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

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

3. How does Gatsby feel about women?

4. Who is driving the car that kills Mrs. Wilson?

5. What car does Tom want to drive when they all leave the tea party?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Tom feeling panicked as he and Nick drive away from Wilson’s garage in Chapter 7?

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

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

4. Why is Gatsby in a hurry to get home to New York while he is at Oxford?

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The character of Jay Gatsby consists of many contradictions. Discuss these contradictions with regard to the guests who come to his parties, his family in North Dakota, his lifestyle while employed by Dan Cody and his attitude toward women.

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

Dr. Eckleburg’s billboard watches over the “valley of ashes.” How do Dr. Eckleburg’s watchful eyes condemn the morally corrupt lives of the spiritually barren and overindulgent characters in the novel? Compare the “valley of ashes” to the lives of these materialistic characters.

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