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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Nick surprised when he enters his living room with Daisy?
(a) Tom is standing there.
(b) Jordan is sitting in a chair.
(c) It is deserted.
(d) Mrs. Wilson is standing there.

2. How does Nick remember years later, the celebrities and other affluent people who visited Gatsby’s mansion in the summer of 1922?
(a) He has a photographic memory.
(b) He writes a timetable of names.
(c) He took photographs of every guest.
(d) He contacts Gatsby’s domestic help from 1922.

3. Why does Nick decide not to call out to Gatsby when he sees him standing outside?
(a) A young lady joins Gatsby.
(b) Gatsby seems content to be alone.
(c) Gatsby looks annoyed by something.
(d) Gatsby looks distraught.

4. How does the narrator describe Tom Buchanan’s body?
(a) Effeminate.
(b) A cruel body.
(c) Obese.
(d) Skeletal.

5. What does Gatsby’s luncheon guest reveal about an event that took place at the Metropole?
(a) Rosy Rosenthal was shot three times.
(b) Rosy Rosenthal shot himself.
(c) Tom shot Rosy Rosenthal.
(d) Rosy Rosenthal shot three people.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Lucille reveal about the man she almost married?

3. How can Nick tell that Gatsby sufferes from restlessness?

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

5. What gossip does Miss Baker share with Nick when Daisy leaves the room?

(see the answer key)

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