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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of house do the narrator’s old friends live in?
(a) Shotgun style.
(b) Georgian Colonial mansion.
(c) Victorian mansion.
(d) Contemporary.

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

3. How does the narrator describe Tom Buchanan’s body?
(a) Skeletal.
(b) Obese.
(c) A cruel body.
(d) Effeminate.

4. What does Nick realize about Jordan’s personality the more he sees her?
(a) She is dishonest.
(b) She is honest.
(c) She is hateful.
(d) She is shallow.

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

6. How does Nick remember years later, the celebrities and other affluent people who visited Gatsby’s mansion in the summer of 1922?
(a) He contacts Gatsby’s domestic help from 1922.
(b) He writes a timetable of names.
(c) He has a photographic memory.
(d) He took photographs of every guest.

7. How does Nick describe Mrs. McKee?
(a) Quiet and comely.
(b) Silent and creepy.
(c) Shrill and horrible.
(d) Loud and manly.

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

9. What does Nick realize as Gatsby continues telling him about his past?
(a) Gatsby has an interesting past.
(b) Gatsby is lying.
(c) Gatsby’s life is boring.
(d) Gatsby is being truthful.

10. What is the name of the young soldier Daisy dated in 1917?
(a) Jay Gatsby.
(b) Tom Buchanan.
(c) Cecil Roebuck.
(d) Nick Carraway.

11. When Lucille tears her dress at one of Gatsby’s parties, what does he do?
(a) Gives her his sweater to wear.
(b) Tells her he is not responsible.
(c) Tells her she is to blame.
(d) Buys her a new dress.

12. Where does Nick first meet Tom’s girlfriend?
(a) Miss Baker’s tournament.
(b) George Wilson’s car repair shop.
(c) Daisy’s dinner party.
(d) New York City.

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

14. 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 banker.
(c) He invests in bonds.
(d) He is a bootlegger.

15. Where does Catherine tell Nick that Mr. Gatsby acquired his wealth?
(a) Kaiser Wilhelm.
(b) His father.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Oil investments.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Mr. Wolfsheim’s cufflinks made of?

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

3. What is Myrtle’s opinion of her servants?

4. What career does the narrator decide to pursue after he returns from the Great War?

5. How do Tom’s acquaintances feel about him bringing a mistress to popular restaurants?

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