View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick see as he looks through Daisy and Tom’s window?
(a) They are dancing.
(b) They are sitting at opposite sides of the room.
(c) They are arguing.
(d) They are intimately holding hands.

2. Why does Nick go over to Gatsby’s house on Saturday night to check on him?
(a) Gatsby’s house is in darkness.
(b) Nick hears screaming.
(c) Gatsby’s maid calls Nick on the phone.
(d) Nick does not see Gatsby in the yard.

3. What is Daisy’s emotional state as the day goes on?
(a) She is cruel and stubborn.
(b) She is frightened and despairing.
(c) She is resolved and courageous.
(d) She is excited and happy.

4. What does Gatsby do when he realizes that Nick does not make much money?
(a) Tells Nick he should get out of the bond business.
(b) Gives Nick a new car.
(c) Offers Nick a job.
(d) Gives Nick one hundred dollars.

5. Where does Daisy suggest she and her guests go during the luncheon?
(a) Over to Gatsby’s for a swim.
(b) The theatre.
(c) Town.
(d) Gatsby's boat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Gatsby’s birth name?

2. What does Gatsby say to Nick at two minutes to four?

3. What does Gatsby say when Tom confronts him about Daisy?

4. What gives Gatsby an outlet for his turbulent heart as a young man?

5. What car does Tom want to drive when they all leave the tea party?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jay Gatsby decide to tell Nick about how Gatsby and Daisy fell in love?

2. When Nick returns to his house after meeting with Jordan, why does he think his house is on fire?

3. What is Gatsby’s reply when Daisy asks him how he lives in such a large house all alone?

4. When Daisy, Tom, Jordan, Gatsby and Nick go to the Plaza Hotel after Daisy’s tea party, what confrontation takes place between Gatsby and Tom?

5. The morning after Mrs. Wilson’s death, why does Nick jump out of bed and go over to Gatsby’s when he hears a taxi pull into Gatsby’s driveway?

6. What does Gatsby discover about Daisy when he returns home from Oxford?

7. What becomes of Gatsby and Mr. Wilson at the end of Chapter 8?

8. Why is Tom feeling panicked as he and Nick drive away from Wilson’s garage in Chapter 7?

9. How does Mrs. Wilson get hit by Gatsby’s car and killed?

10. What does Nick say to Gatsby as he is leaving him for the last time?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 700 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample