English III Fall Semester Final Test

In The Great Gatsby, how does George Wilson find out who owns the yellow car?

• He sees Gatsby driving it.
• Tom tells him.
• He searches every newspaper for a glimpse of it and its owner.

What is the "enchanted object" that Gatsby sees across the bay from his mansion?

• Daisy's mansion
• a green light
• Coney Island

Whose car does Tom drive to town on the day of the big argument in Chapter 7?

• Gatsby's yellow car
• His own blue coupe
• Nick's black Dodge

Who in the novel are referred to as being "silver idols"?

• Tom and Gatsby
• Nick and Gatsby
• Daisy and Jordan

What is the name of the barren wasteland in between West Egg and the city where New York City puts its pollution and waste?

• The Wasteland
• The Valley of Ashes
• The Desert

How does Gatsby earn his wealth?

• He inherits it from his family.
• He inherits it from Dan Cody.
• He earns it through bootlegging and selling illegal bonds.

What does Gatsby require of Daisy that she cannot do?

• Move away from New York.
• Say that she never loved Tom.
• Leave her daughter behind.

What two things frighten Daisy away from marrying Gatsby?

• His lack of driving skills and his habit of saying "Old Sport."
• His display of temper and his criminal business activities.
• His inability to work hard and provide for a family.

Where do the Old Money live?

• East Egg
• New York City
• West Egg

What does the following quotation from The Great Gatsby mean? "Instead of rambling, this party had preserved a dignified homogeneity, and assumed to itself the function of representing the staid nobility of the country-side — East Egg condescending to West Egg, and carefully on guard against its spectroscopic gayety."

• The Old Money will not mix and socialize with the New Money.
• The constituents of Gatsby's parties are conducting chemistry experiments in the garden.
• People from West Egg and East Egg get along well and are often friends.