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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lucille tears her dress at one of Gatsby’s parties, what does he do?
(a) Buys her a new dress.
(b) Tells her he is not responsible.
(c) Tells her she is to blame.
(d) Gives her his sweater to wear.

2. 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.

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

4. What quality does the narrator give to Gatsby as he describes the man?
(a) Something sinister about him.
(b) Something gorgeous about him.
(c) Something evil about him.
(d) Something ethereal about him.

5. Why does Gatsby drift toward strangers?
(a) To forget his sadness.
(b) To remain a mystery.
(c) He does not want friends.
(d) To make an impression.

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

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

8. How does the narrator describe Tom Buchanan’s body?
(a) Obese.
(b) A cruel body.
(c) Skeletal.
(d) Effeminate.

9. What is Daisy’s reaction when she hears that she gave birth to a little girl?
(a) She says that she knows her baby will grow up to be brilliant.
(b) She claps her hands with joy.
(c) She says it is the happiest day of her life.
(d) She cries and says that she hopes her baby grows up to be a fool.

10. How does Nick feel when he senses Daisy’s insincerity and sees the smirk on her face?
(a) Angry.
(b) Uneasy.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Embarrassed.

11. Where does Nick first meet Tom’s girlfriend?
(a) Miss Baker’s tournament.
(b) Daisy’s dinner party.
(c) New York City.
(d) George Wilson’s car repair shop.

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

13. How does Nick describe Mrs. Wilson?
(a) Overweight and homely.
(b) Thin and attractive.
(c) Shapely but plain.
(d) Stout and sensuous.

14. How does Nick feel as he walks among the affluent guests at Gatsby’s mansion?
(a) Ill at ease.
(b) Right at home.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Annoyed at the visiting Englishmen.

15. What comment does the stout, middle-aged man that Nick and Jordan meet in the library say about Gatsby’s books?
(a) Every book is the same.
(b) All the books are written in a foreign language.
(c) The books have no pages.
(d) All the books are real.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the young ladies at Gatsby’s lawn party speculate about his line of work?

2. Why does Gatsby buy his mansion on the bay?

3. Who was the man that stayed over at Gatsby’s so often that he became known as “the boarder”?

4. What does Nick realize as Gatsby continues telling him about his past?

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

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