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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lie does Catherine tell about Daisy?
(a) She is a Catholic.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She was married before.
(d) She is a thief.

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

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

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

5. When the narrator returns from the East, what does he hope not to see again?
(a) City lights.
(b) Glimpses into the human heart.
(c) Poverty.
(d) The sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe his cousin’s face?

2. What type of house do the narrator’s old friends live in?

3. Where does Nick first meet Tom’s girlfriend?

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

5. How does Nick describe Mrs. McKee?

(see the answer key)

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