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

2. What does Gatsby say when Tom confronts him about Daisy?

3. What does Gatsby find most entrancing about Daisy?

4. Who arrives on horseback to Gatsby’s house on a Sunday afternoon while Nick is visiting?

5. How long are Daisy and Gatsby in love before he goes off to war?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. The morning after Mrs. Wilson’s death, why does Nick jump out of bed and go over to Gatsby’s when he hears a taxi pull into Gatsby’s driveway?

4. What is the significance of the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock?

5. Why does Daisy begin crying when Gatsby shows her all his colorful shirts?

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

7. What are the three stages of emotion Gatsby experiences on the night he meets Daisy again for the first time?

8. What does Nick think Gatsby is trying to do by trying to recover the past?

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

10. What does Gatsby discover about Daisy when he returns home from Oxford?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many of the characters in the novel experience culture clash as they interact with one another. Describe the culture clash between the Wilsons, the Buchanans, Jay Gatsby, James Gatz, and Nick. How is the clash evident throughout the novel and what are the results of this culture clash?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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.

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