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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following best describes Myrtle’s sister?
(a) Slender and naive.
(b) Thin and sickly.
(c) Obese and sweaty.
(d) Slender and worldly.

4. When Nick finds out Miss Baker’s name is Jordan, where does he remember seeing her before?
(a) At the bank where he works.
(b) Sports pictures from Asheville, Hot Springs and Palm Beach.
(c) Newspaper gossip columns from the Midwest.
(d) In his mother’s photo album.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice did the narrator’s father give him when he was a child that he still remembers as an adult?

2. What lie does Catherine tell about Daisy?

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

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

5. Who is the slender young woman with the charming face that emanates discontent whom Nick meets at dinner with the Buchanan’s?

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