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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick realize about Jordan’s personality the more he sees her?
(a) She is hateful.
(b) She is dishonest.
(c) She is shallow.
(d) She is honest.

2. Why does Nick decide not to call out to Gatsby when he sees him standing outside?
(a) Gatsby looks distraught.
(b) Gatsby seems content to be alone.
(c) Gatsby looks annoyed by something.
(d) A young lady joins Gatsby.

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

4. Why does Nick look familiar to Gatsby?
(a) He sees Nick around town.
(b) He recognizes Nick from the war in France.
(c) He was Nick’s commanding officer in France.
(d) He recognizes Nick from the war in Germany.

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

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

7. What type of house do the narrator’s old friends live in?
(a) Shotgun style.
(b) Georgian Colonial mansion.
(c) Contemporary.
(d) Victorian mansion.

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

9. What is Myrtle’s opinion of her servants?
(a) She is grateful to have them.
(b) They are trustworthy people.
(c) She has to keep after them all the time.
(d) They are hard workers.

10. Which of the following best describes Myrtle’s sister?
(a) Obese and sweaty.
(b) Slender and worldly.
(c) Slender and naive.
(d) Thin and sickly.

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

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

13. What does Gatsby tell Nick about his time in the war?
(a) He was never promoted.
(b) He was afraid most of the time.
(c) He tried hard to die.
(d) He did not see any action.

14. What is the condition of the narrator’s house?
(a) An eyesore.
(b) Well maintained.
(c) Brand new.
(d) Newly painted with a landscaped yard.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe his cousin’s face?

2. What object does Nick remind Daisy of?

3. What does Gatsby’s luncheon guest reveal about an event that took place at the Metropole?

4. Why does the police officer apologize to Gatsby after stopping him for speeding?

5. What is Daisy’s condition the day before her wedding?

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