Question 1

Who narrates the story?

Accepted Answer

Nick, in a flashback

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The all-knowing narrator

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Nick, as the events unfold

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Nick and Gatsby

Question 2

What Nick thinks is "gorgeous" about Gatsby is Gatsby's

Accepted Answer

heightened sensitivity to the promises of life; his romantic readiness

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style of moving and living, coupled with his extravagant spending

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splendid physical appearance

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ability to throw great parties

Question 3

Jay Gatsby gives up the name James Gatz because he

Accepted Answer

hates his father and everything about him

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wants a name that has a romantic sound to it

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he is wanted by the police for an old crime

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uses the name of a wealthy man who befriends him as a young man.

Question 4

The night before Daisy and Tom's wedding

Accepted Answer

Daisy gets drunk and cries after opening a letter from Gatsby

Answer

None of the above

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Nick tries to talk Daisy out of getting married to Tom.

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Tom is seen going into a hotel with a waitress

Question 5

What do Nick and Gatsby have in common?

Accepted Answer

They were both in the Third Division during the war.

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They both run away from home when they were sixteen.

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They both love Daisy.

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They both hate, yet love, the rich.

Question 6

Which fact about Jordan Baker is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

When the Buchanans lived in Chicago, she and Tom had an affair

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She eavesdrops on the personal conversations of her friends.

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When Nick tells her he is leaving, she tells him she is engaged to someone else.

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She has been accused of cheating in a golf game.

Question 7

In what year is The Great Gatsby set?

Accepted Answer

1922

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1924

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1925

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1923

Question 8

At the opening of story, Nick tells us he has become disillusioned by

Accepted Answer

what preyed on Gatsby and floated in the wake of his dreams

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Tom and Daisy

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a sense of man's relative unimportance in an indifferent universe.

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Gatsby

Question 9

We are repeatedly told that Daisy's most notable feature is

Accepted Answer

her voice

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her "languid" (slow) way of walking

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her long, gorgeous hair

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her slim, elegant waist

Question 10

Which of the following correctly identifies the weather at specific points during the novel?

Accepted Answer

Cool autumn weather on the day of Gatsby's death; rained the day of Daisy and Gatsby's reunion.

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Rained the day of Daisy and Gatsby's reunion; snowed the day of his funeral

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Hot and humid the day of Myrtle's death; rained the day of Gatsby's death

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Rained the day of Myrtle's death; cool autumn-like weather the day of George Wilson's suicide.

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