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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. Where does the narrator rent a house when he goes east?

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

3. What does Nick call the desolate area where the road meets the railroad and is located between West Egg and New York?

4. How does Nick remember years later, the celebrities and other affluent people who visited Gatsby’s mansion in the summer of 1922?

5. What does Nick see in Gatsby’s smile?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Nick describe the Valley of Ashes?

4. How does Myrtle Wilson come to own an Airedale puppy?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Analyze Gatsby’s coming of age throughout the novel. What fears and emotions does he experience as he grows from a boy in North Dakota, a teenager, a soldier and a successful adult? How do his attitudes change as he develops from a young boy into a young man? Cite examples of the character changes Gatsby experiences from each stage of his life.

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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