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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick tell Gatsby when Gatsby talks about his past with Daisy?
(a) You will get Daisy back again.
(b) You cannot repeat the past.
(c) You and Daisy will bring the past back to life.
(d) Daisy will leave Tom for you.

2. What is the stain on the workbench in Wilson’s garage?
(a) Blood.
(b) Grease.
(c) Paint.
(d) Oil.

3. How does Daisy greet Nick when she arrives in her car?
(a) With an ecstatic smile.
(b) With hearty laughter.
(c) With a bored sigh.
(d) With an annoyed grimace.

4. What does Gatsby want Daisy to tell Tom?
(a) She wants to go sailing with Gatsby tomorrow
(b) He is a good husband.
(c) She wants to stay at the party.
(d) She never loved him.

5. How did Gatsby picture himself when he is 17-years old?
(a) A successful farmer.
(b) An ignorant loser.
(c) Destined for poverty.
(d) As the Son of God.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did it take Gatsby to earn enough money to buy his mansion?

2. Who does Gatsby want to talk about as he and Nick sit in the dark smoking cigarettes?

3. How long did Gatsby attend the Lutheran college of St. Olaf’s in Minnesota?

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

5. Why does Nick go outside in the rain during tea?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock?

2. How does Mrs. Wilson get hit by Gatsby’s car and killed?

3. When Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy does not understand him the way she used to, what is Nick’s reply?

4. When Daisy, Tom, Jordan, Gatsby and Nick go to the Plaza Hotel after Daisy’s tea party, what confrontation takes place between Gatsby and Tom?

5. What are the three stages of emotion Gatsby experiences on the night he meets Daisy again for the first time?

6. Why is Gatsby in a hurry to get home to New York while he is at Oxford?

7. When Nick returns to his house after meeting with Jordan, why does he think his house is on fire?

8. Why does Mr. Wilson want to buy Tom’s car?

9. What does Gatsby discover about Daisy when he returns home from Oxford?

10. The morning after Mrs. Wilson’s death, why does Nick jump out of bed and go over to Gatsby’s when he hears a taxi pull into Gatsby’s driveway?

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