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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 Gatsby want Jordan Baker to ask Nick?
(a) To have a picnic with Gatsby and Jordan.
(b) To invite Tom and Gatsby to dinner.
(c) To tell Gatsby what Nick thinks of him.
(d) To invite Daisy and Gatsby to dinner.

2. What does Nick realize as Gatsby continues telling him about his past?
(a) Gatsby is lying.
(b) Gatsby is being truthful.
(c) Gatsby has an interesting past.
(d) Gatsby’s life is boring.

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

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

5. As the young ladies talk, what do they say happened when a man found out Gatsby was the nephew of Von Hindenburg and second cousin to the devil?
(a) Gatsby killed the man.
(b) Gatsby admitted to the allegations.
(c) Gatsby gave the man money to move away.
(d) Gatsby went into hiding.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which previous acquaintance does Nick meet as he searches the mansion for Gatsby?

3. What does Myrtle Wilson buy from an old man as she waits in a taxicab in New York City?

4. What is Tom’s response when Nick asks if Mr. Wilson objects to Tom seeing Mrs. Wilson?

5. What infamous 1919 event was Mr. Wolfsheim involved with?

(see the answer key)

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