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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lucille reveal about the man she almost married?
(a) He is wealthy and educated.
(b) He is below her.
(c) He would have been a good husband.
(d) He is too good for her.

2. Who was the man that stayed over at Gatsby’s so often that he became known as “the boarder”?
(a) Wilson
(b) Endive
(c) Klipspringer
(d) Snell

3. 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 his own mistress.
(c) Her husband has an open mind.
(d) Her husband is too dumb to even know she is alive.

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

5. What object does Nick remind Daisy of?
(a) Driftwood.
(b) Petrified wood.
(c) Granite slab.
(d) A rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tom Buchanan’s view of racial equality?

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

3. Why does Nick decide not to call out to Gatsby when he sees him standing outside?

4. What are Mr. Wolfsheim’s cufflinks made of?

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

(see the answer key)

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