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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. How long did Gatsby attend the Lutheran college of St. Olaf’s in Minnesota?

2. What does Nick see as he looks through Daisy and Tom’s window?

3. What is the stain on the workbench in Wilson’s garage?

4. What does Gatsby do when he realizes that Nick does not make much money?

5. Who stays with Mr. Wilson until dawn after his wife’s death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Gatsby’s explanation about going to Oxford when Tom questions him about it?

2. When Nick arrives at Gatsby’s Saturday night party in Chapter 6, how does he describe the atmosphere?

3. As time passes while Gatsby is attending Oxford, what does Daisy do?

4. Why does Mr. Wilson want to buy Tom’s car?

5. How does Mrs. Wilson get hit by Gatsby’s car and killed?

6. When Daisy, Tom, Jordan, Gatsby and Nick go to the Plaza Hotel after Daisy’s tea party, what confrontation takes place between Gatsby and Tom?

7. In Chapter 7, why does Nick go over to Gatsby’s mansion to see if Gatsby is sick?

8. What does Daisy do during her tea party after she sends Tom out of the room to make drinks?

9. What becomes of Gatsby and Mr. Wilson at the end of Chapter 8?

10. When Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy does not understand him the way she used to, what is Nick’s reply?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the resolution of the story as it relates to each of the main characters in the novel. Explain the metamorphosis each character experiences in the final three chapters. Describe how Nick’s words ” So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”, relate to Jay Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, and Nick.

Essay Topic 2

One of the main themes in the novel is the pursuit of the American Dream. Explain the similarities and differences in how Daisy, Nick, Tom and Gatsby try to achieve their individual version of the American Dream. Which of the characters was the most successful in achieving the American Dream? Explain your view.

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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