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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tom Buchanan’s view of racial equality?

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

3. What is the name of the young soldier Daisy dated in 1917?

4. When the narrator returns from the East, what does he hope not to see again?

5. Where does Nick first meet Tom’s girlfriend?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Myrtle Wilson come to own an Airedale puppy?

2. What does Nick see in Gatsby’s smile the first time they meet?

3. What is the request that Gatsby asks Jordan to make to Nick?

4. What does Jordan Baker say about the phone call Tom receives during dinner?

5. Where does Nick Carraway move to when he finds a job in his chosen profession?

6. What do Nick and Gatsby talk about the first time they meet at Gatsby’s party?

7. What does Gatsby tell Nick about his life as they drive to lunch?

8. What does Jordan Baker tell Nick about Daisy when they meet for tea at the Plaza Hotel?

9. What fascinates Nick on summer nights as he looks across at Gatsby’s mansion?

10. Why did Gatsby buy his house in West Egg?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The character of Jay Gatsby consists of many contradictions. Discuss these contradictions with regard to the guests who come to his parties, his family in North Dakota, his lifestyle while employed by Dan Cody and his attitude toward women.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the complex irony in the circumstances surrounding the death of Jay Gatsby. Describe this irony as it relates to Tom and Daisy, Mr. Wilson and Gatsby’s military career. How important is irony to the final events of the story?

Essay Topic 3

Fitzgerald depicts two extramarital affairs in the novel, Tom Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson, and Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Compare and contrast these two affairs.

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