The Great Gatsby Chapter 4
Authored by Amanda Fain
English
11th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz focuses on Chapter 4 of F. Scott Fitzgerald's *The Great Gatsby*, specifically examining Jordan Baker's crucial flashback that reveals the romantic history between Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby. Designed for 11th and 12th grade students, these questions assess reading comprehension, literary analysis, and understanding of narrative structure. Students must demonstrate their ability to track complex plot details across multiple time periods, analyze character motivations and relationships, and identify literary devices such as flashback, personification, allusion, and simile. The questions require students to understand how Fitzgerald uses Jordan's retelling to provide essential backstory, moving between the present narrative and events from 1917. Students need strong analytical skills to recognize how this chapter serves as a turning point in the novel, establishing the foundation for understanding Gatsby's obsession with recreating his past with Daisy and the social barriers that originally separated them. Created by Ashley Caspermeyer, an English teacher in the US who teaches grades 11 and 12. This comprehensive assessment supports instruction by providing detailed analysis of one of the novel's most pivotal chapters, making it ideal for formative assessment after students complete their reading assignment. Teachers can use this quiz as a homework check to ensure students have absorbed the critical backstory information, as a review tool before discussing the chapter's significance to the overall plot, or as part of a larger unit assessment on character development and narrative techniques. The quiz effectively prepares students for deeper literary analysis by requiring them to demonstrate mastery of both plot comprehension and recognition of Fitzgerald's literary craft. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.1 for citing textual evidence, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.3 for analyzing character development, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5 for understanding narrative structure and literary techniques.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What story does Jordan recall from 1917 that she tells Nick?
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CCSS.RL.11-12.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did Daisy originally know Gatsby?
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CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.W.11-12.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How old was Daisy in Jordan's story from October 1917?
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CCSS.RL.11-12.1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which literary device does Fitzgerald use when Jordan tells Nick about Daisy?
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CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.L.11-12.5
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which is NOT a literary device used in Jordan's retelling of Daisy's story?
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CCSS.RL.5.6
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did Daisy's parents forbid her to go to New York?
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.11-12.6
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What made Daisy happy again after Gatsby left for war?
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CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.W.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
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