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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 is driving the car that kills Mrs. Wilson?

2. Why does Nick go over to Gatsby’s house on Saturday night to check on him?

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

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

5. What were two of Gatsby’s jobs after he left his parent’s home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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

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.

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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