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The Great Gatsby Study Guide

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

For Gatsby, the green light is a symbol for

a)

Daisy's hopes and dreams

b)

Gatsby's hopes and dreams

c)

The wealth of the residents in East Egg

d)

The poverty of his upbringing

2.

Where does Gatsby's reunion with Daisy take place?

a)

By the pool

b)

At Nick's house

c)

At the golf tournament

d)

At the second Gatsby party Nick attends

3.

From where does Gatsby recognize Nick?

a)

Nick was an undergraduate at Oxford during the months Gatsby studied there

b)

Nick works at the bond house where Gatsby's stolen securities were taken from

c)

Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in WWI

d)

Gatsby has seen his next-door neighbor around, but assumed Nick was one of his own servants

4.

Wolfsheim's cufflinks are made of

a)

shark teeth

b)

human teeth

c)

pure gold

d)

wolf fangs

5.

The novel

a)

begins in the past and goes into the present

b)

begins in the present and goes back to the past

c)

begins in the future and moves into the present

d)

is told in chronological order

6.

Nick boasts of being tolerant and

a)

romantic

b)

generous

c)

honest

d)

smart

7.

Michaelis was

a)

Italian

b)

Greek

c)

Spanish

d)

Hungarian

8.

Tom Buchanan investigates Gatsby's business dealings

a)

because the two men plan to buy land together

b)

because Tom has been falsely accused of fraud

c)

to destroy Gatsby as a rival for Daisy's attention

d)

to prove that Tom is a man of high principles

9.

Daisy is from

a)

Louisville

b)

Lexington

c)

Chicago

d)

New York

10.

Jordan Baker

a)

dislikes Nick throughout the entire story

b)

knows Meyer Wolfsheim through her bookie

c)

is a childhood friend of Daisy

d)

is married to a man who is never named

11.

Gatsby's real name is

a)

John Gatz

b)

Jack Gatz

c)

James Gatz

d)

Robert Gatz

12.

Myrtle was initially attracted to Tom because

a)

he dressed expensively

b)

he stopped to give money to a homeless man

c)

he offered her a ride while she was at a bus stop

d)

he treated her with respect

13.

George Wilson owns a garage.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Gatsby and Nick go into business together.

a)

False

b)

True

15.

Meyer Wolfsheim is a magazine publisher.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Nick meets Tom's mistress during a wedding at the Plaza.

a)

False

b)

True

17.

Tom reads books about the decline of civilization.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

One of Jordan's faults is that she is dishonest.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Michaelis tells George Wilson that Gatsby is the owner of the "death car".

a)

False

b)

True

20.

With the exception of Nick, Gatsby's father, and the minister, no one attends Gatsby's burial.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Attendance at Gatsby's parties is by invitation only.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Daisy is driving the car that kills Myrtle Wilson.

a)

False

b)

True

23.

Daisy seems especially impressed by Gatsby's shirts.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Gatsby lives in the East Egg.

a)

False

b)

True

25.

Meyer Wolfsheim is a gangster.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

The Great Gatsby is told in third-person narration.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

Gatsby's father refuses to attend the funeral of his son.

a)

False

b)

True

28.

Tom feels guilty about his role in Gatsby's death.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

At the end of the novel, Nick finally has the strength to confront Tom.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Nick rents a house in West Egg.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Gatsby changed his name when he was 15 years old.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

At his party, Gatsby introduces Tom as "the golfer".

a)

True

b)

False

33.

Wilson thinks TJ Eckleburg is God.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Nick Carraway comes from a family of poor farmers.

a)

False

b)

True

35.

Gatsby inherits $25,000 from Dan Cody, but he never receives it.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

When Wilson learns that it was actually Daisy who killed his wife, he stalks Daisy in Chicago.

a)

False

b)

True

37.

Gatsby's party guests always behaved themselves very well.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

The story switches narration between Nick, Gatsby, and Jordan.

a)

True

b)

False

39.

Nick's occupation is a magazine writer for Harper's Bazaar in New York.

a)

False

b)

True

40.

The story, which was published in 1925, is set in 1922.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

"I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library."

a)

Gatsby

b)

Owl Eyes

c)

Jordan

d)

George Wilson

42.

