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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 the narrator describe Tom Buchanan’s body?
(a) A cruel body.
(b) Obese.
(c) Skeletal.
(d) Effeminate.

2. 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.

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

4. What is one of the rumors about Gatsby that his guests talk about?
(a) He once killed someone.
(b) He has a secret wife.
(c) He dislikes children.
(d) He had a nervous breakdown.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As the young ladies talk, what do they say happened when a man found out Gatsby was the nephew of Von Hindenburg and second cousin to the devil?

2. What does Lucille reveal about the man she almost married?

3. What lie does Catherine tell about Daisy?

4. What do the young ladies at Gatsby’s lawn party speculate about his line of work?

5. Whom does the narrator visit at the beginning of his first summer in his new residence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Tom’s reaction when Myrtle defies his command not to mention Daisy’s name?

2. How does Nick describe the Valley of Ashes?

3. What does the narrator, Nick Carraway, reveal in the first chapter about how he judges other people?

4. What fascinates Nick on summer nights as he looks across at Gatsby’s mansion?

5. What does Gatsby tell Nick about Meyer Wolfsheim when they have lunch together?

6. Where does Nick Carraway move to when he finds a job in his chosen profession?

7. Why doesn’t Nick call out to Gatsby when he sees him looking out over the ocean?

8. Why did Gatsby buy his house in West Egg?

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

10. Describe why Nick likes life in New York.

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