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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the rumors about Gatsby that his guests talk about?
(a) He once killed someone.
(b) He had a nervous breakdown.
(c) He dislikes children.
(d) He has a secret wife.

2. When Nick finds out Miss Baker’s name is Jordan, where does he remember seeing her before?
(a) In his mother’s photo album.
(b) Newspaper gossip columns from the Midwest.
(c) At the bank where he works.
(d) Sports pictures from Asheville, Hot Springs and Palm Beach.

3. What do the young ladies at Gatsby’s lawn party speculate about his line of work?
(a) He is a banker.
(b) He is a gigolo.
(c) He invests in bonds.
(d) He is a bootlegger.

4. How can Nick tell that Gatsby sufferes from restlessness?
(a) He constantly cracks his knuckles.
(b) He constantly taps his foot, and opens and closes his hand.
(c) He always blinks his eyes.
(d) He always paces the floor.

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

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

7. How does the narrator describe his cousin’s face?
(a) Aged and lonely.
(b) Happy and bright.
(c) Humorless.
(d) Sad and lovely.

8. Whom does Myrtle invite up to the apartment while Nick is visiting?
(a) Her sister Catherine and Mr. and Mrs. McKee.
(b) Daisy.
(c) George Wilson.
(d) Mrs. Eberhardt.

9. Who is the slender young woman with the charming face that emanates discontent whom Nick meets at dinner with the Buchanan’s?
(a) Miss Baker.
(b) Miss Daisy.
(c) Mrs. Baker.
(d) Mrs. Buchanan.

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

11. 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 oranges.
(d) Five crates of bananas and limes.

12. Where does a call for Gatsby come from while he is talking with Nick?
(a) Germany.
(b) Chicago.
(c) California.
(d) France.

13. Who has lunch with Gatsby and Nick in the Forty-Second Street cellar?
(a) Miss Baker.
(b) Mr. Wilson.
(c) Mr. Carraway.
(d) Mr. Wolfsheim.

14. What advice did the narrator’s father give him when he was a child that he still remembers as an adult?
(a) Think before criticizing people because many have not had the advantages you have.
(b) Criticize people that do not live up to your expectations.
(c) Always criticize people who make ignorant comments.
(d) Only criticize people who are below your station in life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What view does the narrator have from his new home?

2. What gossip does Miss Baker share with Nick when Daisy leaves the room?

3. When Lucille tears her dress at one of Gatsby’s parties, what does he do?

4. Where does Catherine tell Nick that Mr. Gatsby acquired his wealth?

5. How does Nick feel as he walks among the affluent guests at Gatsby’s mansion?

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