The Great Gatsby: Chapters 1-3 Review

The novel's narrator is

• F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Nick Carraway
• Jay Gatsby
• an unnamed omniscient narrator

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The narrator says that his father emphasized the importance of being

• honest
• patriotic
• educated
• nonjudgmental

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The narrator lives in

• New York City
• East Egg
• West Egg
• Boston

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Describe Tom. What is our impression of him in Chapter 1?

• He is short and fat and jolly.
• He has an athletic build and an arrogant attitude. He is an old-money snob.
• He is tall and slender. He is a grumpy middle-aged man.
• He has a medium build and is balding. He is easy-going and pleasant.

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When Nick gets home from dinner he sees Gatsby looking at something across the bay, what is it?

• A dock
• A green light
• A red light
• A boat

What is the “valley of ashes”?

• An area in East Egg where a fire had been many years ago.
• A barren, lower-middle class area separating East Egg from West Egg.
• An industrial zone
• An imaginary place used as a metaphor for Gatsby’s loneliness

What are the “eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg”?

• Seeing eye dogs that the doctor trains fro the Association of the Blind
• A group of security guards who monitor the doctor’s home and offices
• A new kind of contact lens that the doctor has just developed
• An illustration on a billboard overlooking the valley of ashes

What reason did Myrtle give for marrying George Wilson?

• She had to do something to get away from her abusive parents.
• She did it to spite George’s former girlfriend
• She thought he was a gentleman; later she found out differently. 
• She didn’t think she would ever find a husband, and she was grateful to him for asking her

Which of the following was a rumor about Gatsby?

• He was a German spy
• He is a citizen of Montenegro
• He is a member of the mob
• He is a librarian

What is the effect of Nick's background and values on the story?

• It shows how jaded the war made him.

• It brings readers deeper into the story through his skeptical narrative.

• It gives readers a glimpse of 1940s life.

• It tells the story through a genuine, rather naive perspective.

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