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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How can Nick tell that Gatsby sufferes from restlessness?

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

4. What is Tom Buchanan’s view of racial equality?

5. Which of the following adjectives best describes Mr. Wilson?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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. What does Nick see in Gatsby’s smile the first time they meet?

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

7. How does Nick describe the Valley of Ashes?

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

9. What are three of the stories Nick hears about Gatsby’s past while he is at Gatsby’s mansion?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The character of Jay Gatsby consists of many contradictions. Discuss these contradictions with regard to the guests who come to his parties, his family in North Dakota, his lifestyle while employed by Dan Cody and his attitude toward women.

Essay Topic 2

Fitzgerald depicts two extramarital affairs in the novel, Tom Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson, and Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan. Compare and contrast these two affairs.

Essay Topic 3

Evaluate the elements of cause and effect in this story using examples from the novel. Choose three events from the story that cause change in Gatsby’s life. How does Gatsby react to the events and their effects? How does he change emotionally in his own life and in his attitude toward Daisy?

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