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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. Which previous acquaintance does Nick meet as he searches the mansion for Gatsby?

2. What does Gatsby want Jordan Baker to ask Nick?

3. How does Catherine feel about Gatsby?

4. Where does a call for Gatsby come from while he is talking with Nick?

5. What does Nick think the young Englishmen at Gatsby’s party are selling?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Myrtle’s opinion of her husband?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is Daisy’s emotional and physical condition on the day she married Tom Buchanan?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The theme of Appearance and Reality is constant throughout the novel. Analyze the lives of Gatsby, Tom, and Daisy with regard to appearances and reality. Explain how each characters’ outward actions hides the reality behind their superficiality. Contrast the superficial lives of these characters with the honesty of Nick Carraway.

Essay Topic 2

A literary symbol is something that is more than it appears to be. Analyze the “green light” at the end of Daisy’s dock as a literary symbol. How does the novel give clues that the “green light” should be seen as a symbol? How does the symbolic nature of the “green light” change for Gatsby as the novel progresses?

Essay Topic 3

Summarize how F. Scott Fitzgerald uses local color and imagery to describe Gatsby’s mansion. Cite descriptive examples of rooms, décor, landscaping, and his view of the harbor. Does the imagery Fitzgerald uses depict a clear and accurate picture of the mansion and the surrounding landscape?

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