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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 Nick realize as Gatsby continues telling him about his past?
(a) Gatsby is being truthful.
(b) Gatsby’s life is boring.
(c) Gatsby has an interesting past.
(d) Gatsby is lying.

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

3. What quality does the narrator give to Gatsby as he describes the man?
(a) Something sinister about him.
(b) Something ethereal about him.
(c) Something gorgeous about him.
(d) Something evil about him.

4. How does the narrator describe his cousin’s face?
(a) Aged and lonely.
(b) Happy and bright.
(c) Humorless.
(d) Sad and lovely.

5. Which previous acquaintance does Nick meet as he searches the mansion for Gatsby?
(a) Daisy.
(b) Myrtle.
(c) Jordan Baker.
(d) Tom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Gatsby want Jordan Baker to ask Nick?

3. What is the first thing Nick does when he arrives at Gatsby’s party?

4. What do the two girls in yellow say to Jordan when they see her at Gatsby’s party?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Nick describe the Valley of Ashes?

3. How does Nick describe Gatsby’s manner when he picks Nick up for lunch in his splendid car?

4. What does Catherine, Mrs. Wilson’s sister, tell Nick about Gatsby?

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

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

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

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

9. Describe why Nick likes life in New York.

10. How did Nick first meet Tom’s mistress, Myrtle Wilson?

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