buchanan.
(c) Nick Carraway.
(d) Cecil Roebuck.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the slender young woman with the charming face that emanates discontent whom Nick meets at dinner with the Buchanan’s?
2. What comment does the stout, middle-aged man that Nick and Jordan meet in the library say about Gatsby’s books?
3. What is Mrs. Wilson’s reaction when Mrs. McKee compliments her dress?
4. How does Nick feel as he walks among the affluent guests at Gatsby’s mansion?
5. How does Nick describe Mrs. Wilson?
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