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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 observe from his home as he gazes at Mr. Gatsby’s mansion during summer days?
(a) Mr. Gatsby on his beach alone.
(b) Mr. Gatsby reading quietly.
(c) A few guests strolling in the garden.
(d) Guests swimming, boating and sunning.

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

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

4. Why does Nick decide not to call out to Gatsby when he sees him standing outside?
(a) Gatsby seems content to be alone.
(b) A young lady joins Gatsby.
(c) Gatsby looks distraught.
(d) Gatsby looks annoyed by something.

5. How does Nick remember years later, the celebrities and other affluent people who visited Gatsby’s mansion in the summer of 1922?
(a) He writes a timetable of names.
(b) He contacts Gatsby’s domestic help from 1922.
(c) He took photographs of every guest.
(d) He has a photographic memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tumultuous event happens not far from Gatsby’s mansion after the party?

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

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

4. 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?

5. How does the narrator describe Tom Buchanan’s body?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Tom’s views on minority races?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Jordan Baker say about the phone call Tom receives during dinner?

9. How does Nick describe the Valley of Ashes?

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

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