The Great Gatsby Ch 7-9 Quiz

At the beginning of Chapter 7, why does Gatsby, “dismiss every servant from his house”?

• Because he wants to do a favor for Meyer Wolfsheim and hire of all his people.

• Because he has decided to leave West Egg and take off with Daisy.

• Because he wants to be alone with Daisy and does not want one other person in the house with him besides her.

• Because Daisy comes over and he doesn’t want the servants to gossip about her.

What is Gatsby’s reaction when he meets Daisy’s daughter, Pammy?

• He wishes that he and Daisy could have a child together.

• He is embarrassed to be in the room with her since he is having an affair with her mother.

• He is shocked because seeing the child makes Daisy and Tom’s relationship real.

• He cannot relate to her at all and is almost rude.

What does George Wilson do to or tell his wife, Myrtle and why?

• He locks her in the garage because he has found out she is having an affair with someone.

• He tells her that they are moving and forbids her from going to New York again.

• He tells her he is divorcing her as he found a sign that she is having an affair.

• He takes away her car keys so she cannot leave the garage to go very far.

Why do the main characters (Gatsby, Daisy, Tom, Nick, and Jordan) drive into the city of New York?

• It is too hot at the Buchanan house and they want the cooler weather of New York.

• They all decide they want to have a party and celebrate rather than focus on stressful problems.

• Tom has realized that Gatsby is Daisy’s lover and wants to confront him away from his daughter.

• Daisy wants to avoid confrontation and get away from her problems. This simply just gives them something to do.

Before they set off to the Plaza hotel in New York, Tom suggests that he take Gatsby’s yellow car and Gatsby can take Tom’s coupe. Nick tells the reader that, “The suggestion was distasteful to Gatsby.” Why is this suggestion distasteful to Gatsby?

• Tom is trying to assert his dominance over Gatsby by driving his nice car, and Gatsby finds this behavior offensive.

• Tom is trying to make Gatsby see that his coupe is far superior to Gatsby’s yellow car, and Gatsby does not appreciate Tom trying to say that his car is better.

• Gatsby does not want to drive Tom’s car because it represents “old money”.

• Gatsby wants to ride to town with Daisy and thinks that Daisy will be riding with Tom in his (Gatsby’s) yellow car.

By the end of the evening, what does Gatsby believe about Daisy’s relationship with Tom?

• Gatsby believes that Daisy never loved Tom.

• Gatsby believes that Daisy deserves to be with him since Tom has cheated with Myrtle.

• Gatsby realizes that Daisy once loved Tom, but that her love for him (Gatsby) is now in the past.

• Gatsby believes that Daisy only married Tom for money.

Choose the one completely true statement about how the characters below react to Myrtle’s death.

• George Wilson is devastated because he knows Myrtle never loved Tom.

• Tom protects himself first by telling that his car is blue and not yellow. Later he cries.

• Nick is outraged at the fact that Daisy does not stop and tells Gatsby that she must turn herself in.

• Daisy cries and is sorry for killing Myrtle, yet she does not confess.

Read the quote below and then answer the following question.

[1-2] “His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes. We pushed aside curtains that were like pavilions, and felt over innumerable feet of dark wall for electric light switches--once I tumbled with a sort of splash upon the keys of a ghostly piano. There was an inexplicable amount of dust everywhere, and the rooms were musty, as though they hadn’t been aired for many days.”

At the beginning of chapter eight, why is Gatsby’s house in the state described above?

• Gatsby has lost all of his money and can no longer afford to pay housekeepers.

• Gatsby has stopped taking care of his house because he is planning to commit suicide.

• Gatsby has given up maintaining his house now that his dream of being with Daisy is dead.

Read the quote below and then answer the following question.

[1-2] “His house had never seemed so enormous to me as it did that night when we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes. We pushed aside curtains that were like pavilions, and felt over innumerable feet of dark wall for electric light switches--once I tumbled with a sort of splash upon the keys of a ghostly piano. There was an inexplicable amount of dust everywhere, and the rooms were musty, as though they hadn’t been aired for many days.”

All of the following descriptions contribute to the forlorn and melancholy tone of the passage above EXCEPT:

• “...we hunted through the great rooms for cigarettes...”

• “...the keys of a ghostly piano.”

• “...an inexplicable amount of dust everywhere…”

“They’re a rotten crowd,” I shouted across the lawn.

“You’re worth the whole damn bunch of them put together.”

The quote above best describes Nick’s attitude about:

• All of the people whom he has met during his time in the East

• Wolfsheim and his associates

• The people that come Gatsby’s parties and take advantage of him