The Great Gatsby

1. How does the narrator describe Gatsby?

• Gatsby was brilliant, although somewhat smug and self-centered.
• Gatsby had an extraordinary gift for hope, and a romantic readiness.
• Gatsby was a big, hulking brute of a man.
• Gatsby was self-assured and showed boundless enthusiasm about most topics.

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From where did the narrator come and why?

• From France to establish a vineyard in New York
• From the south to become an actor on Broadway
• From the northwest to be a fashion designer
• From the Midwest to study the bond business

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How does Nick know Daisy and Tom?

• Nick and Tom served in the war together. He met Daisy at their wedding.
• Nick and Daisy went to school together. Daisy was dating Tom.
• He met them through a friend of his parents in Chicago.
• Daisy and Nick are cousins. Nick and Tom knew each other from school.

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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

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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

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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

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Why does Tom hit Myrtle?

• She keeps saying Daisy’s name.

• She forgot to take the dog out.

• She called him George

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Who lives in the valley of ashes? 

• Wilsons 
• Buchanans
• Carraways
• Gatsbys

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What's the difference between West Egg and East Egg?

• Wealth vs. Poverty
• Old Money vs. New Money
• Young vs. Old
• There is no difference 

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Gatsby lives in  ______.

• New York City
• East Egg
• New Jersey
• West Egg

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