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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Nick describe Mrs. Wilson?
(a) Overweight and homely.
(b) Shapely but plain.
(c) Stout and sensuous.
(d) Thin and attractive.

3. What brings Nick to Mr. Gatsby’s mansion for the first time?
(a) Nick receives and invitation in the mail.
(b) One of Mr. Gatsby’s maids delivers an invitation.
(c) Mr. Gatsby comes to Nick’s door to invite him.
(d) The chauffeur hands Nick a handwritten invitation.

4. What advice did the narrator’s father give him when he was a child that he still remembers as an adult?
(a) Think before criticizing people because many have not had the advantages you have.
(b) Criticize people that do not live up to your expectations.
(c) Always criticize people who make ignorant comments.
(d) Only criticize people who are below your station in life.

5. Where did Mr. McKee take the two photographs displayed in the downstairs apartment?
(a) Long Island.
(b) New York City.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick hear coming from Gatsby’s home on summer nights?

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

3. What does Nick call the desolate area where the road meets the railroad and is located between West Egg and New York?

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

5. Why does Nick look familiar to Gatsby?

(see the answer key)

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