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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gossip does Miss Baker share with Nick when Daisy leaves the room?
(a) Tom lost his job.
(b) Daisy is pregnant.
(c) Daisy has a boyfriend in New York.
(d) Tom has a mistress in New York.

2. What arrives from New York to Gatsby’s house every Friday?
(a) Five crates of apples and pears.
(b) Five crates of oranges and lemons.
(c) Five crates of bananas and limes.
(d) Five crates of bananas and oranges.

3. What does Jordan admit to Nick about their previous conversation on the phone?
(a) She was sorry she was so rude.
(b) She could not believe he had thrown her over.
(c) She never should have called him.
(d) She wanted to tell him that she loved him.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Myrtle’s opinion of her servants?

2. What do the two girls in yellow say to Jordan when they see her at Gatsby’s party?

3. What represented beauty and glamour to Gatsby when he was 17-years-old?

4. Who stays with Mr. Wilson until dawn after his wife’s death?

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?

(see the answer key)

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