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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What takes place at least once every fortnight at the Gatsby mansion?
(a) Book club meetings.
(b) Political discussions.
(c) Lavish parties with a full orchestra, dining and dancing.
(d) Quiet visits from local dignitaries.

2. How do Tom and Mrs. Wilson remain discreet on the train to New York?
(a) They sit across the aisle from one another.
(b) Mrs. Wilson sits behind Tom.
(c) They sit in different cars.
(d) Mrs. Wilson sits with Nick.

3. What does Nick observe from his home as he gazes at Mr. Gatsby’s mansion during summer days?
(a) Mr. Gatsby on his beach alone.
(b) Guests swimming, boating and sunning.
(c) Mr. Gatsby reading quietly.
(d) A few guests strolling in the garden.

4. What object does Nick remind Daisy of?
(a) Driftwood.
(b) A rose.
(c) Granite slab.
(d) Petrified wood.

5. What does Gatsby tell Nick is one of his family’s traditions?
(a) To be educated at Purdue
(b) To be educated at Yale
(c) To be educated at Oxford
(d) To be educated at Harvard

6. Which of the following adjectives best describes Mr. Wilson?
(a) Jubilant.
(b) Outgoing.
(c) Spiritless.
(d) Aggressive.

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

8. Why is Nick angry with Gatsby as they drive in Gatsby’s fancy car?
(a) Gatsby flaunts his money.
(b) Gatsby insults Jordan Baker.
(c) Nick does not like mysteries.
(d) Gatsby insults Nick.

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

10. How does Catherine feel about Gatsby?
(a) She finds him boring.
(b) She is afraid of him.
(c) She is falling in love with him.
(d) She thinks he is selfish.

11. What is the name of the young soldier Daisy dated in 1917?
(a) Jay Gatsby.
(b) Cecil Roebuck.
(c) Tom Buchanan.
(d) Nick Carraway.

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

13. What lie does Catherine tell about Daisy?
(a) She was married before.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) She is a Catholic.
(d) She is a thief.

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

15. What does Nick think the young Englishmen at Gatsby’s party are selling?
(a) Bonds, real estate or automobiles.
(b) Real estate, insurance or clothing.
(c) Insurance, jewelry or gold bricks.
(d) Bonds, insurance or automobiles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator rent a house when he goes east?

2. How does Nick remember years later, the celebrities and other affluent people who visited Gatsby’s mansion in the summer of 1922?

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

4. What is the first thing Nick does when he arrives at Gatsby’s party?

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?

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