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

2. Which previous acquaintance does Nick meet as he searches the mansion for Gatsby?
(a) Daisy.
(b) Jordan Baker.
(c) Tom.
(d) Myrtle.

3. What does Nick realize about Jordan’s personality the more he sees her?
(a) She is dishonest.
(b) She is shallow.
(c) She is honest.
(d) She is hateful.

4. Why does Tom slap Mrs. Wilson, breaking her nose?
(a) She says that he is not a gentleman.
(b) She insults his career.
(c) She insults his career.
(d) She mentions Daisy’s name.

5. When Nick finds out Miss Baker’s name is Jordan, where does he remember seeing her before?
(a) At the bank where he works.
(b) In his mother’s photo album.
(c) Sports pictures from Asheville, Hot Springs and Palm Beach.
(d) Newspaper gossip columns from the Midwest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What view does the narrator have from his new home?

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

3. Where does the narrator rent a house when he goes east?

4. What is Gatsby doing the first time Nick sees him?

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

(see the answer key)

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