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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Tom’s acquaintances feel about him bringing a mistress to popular restaurants?
(a) Resentment.
(b) Hilarity.
(c) Disgust.
(d) Jealousy.

2. What career does the narrator decide to pursue after he returns from the Great War?
(a) Acting.
(b) The bond business.
(c) Art.
(d) Become a coffee merchant.

3. What infamous 1919 event was Mr. Wolfsheim involved with?
(a) Killing his business partner.
(b) Killing his wife.
(c) Abandoning his children.
(d) Fixing the World Series.

4. 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 went into hiding.
(b) Gatsby killed the man.
(c) Gatsby admitted to the allegations.
(d) Gatsby gave the man money to move away.

5. How has Gatsby’s life been during the years he has been away from Daisy?
(a) Affluent and ordered.
(b) Confused and disordered.
(c) Lucid and ordered.
(d) Carefree and exhilarating.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice did the narrator’s father give him when he was a child that he still remembers as an adult?

2. What does Nick tell Gatsby about his behavior at tea?

3. Who is the slender young woman with the charming face that emanates discontent whom Nick meets at dinner with the Buchanan’s?

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

5. Where does Nick first meet Tom’s girlfriend?

(see the answer key)

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