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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What career does the narrator decide to pursue after he returns from the Great War?
(a) Become a coffee merchant.
(b) The bond business.
(c) Acting.
(d) Art.

2. Where does the narrator rent a house when he goes east?
(a) East Egg.
(b) New York City.
(c) Long Island Sound.
(d) Upper Manhattan.

3. Whom does Myrtle invite up to the apartment while Nick is visiting?
(a) George Wilson.
(b) Her sister Catherine and Mr. and Mrs. McKee.
(c) Mrs. Eberhardt.
(d) Daisy.

4. What is one of the rumors about Gatsby that his guests talk about?
(a) He had a nervous breakdown.
(b) He once killed someone.
(c) He dislikes children.
(d) He has a secret wife.

5. How do Tom and Mrs. Wilson remain discreet on the train to New York?
(a) They sit across the aisle from one another.
(b) Mrs. Wilson sits with Nick.
(c) They sit in different cars.
(d) Mrs. Wilson sits behind Tom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the condition of the narrator’s house?

2. What takes place at least once every fortnight at the Gatsby mansion?

3. When the narrator returns from the East, what does he hope not to see again?

4. What does Nick see in Gatsby’s smile?

5. How does Nick feel as he walks among the affluent guests at Gatsby’s mansion?

(see the answer key)

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