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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Wilson need money?
(a) So he can buy his wife a present.
(b) So he can buy a new car.
(c) So he can leave his wife.
(d) So he and his wife can go west.

2. What is the first thing Daisy does when Tom leaves the room to make drinks?
(a) Kisses Gatsby.
(b) Flops on the couch.
(c) Argues with Nick.
(d) Kisses Nick.

3. Why does Gatsby drift toward strangers?
(a) To make an impression.
(b) He does not want friends.
(c) To forget his sadness.
(d) To remain a mystery.

4. Why is Nick surprised when he enters his living room with Daisy?
(a) It is deserted.
(b) Jordan is sitting in a chair.
(c) Tom is standing there.
(d) Mrs. Wilson is standing there.

5. While talking to Nick, what does Gatsby reveal about his family?
(a) They are a wealthy, San Francisco family.
(b) They are poor Canadians.
(c) They retired to Florida.
(d) They are middle-class New Yorkers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Gatsby buy his mansion on the bay?

2. What is Gatsby’s response when Daisy asks him how he lives in such a huge house all alone?

3. How does Nick describe Mrs. Wilson?

4. What represented beauty and glamour to Gatsby when he was 17-years-old?

5. Whom does Gatsby call to play the piano for Daisy and Nick?

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