"God knows what you've been doing...You may fool me, but you can't fool God."

a)

Tom

b)

Daisy

c)

Nick

d)

George Wilson

43.

"Let us learn to show friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead."

a)

Tom

b)

Wolfsheim

c)

Nick

d)

Henry Gatz

44.

"Civilization's going to pieces...It's up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these other races will have control of things."

a)

Wolfsheim

b)

Gatsby

c)

Nick

d)

Tom

45.

"I've got something to tell you, old sport."

a)

Gatsby

b)

Nick

c)

Tom

d)

George Wilson

46.

"And now she's going whether she wants to or not. I'm going to get her away."

a)

Tom

b)

Gatsby

c)

Jordan

d)

George Wilson

47.

"It takes two to make an accident. I don't like careless people. That's why I like you."

a)

Nick

b)

Daisy

c)

Jordan

d)

Gatsby

48.

"The rich get richer, and the poor get--children."

a)

Nick

b)

Daisy

c)

Henry Gatz

d)

Kilpspringer

49.

"You're worth the whole damn bunch put together."

a)

Nick

b)

Tom

c)

Gatsby

d)

Wolfsheim

50.

"It's his wife that's keeping them apart. She's a Catholic, and they don't believe in divorce."

a)

Jordan

b)

Myrtle

c)

Catherine

d)

Nick

51.

"Can't repeat the past? Why, of course you can."

a)

Nick

b)

Tom

c)

Gatsby

d)

Owl Eyes

52.

"Daisy, Daisy, Daisy! I'll say it whenever I want to."

a)

Catherine

b)

Myrtle

c)

Jordan

d)

Tom

53.

"Tom's got some woman in New York."

a)

Nick

b)

Daisy

c)

Jordan

d)

Owl Eyes

54.

"I'd like to get one of those police dogs."

a)

Jordan

b)

Tom

c)

Myrtle

d)

George Wilson

55.

"When I saw the box of dog biscuits...I sat down and cried like a baby."

a)

Tom

b)

Gatsby

c)

George Wilson

d)

Nick

56.

"It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me."

a)

Gatsby

b)

Tom

c)

George Wilson

d)

Henry Gatz

57.

"He had on a dress suit and patent leather shoes, and I couldn't keep my eyes off him..."

a)

Daisy

b)

Jordan

c)

Myrtle

d)

Catherine

58.

"I decided to go east and learn the bond business. Everybody I knew was in the bond business, so I supposed it could support one more single man."

a)

Wolfsheim

b)

Nick

c)

Gatsby

d)

Owl Eyes

59.

"I've been everywhere and seen everything and done everything. Sophisticated--God, I'm sophisticated!"

a)

Myrtle

b)

Gatsby

c)

Tom

d)

Daisy

60.

"He went to Oggsford College in England. You know Oggsford College?

a)

Henry Gatz

b)

Jordan

c)

Owl Eyes

d)

Wolfsheim

61.

"Jimmy was bound to get ahead."

a)

Owl Eyes

b)

Daisy

c)

Henry Gatz

d)

Nick

62.

"He wants her to see his house...and your house is right next door."

a)

Daisy

b)

Myrtle

c)

Jordan

d)

Mrs. McKee

63.

"I'm sorry about the clock."

a)

Daisy

b)

Nick

c)

Owl Eyes

d)

Gatsby

64.

"...You're rude. Daisy's sitting in there all alone."

a)

Nick

b)

Gatsby

c)

Jordan

d)

Tom

65.

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

a)

Gatsby

b)

Nick

c)

Owl Eyes

d)

Henry Gatz

66.

"When are you going to sell me that car?"

a)

Nick

b)

Wolfsheim

c)

George Wilson

d)

Gatsby

67.

"I married him because I thought he was a gentleman."

a)

Catherine

b)

Daisy

c)

Myrtle

d)

Jordan

68.

"I'm going to tell you something about my life. I don't want you to get a wrong idea of me from all these stories you hear."

a)

Nick

b)

Gatsby

c)

Tom

d)

Wolfsheim

69.

"I'd like to get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around."

a)

Myrtle

b)

Jordan

c)

Daisy

d)

Gatsby

70.

"All right...I'm glad it's a girl..And I hope she'll be a fool--that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful fool."

a)

Daisy

b)

Tom

c)

Nick

d)

Gatsby