Great Gatsby Ch. 1-3 Quiz

Who is the author of The Great Gatsby?

• Harper Lee
• J. R. R. Tolkien
• F. Scott Fitzgerald
• John D. Rockefeller

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Where does The Great Gatsby primarily take place?

• In and around Chicago
• In and around New York City
• The suburbs of Los Angeles
• The suburbs of Saint Louis

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Which inference about the narrator's attitude toward his father’s advice is best supported by the novel's opening passages?

• Nick mostly disagrees with his father’s advice because he thinks that everyone is born with some advantages.
• Nick disagrees with his father’s advice because he realizes that he wasn’t born with the advantages of the very wealthy people he encounters.
• Nick generally agrees with his father’s advice, but has learned there is a limit to his tolerance for other people’s behavior.
• He agrees with his advice because he believes that it’s unjust to criticize people who don’t have the advantages of a good education.

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What is the main reason Nick Carraway moves to West Egg?

• To live closer to Tom and Daisy Buchanan.
• To pursue his career as a bond salesman in New York.
• To enjoy the lavish lifestyle of the Jazz Age.
• To investigate the mysterious figure of Jay Gatsby.

The narrator uses metaphor to illustrate his feelings about Gatsby at the outset of Chapter 1 mainly by _______?

• A. referring to Gatsby as “the man who gives his name to this book”
• B. comparing Gatsby to a machine that can “register earthquakes”
• C. noting that he “seemed to fill [his] glistening boots until he strained the top lacing”
• D. saying that Gatsby represents the “foul dust” that “floated in the wake of his dreams”

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Based on context clues, what is most closely the meaning of supercilious as it is used to describe Tom Buchanan (paragraph 19)?

• A. snobbish and superior
• B. strong and powerful
• C. silly and reckless
• D. cool and sophisticated

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What can readers mainly infer about Jordan Baker based on her comments to Nick in Chapter 1?

• Jordan Baker is familiar with West Egg because she has already met Jay Gatsby.
• She is unfamiliar with Nick’s neighborhood because she refuses to demean herself by being seen there.
• She thinks Nick must be unsuccessful because he lives in a poor neighborhood.
• She believes that the East is superior to the West.

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Which of the following best summarizes Nick’s reaction to Daisy’s remarks that she has had “a very bad time” and had “been everywhere and seen everything” (paragraphs 113–19)?

• He doubts the authenticity of her emotions.
• He feels sorry for her.
• He believes that she is exaggerating.
• He envies her luxurious lifestyle and ability to persevere.

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Which of these inferences about Myrtle Wilson’s character is best supported by Chapter 2?

• She is in her mid-thirties and a little overweight in a sensuous way.
• She is from a lower class and desperately aspires to move upward socially.
• She wants to move from the depressing garage in the valley of ashes in order to go West.
• She is in an abusive relationship with Tom, but is too afraid to break up with him.

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Which of the following best identifies the most striking detail about Jay Gatsby when Nick, the narrator, first meets him?

• Gatsby’s charismatic smile has a profound effect on Nick and makes him feel special.
• Gatsby wasn’t the flowery middle-aged man that Nick was expecting him to be.
• They had both served in the First Division of the U.S. Army and fought in France during World War II.
• Gatsby didn’t bother inviting any of the other guests–only Nick received an invitation.