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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gatsby feel about women?
(a) Contemptuous.
(b) Awestruck
(c) Admiring.
(d) Revolted.

2. What is Tom’s response when Nick asks if Mr. Wilson objects to Tom seeing Mrs. Wilson?
(a) Her husband has an open mind.
(b) Her husband has his own mistress.
(c) Her husband does not care what she does.
(d) Her husband is too dumb to even know she is alive.

3. Why does the police officer apologize to Gatsby after stopping him for speeding?
(a) He feels sorry for Gatsby.
(b) He made a mistake.
(c) Gatsby is a friend of the commissioner's.
(d) Gatsby bribes him.

4. What does Michaelis find when he goes to Wilson’s garage four hours after dawn?
(a) Wilson collapsed on the floor.
(b) Wilson is sleeping.
(c) Wilson is crying.
(d) Wilson is gone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What were two of Gatsby’s jobs after he left his parent’s home?

2. Why does Nick think his house is on fire when he returns from his visit with Jordan?

3. Whom does the narrator visit at the beginning of his first summer in his new residence?

4. What rumor does the New York reporter reveal about Gatsby?

5. What type of people were Gatsby’s parents?

(see the answer key)

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