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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. How does Catherine feel about Gatsby?
(a) She is afraid of him.
(b) She is falling in love with him.
(c) She thinks he is selfish.
(d) She finds him boring.

3. How do Tom’s acquaintances feel about him bringing a mistress to popular restaurants?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Hilarity.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Resentment.

4. What comment does the stout, middle-aged man that Nick and Jordan meet in the library say about Gatsby’s books?
(a) The books have no pages.
(b) All the books are written in a foreign language.
(c) Every book is the same.
(d) All the books are real.

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

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

3. What does Lucille reveal about the man she almost married?

4. What does Nick call the desolate area where the road meets the railroad and is located between West Egg and New York?

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

(see the answer key)

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