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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Gatsby invite Nick to do on the morning after the party?
(a) Golf.
(b) Go up in his hydroplane.
(c) Swim.
(d) Sail.

3. Where does the narrator rent a house when he goes east?
(a) New York City.
(b) Upper Manhattan.
(c) East Egg.
(d) Long Island Sound.

4. Who was the man that stayed over at Gatsby’s so often that he became known as “the boarder”?
(a) Klipspringer
(b) Snell
(c) Wilson
(d) Endive

5. What tumultuous event happens not far from Gatsby’s mansion after the party?
(a) One of the guests is in a car accident.
(b) One of the guests is robbed.
(c) One of the guests gets hit by a car.
(d) Two of the guests start fighting.

6. What are Mr. Wolfsheim’s cufflinks made of?
(a) Whale’s bone.
(b) Walrus tusks.
(c) Human molars.
(d) Shark’s teeth.

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

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

9. What does Catherine confide to Nick regarding Myrtle and Tom?
(a) They should stop seeing one another.
(b) They should continue their current arrangement.
(c) They should get married.
(d) They should be ashamed of their unfaithfulness.

10. What is Tom Buchanan’s view of racial equality?
(a) If the dominant white race does not remain alert, the inferior races will take over.
(b) Civilizations would thrive if all the races worked together as brothers.
(c) The inferior races are Nordic.
(d) All races are equal.

11. What does Nick hear coming from Gatsby’s home on summer nights?
(a) Arguments.
(b) Music.
(c) Dogs barking.
(d) Cats fighting.

12. What does Nick see in Gatsby’s smile?
(a) Pride.
(b) Eternal reassurance.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Sarcasm.

13. Why does Gatsby buy his mansion on the bay?
(a) To be across from Daisy.
(b) So he can sail.
(c) He loves the sea.
(d) To watch the fishermen.

14. What does Nick call the desolate area where the road meets the railroad and is located between West Egg and New York?
(a) Gray gardens.
(b) Land of ash.
(c) Valley of sadness.
(d) Valley of ashes.

15. Where did Mr. McKee take the two photographs displayed in the downstairs apartment?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) New York City.
(c) Paris.
(d) Long Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Nick feel when he senses Daisy’s insincerity and sees the smirk on her face?

2. What does Nick realize about Jordan’s personality the more he sees her?

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

4. How does Nick describe Mrs. McKee?

5. How does Catherine feel about Gatsby?

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