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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 do the two girls in yellow say to Jordan when they see her at Gatsby’s party?

2. What brings Nick to Mr. Gatsby’s mansion for the first time?

3. Where did Mr. McKee take the two photographs displayed in the downstairs apartment?

4. What view does the narrator have from his new home?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the narrator, Nick Carraway, reveal in the first chapter about how he judges other people?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the request that Gatsby asks Jordan to make to Nick?

8. How does Nick describe the Valley of Ashes?

9. What does Gatsby tell Nick about Meyer Wolfsheim when they have lunch together?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

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?

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