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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does Nick describe Mrs. McKee?
(a) Silent and creepy.
(b) Shrill and horrible.
(c) Loud and manly.
(d) Quiet and comely.
2. What does Myrtle Wilson buy from an old man as she waits in a taxicab in New York City?
(a) The daily newspaper.
(b) A bouquet of roses.
(c) A roasted chestnut.
(d) A puppy.
3. What does Nick call the desolate area where the road meets the railroad and is located between West Egg and New York?
(a) Valley of sadness.
(b) Valley of ashes.
(c) Land of ash.
(d) Gray gardens.
4. Which of the following adjectives best describes Mr. Wilson?
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Outgoing.
(c) Spiritless.
(d) Jubilant.
5. Why does Gatsby drift toward strangers?
(a) To forget his sadness.
(b) He does not want friends.
(c) To make an impression.
(d) To remain a mystery.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are Mr. Wolfsheim’s cufflinks made of?
2. What does Gatsby’s luncheon guest reveal about an event that took place at the Metropole?
3. What does Catherine confide to Nick regarding Myrtle and Tom?
4. How can Nick tell that Gatsby sufferes from restlessness?
5. What lie does Catherine tell about Daisy?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Tom’s views on minority races?
2. How does Nick describe Gatsby’s manner when he picks Nick up for lunch in his splendid car?
3. What does Nick see in Gatsby’s smile the first time they meet?
4. How did Nick first meet Tom’s mistress, Myrtle Wilson?
5. What are three of the stories Nick hears about Gatsby’s past while he is at Gatsby’s mansion?
6. What does the narrator, Nick Carraway, reveal in the first chapter about how he judges other people?
7. Why did Gatsby buy his house in West Egg?
8. What is Daisy’s emotional and physical condition on the day she married Tom Buchanan?
9. What does Gatsby tell Nick about Meyer Wolfsheim when they have lunch together?
10. What is Myrtle’s opinion of her husband?
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