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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did it take Gatsby to earn enough money to buy his mansion?
(a) Three years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) Five months
(d) Three months.

2. At the tea, how long has it been since Daisy and Gatsby have seen one another?
(a) Five months.
(b) Five days.
(c) Five years.
(d) Five weeks.

3. What rumor does the New York reporter reveal about Gatsby?
(a) Gatsby is eccentric.
(b) Gatsby is an introvert.
(c) Gatsby lives in a boat.
(d) Gatsby is a gangster.

4. What does Nick observe from his home as he gazes at Mr. Gatsby’s mansion during summer days?
(a) A few guests strolling in the garden.
(b) Guests swimming, boating and sunning.
(c) Mr. Gatsby reading quietly.
(d) Mr. Gatsby on his beach alone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has lunch with Gatsby and Nick in the Forty-Second Street cellar?

2. Who arrives on horseback to Gatsby’s house on a Sunday afternoon while Nick is visiting?

3. Who was the man that stayed over at Gatsby’s so often that he became known as “the boarder”?

4. What does Gatsby want Daisy to tell Tom?

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

(see the answer key)

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