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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 view does the narrator have from his new home?

2. What is the condition of the narrator’s house?

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

4. Why does Gatsby buy his mansion on the bay?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Catherine’s opinion of Tom’s and Myrtle’s marriages?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Where did Nick Carraway attend college and what profession does he plan to pursue?

10. What does the man with the owl eyes reveal to Nick and Jordan when they meet him in Gatsby’s library?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Interpret the feelings Jay Gatsby and Daisy have for each other before he goes to war. Explain how you know if their feelings are authentic or superficial? Are they truthful with one other? Explain. Compare these emotions with how they interact later in the novel, when they meet at Nick’s invitation to tea. What regrets do they express during Daisy’s tea party and after Mrs. Wilson’s death?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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