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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Nick hear coming from Gatsby’s home on summer nights?
(a) Music.
(b) Dogs barking.
(c) Cats fighting.
(d) Arguments.
2. What does Nick think the young Englishmen at Gatsby’s party are selling?
(a) Real estate, insurance or clothing.
(b) Bonds, insurance or automobiles.
(c) Insurance, jewelry or gold bricks.
(d) Bonds, real estate or automobiles.
3. What quality does the narrator give to Gatsby as he describes the man?
(a) Something evil about him.
(b) Something ethereal about him.
(c) Something gorgeous about him.
(d) Something sinister about him.
4. Who is Jordan’s escort to Gatsby’s party?
(a) A persistent undergraduate.
(b) A golf champion.
(c) A college professor.
(d) A banker.
5. Why does Nick look familiar to Gatsby?
(a) He recognizes Nick from the war in Germany.
(b) He was Nick’s commanding officer in France.
(c) He sees Nick around town.
(d) He recognizes Nick from the war in France.
6. What does Gatsby tell Nick is one of his family’s traditions?
(a) To be educated at Purdue
(b) To be educated at Oxford
(c) To be educated at Yale
(d) To be educated at Harvard
7. Which previous acquaintance does Nick meet as he searches the mansion for Gatsby?
(a) Myrtle.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Tom.
(d) Jordan Baker.
8. What is the condition of the narrator’s house?
(a) Well maintained.
(b) An eyesore.
(c) Brand new.
(d) Newly painted with a landscaped yard.
9. Whom does the narrator visit at the beginning of his first summer in his new residence?
(a) His second cousin, Daisy Buchanan and her husband, Tom.
(b) Several of his new neighbors.
(c) His mother and father who come to visit.
(d) His business associate.
10. How does Nick describe Mrs. McKee?
(a) Silent and creepy.
(b) Quiet and comely.
(c) Shrill and horrible.
(d) Loud and manly.
11. How does Nick feel as he walks among the affluent guests at Gatsby’s mansion?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Annoyed at the visiting Englishmen.
(c) Ill at ease.
(d) Right at home.
12. What is Gatsby doing the first time Nick sees him?
(a) Driving his sports car.
(b) Looking up at the stars and trembling.
(c) Drinking brandy on his front lawn.
(d) Strolling arm-in-arm with a young lady.
13. What does Catherine confide to Nick regarding Myrtle and Tom?
(a) They should stop seeing one another.
(b) They should be ashamed of their unfaithfulness.
(c) They should continue their current arrangement.
(d) They should get married.
14. What does Gatsby invite Nick to do on the morning after the party?
(a) Sail.
(b) Swim.
(c) Golf.
(d) Go up in his hydroplane.
15. Which of the following adjectives best describes Mr. Wilson?
(a) Outgoing.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Spiritless.
(d) Jubilant.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the narrator describe his cousin’s face?
2. How does Catherine feel about Gatsby?
3. Who has lunch with Gatsby and Nick in the Forty-Second Street cellar?
4. What does Gatsby tell Nick about his time in the war?
5. What are Mr. Wolfsheim’s cufflinks made of?
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