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

2. What does Nick hear coming from Gatsby’s home on summer nights?
(a) Cats fighting.
(b) Dogs barking.
(c) Music.
(d) Arguments.

3. What does Gatsby want Jordan Baker to ask Nick?
(a) To invite Daisy and Gatsby to dinner.
(b) To tell Gatsby what Nick thinks of him.
(c) To invite Tom and Gatsby to dinner.
(d) To have a picnic with Gatsby and Jordan.

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

5. What view does the narrator have from his new home?
(a) The water, his neighbor’s lawn and the mansions of millionaires.
(b) A wharf with fishing boats coming and going.
(c) An elementary school and a bus stop.
(d) City lights and traffic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Daisy’s reaction when she hears that she gave birth to a little girl?

2. What lie does Catherine tell about Daisy?

3. What are Mr. Wolfsheim’s cufflinks made of?

4. How does Nick feel when he senses Daisy’s insincerity and sees the smirk on her face?

5. What does Nick call the desolate area where the road meets the railroad and is located between West Egg and New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is it unusual that Nick was personally invited to one of Gatsby’s parties?

2. Describe why Nick likes life in New York.

3. How does Myrtle Wilson come to own an Airedale puppy?

4. What does Gatsby tell Nick about his life as they drive to lunch?

5. How does Nick Carraway know Daisy and Tom Buchanan?

6. What is Catherine’s opinion of Tom’s and Myrtle’s marriages?

7. What is Daisy’s emotional and physical condition on the day she married Tom Buchanan?

8. What do Nick and Gatsby talk about the first time they meet at Gatsby’s party?

9. What is Myrtle’s opinion of her husband?

10. What does Jordan Baker tell Nick about Daisy when they meet for tea at the Plaza Hotel?

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