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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 is Wilson doing in his garage after his wife’s death?

2. What is Daisy’s emotional state when Nick comes back into the room?

3. What is the first thing Daisy does when Tom leaves the room to make drinks?

4. How has Gatsby’s life been during the years he has been away from Daisy?

5. After Cody hired Gatsby, how many times did they sail around the continent?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Jay Gatsby decide to tell Nick about how Gatsby and Daisy fell in love?

5. What happened to Gatsby’s mind the first time he kissed Daisy?

6. What is Gatsby’s reply when Daisy asks him how he lives in such a large house all alone?

7. Why does Nick tell Gatsby that he is being rude during the tea with Daisy?

8. Why does Daisy’s voice entrance Gatsby?

9. When does Gatsby change his name from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby, and what event causes the name change?

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

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

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 3

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.

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