The Great Gatsby

1. What is Jay Gatsby’s real name? 8. What is depicted on the decaying billboard a. Jay Cody that frightens some of the residents of the b. John Gatsberg valley of ashes? c. James Gatz a. A picture of God d. Jake Harris b. A little boy c. A pair of eyes 2. What is Dan Cody’s relationship to Gatsby? d. A giant hand a. He was his mentor. b. He was his father. 9. What is Jordan Baker’s profession? c. He was his younger brother. a. Graphic artist d. He was his business associate. b. Nightclub singer c. School teacher 3. Gatsby made his fortune in d. Professional golfer a. the garment industry b. real estate 10. Who says the following: “[When the nurse c. organized crime and bootlegging told me I had] a girl, I turned my head away d. steel and wept. ‘All right,’ I said ‘I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool – that’s the 4. Which character is described as “old money,” best thing a girl can be in this world, a beau- “hulking,” “aggressive,” “confrontational,” tiful, little fool.” and “racist”? a. Daisy a. Jordan Baker b. Myrtle b. Nick Carraway c. Jordan c. Jay Gatsby d. Catherine d. Tom Buchannan 11. Who says the following: “[Gatsby’s smile] 5. Who owns the car that kills Myrtle Wilson? believed in you as you would like to be- a. Nick Carraway lieve in yourself, and assured you that it had b. Tom Buchannan precisely the impression of you that, at your c. Jay Gatsby best, you hoped to convey.” d. Meyer Wolfsheim a. Nick b. Jordan 6. Who was driving the car that killed Myrtle c. Tom Wilson? d. Wilson a. Tom Buchannan b. Daisy Buchannan 12. Who says the following: “You always have a c. Nick Carraway green light that burns all night at the end of d. Jay Gatsby your dock.” a. Owl Eyes 7. Gatsby lives in West Egg, the less fashionable b. Wolfshiem of the Eggs, because he c. Klipspringer a. wants to live across the sound from Daisy d. Gatsby b. wants to maintain a low profile c. thinks the beach is better there d. doesn’t like the mansions in East Egg

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13. Who kills Gatsby? 20. Which character is also known as “the boarder”? a. Nick Carraway a. Dan Cody b. Tom Buchannan b. Meyer Wolfshiem c. George Wilson c. Ewing Klipspringer d. Meyer Wolfsheim d. Nick Carraway 14. The day before Gatsby’s funeral, Klipspringer 21. Who handles Jay Gatsby’s funeral arrange- calls Nick to inquire about ments? a. the funeral arrangements. a. Meyer Wolfsheim b. Tom Buchannan’s whereabouts. b. Ewing Klipspringer c. Gatsby’s father. c. Daisy Buchannan d. his tennis shoes. d. Nick Carraway 15. Where is Gatsby when he dies? 22. Who says the following: “They’re such beau- a. In the swimming pool tiful shirts. It makes me sad because I’ve nev- b. At Nick’s er seen such – such beautiful shirts before.” c. In his car a. Myrtle d. At the Buchannans’ b. Daisy c. Jordan 16. Jay Gatsby served in what war? d. Gatsby a. The Spanish-American War b. World War I 23. Where does Gatsby and Daisy’s reunion take c. World War II place? d. He was never a soldier. a. At Nick’s house b. At Gatsby’s mansion 17. How do Nick and Daisy know each other? c. At Daisy and Tom’s house a. They’re cousins. d. At George Wilson’s garage b. They’re siblings. c. They met through Jordan Baker. 24. The setting of The Great Gatsby is colored by d. They met through Tom Buchannan. all of the following EXCEPT a. Establishment of federal income tax 18. At a party in the city, whose nose does b. Post-war America Tom Buchannan break in one “short deft c. The Jazz Age movement”? d. Prohibition a. Nick’s b. Mr. McKee’s 25. When Nick phones Daisy to tell her of c. Myrtle’s Gatsby’s death, what does he learn? d. Catherine’s a. She has left Nick b. She refuses to attend Gatsby’s funeral 19. What line of business is George Wilson in? c. She and Nick have gone on a trip a. Automobile maintenance d. She and Nick have put their house up for sale b. Bootlegging c. Optometry d. Golf

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