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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Myrtle Wilson buy from an old man as she waits in a taxicab in New York City?
(a) The daily newspaper.
(b) A bouquet of roses.
(c) A roasted chestnut.
(d) A puppy.

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

4. What is Tom’s response when Nick asks if Mr. Wilson objects to Tom seeing Mrs. Wilson?
(a) Her husband does not care what she does.
(b) Her husband has an open mind.
(c) Her husband has his own mistress.
(d) Her husband is too dumb to even know she is alive.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Tom and Mrs. Wilson remain discreet on the train to New York?

2. Where does Catherine tell Nick that Mr. Gatsby acquired his wealth?

3. How does Nick feel when he senses Daisy’s insincerity and sees the smirk on her face?

4. How does Catherine feel about Gatsby?

5. Which of the following adjectives best describes Mr. Wilson?

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