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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Jordan’s escort to Gatsby’s party?
(a) A banker.
(b) A golf champion.
(c) A persistent undergraduate.
(d) A college professor.

2. What does Gatsby invite Nick to do on the morning after the party?
(a) Sail.
(b) Golf.
(c) Swim.
(d) Go up in his hydroplane.

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

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

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

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

7. What does Catherine confide to Nick regarding Myrtle and Tom?
(a) They should stop seeing one another.
(b) They should continue their current arrangement.
(c) They should get married.
(d) They should be ashamed of their unfaithfulness.

8. When the narrator returns from the East, what does he hope not to see again?
(a) The sea.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Glimpses into the human heart.
(d) City lights.

9. What brings Nick to Mr. Gatsby’s mansion for the first time?
(a) The chauffeur hands Nick a handwritten invitation.
(b) One of Mr. Gatsby’s maids delivers an invitation.
(c) Mr. Gatsby comes to Nick’s door to invite him.
(d) Nick receives and invitation in the mail.

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

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

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

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

14. What does Lucille reveal about the man she almost married?
(a) He is wealthy and educated.
(b) He is below her.
(c) He would have been a good husband.
(d) He is too good for her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nick hear coming from Gatsby’s home on summer nights?

2. While talking to Nick, what does Gatsby reveal about his family?

3. Why does Nick decide not to call out to Gatsby when he sees him standing outside?

4. Who is the slender young woman with the charming face that emanates discontent whom Nick meets at dinner with the Buchanan’s?

5. Whom does Myrtle invite up to the apartment while Nick is visiting?

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