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The Great Gatsby

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which quotation from the text best shows why Nick is "inclined to reserve all judgments"?
a)
"I was unjustly accused of being a politician"
b)
"Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the same advantages that you've had"
c)
"Gatsby had an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found"
d)
"And after boasting this way of my tolerance, I come to the admission that it has a limit"
2.
Tom Buchanan was "one of those men who reach such an acute limited excellence at twenty-one that everything afterwards savors of anticlimax." What does this passage mean?
a)
Tome was not excellent at anything
b)
Tom excelled so greatly in many areas at a young age that everything afterwards seems unimportant.
c)
Tom excelled so greatly in sports at a young age that everything afterwards seems like a letdown
d)
Tom was excellent at many things throughout his entire life
3.
The quote, "I'm glad it's a girl...I hope she'll be a fool-that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool"
a)
is said by Tom and means that he is glad he can cheat because women are fools
b)
Is said by Nick and means that he thinks Daisy is a fool for not leaving Tom
c)
Is said by Daisy and means that she hopes her daughter will be a fool
d)
Is said by Daisy and means that at this time, Daisy didn't see any alternative futures for women other than being beautiful enough to marry a rich husband and fool enough to stay with him
4.

Because of the 1st person narration, what do we not know?

a)

How Daisy and Gatsby met

b)

Why Daisy was invited to Nick's

c)

How long it's been since Daisy and Nick have seen each other

d)

What is said between Daisy and Gatsby in private

5.

Why might Nick be considered an unreliable narrator?

a)

The story is all told in 1st person point of view, from his perspective.

b)

There are many lies he tells about all of the characters.

c)

Nick has a bad reputation for writing false information in the paper.

d)

The story is narrated in 3rd person point of view so he is always referring to himself by name.

6.
What is significant about Nick's invitation to Gatsby's party?
a)
It was written by Gatsby, himself.
b)
Nobody else is ever formally invited to Gatsby's parties.
c)
The delivery method was extravagant with flowers and confetti
d)
The invitation was never sent by Gatsby.
7.

Why did Daisy marry Tom?

a)

She loved him

b)

Gatsby went off to war and Tom had money and status

c)

They had a daughter and she did not want to be ruined

d)

Tom threatened Daisy into marriage

8.

What does the green light symbolize for Gatsby?

a)

hopefulness, dreams, the future

b)

friendliness, happiness

c)

ambition, money

d)

family, ancestors

9.

What would be the best two colors to symbolize Myrtle?

a)

Red (danger, blood, passion) and Black (deception, death)

b)

Blue (hopefulness, strength) and Orange (friendliness, happiness)

c)

Yellow (cheerfulness, caution) and Green (money, nature)

d)

Purple (royalty, power) and Pink (softness, compassion)

10.
...an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her were continually smoldering....
a)
Daisy
b)
Jordan
c)
Myrtle
d)
Catherine
11.
It was a body capable of enormous leverage – a cruel body. ”
a)
George Wilson
b)
Gatsby
c)
Tom
d)
Nick
12.
She left a borrowed car out in the rain with the top down, and then lied  about it.
a)
Jordan
b)
Daisy
c)
Catherine
d)
Myrtle
13.
a blond, spiritless man, anemic, and faintly handsome
a)
Tom
b)
Gatsby
c)
Nick
d)
George Wilson
14.
inclined to reserve all judgments . . . privy to the secret griefs of wild,  unknown men
a)
Gatsby
b)
Nick
c)
Tom
d)
Daisy
15.
I’ve been everywhere and seen everything and done everything.  Sophisticated – God, I'm sophisticated!
a)
Nick
b)
Jordan
c)
Myrtle
d)
Daisy
16.
If personality is a series of successful gestures, then there is something gorgeous about him… (who is being described?)
a)
Tom
b)
Nick
c)
Klipspringer
d)
Gatsby
17.
"Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can" 
a)
Gatsby
b)
Tom
c)
George Wilson
d)
Meyer Wolfsheim
18.

What is George Wilson looking out the window at when he says, "God sees everything." ?

a)

The ash heap

b)

The eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleberg

c)

The green light

d)

Gatsby's car

19.

The owl-eyed man is an example of which literary device?

a)

metaphor

b)

synecdoche

c)

anachronism

d)

hyperbole

20.

What do Meyer Wolfsheim's cuff links symbolize?

a)

His high social class

b)

His alma mater

c)

His family crest/ old money connections

d)

His dangerous connections (possibly to the mob)

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