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The Great Gatsby Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What kind of person is Daisy?
a)
Daisy is flighty and very superficial.
b)
Daisy is an intellectual.
c)
Daisy is a down-to-earth, sweet, naive young woman.
d)
Daisy is just plain mean.
2.

Who drives the car that kills Myrtle?

a)

Tom Buchanan is driving.

b)

Jay Gatsby is driving.

c)

Jordan Baker is driving.

d)

Daisy Buchanan is driving.

3.
The Great Gatsby takes place during
a)
1910s
b)
1920s
c)
1930s
d)
World War I
4.
Who is Dan Cody?
a)
Gatsby's butler
b)
Gatsby's mentor
c)
Gatsby's father
d)
Gatsby's piano player
5.
Gatsby wants Daisy to tell Tom...
a)
that Gatsby is the father of her daughter.
b)
that she never loved him.
c)
that she no longer loves him and loves Gatsby instead.
d)
that she will continue to be Gatsby's mistress as long as Tom keeps cheating.
6.
George Wilson believes that the man in the yellow car was the same man who...
a)
was having an affair with Myrtle.
b)
stopped to get gas at his station.
c)
tried to sell him a car last year.
d)
wanted to take Myrtle out West.
7.

What does the Valley of Ashes symbolize?

a)

the heat wave of the summer

b)

the moral decay of the characters

c)

pollution

d)

the death of Gatsby's love

8.

How does Tom find out about Daisy and Gatsby's affair?

a)

He sees the way they look at each other.

b)

He hires a private investigator to follow her.

c)

Gatsby tells him to try to break up the marriage.

d)

Daisy tells him to get even for his affair with Myrtle.

9.

The color gray, which symbolizes hopelessness, is seen most in which setting?

a)

East Egg

b)

Gatsby's house

c)

the Valley of Ashes

d)

New York City

10.

The color yellow is used as a symbol of corruption and dishonesty. Which of the following is an example of this?

a)

Tom's golf bag

b)

Gatsby's car

c)

the curtains in Tom and Myrtle's NYC apartment

d)

Nick's house

11.

Who says they will take the blame for Myrtles death?

a)

Daisy

b)

Tom

c)

Gatsby

d)

Wilson

12.
Who says, "I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known"?
a)
Gatsby
b)
Nick
c)
Jordan Baker
d)
Daisy Buchanan
13.

Who is Mr. Wolfshiem?

a)

He is the owner of Gatsby's favorite restaurant in New York. He secretly arranged to have a member of the mob murdered outside the restaurant.

b)

He is Jordan Baker's coach and manager. He thinks Jordan is spending too much time with Nick and not enough on her golf.

c)

He is a racketeer and a business associate of Gatsby's. He fixed the 1919 World Series.

d)

He is the president of the company where Nick is working. He wants to bring Gatsby in on a new real estate deal.

14.

Gatsby claims he went to

a)

Yale

b)

Oxford

c)

Harvard

d)

Notre Dame

15.
Why does Wilson want to move out West?
a)
He wants to make more money.
b)
He is tired of living in a big city.
c)
His wife is cheating on him.
d)
Myrtle wants to be closer to her mother.
16.
Why does Tom let Gatsby and Daisy drive home together?
a)
He realizes he can’t stand in the way of their love.
b)
He has decided that they are not actually having an affair.
c)
He has cut the brakes in their car.
d)
He realizes that Daisy is not going to leave him for Gatsby.
17.

What does the green light represent?

a)

Gatsby's dream of Daisy

b)

Jealousy

c)

Tom's wealth

d)

Gatsby's wealth

18.

The Valley of the Ashes symbolizes

a)

anger.

b)

life's bleak realities.

19.

What does Dr. T. J. Eckleburg's eye billboard represent?

a)

Someone is always watching

b)

George's anger

c)

Tom's infidelity

d)

Nothing

20.

A wealthy man who teaches Gatsby the ways of the wealthy.

a)

Tom Buchanan

b)

George Wilson

c)

Meyer Wolfsheim

d)

Dan Cody

21.

Nick says this to Gatsby the morning before Gatsby is shot.

a)

I'd like you to get me a connection.

b)

Daisy should have chosen you.

c)

You are better than the rest of them put together.

d)

I hate being your neighbor.

22.

When Wilson learns that Myrtle is unfaithful

a)

he wants to kill her

b)

he wants to divorce her

c)

he wants to take her away

d)

he is upset but accepts it because he loves her

23.

The narrator shows Tom and Daisy to be

a)

destructive

b)

careless

c)

selfish

d)

all of these

24.
1. How does the narrator describe Gatsby?
a)
Gatsby was brilliant, although somewhat smug and self-centered.
b)
Gatsby had an extraordinary gift for hope, and a romantic readiness.
c)
Gatsby was a big, hulking brute of a man.
d)
Gatsby was self-assured and showed boundless enthusiasm about most topics.
25.
Describe Tom. What is our impression of him in Chapter 1?
a)
He is short and fat and jolly.
b)
He has an athletic build and an arrogant attitude. He is an old-money snob.
c)
He is tall and slender. He is a grumpy middle-aged man.
d)
He has a medium build and is balding. He is easy-going and pleasant.
26.
The narrator says that his father emphasized the importance of being
a)
honest
b)
patriotic
c)
educated
d)
nonjudgmental
27.
What does Nick think of Jordan?
a)
He thinks she is genuine and caring
b)
He thinks she has integrity and is trustworthy
c)
He thinks she is incurably dishonest
d)
He thinks she would be a wonderful wife
28.
I’ve been everywhere and seen everything and done everything.  Sophisticated – God, I'm sophisticated!
a)
Nick
b)
Jordan
c)
Myrtle
d)
Daisy
29.
I’m going to tell you something about my life. I don’t want you to get  wrong idea of me from all these stories you hear.
a)
Gatsby
b)
Tom
c)
Jordan
d)
George Wilson
30.
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
31.
"Can't repeat the past?" he cried incredulously. "Why of course you can" 
a)
Gatsby
b)
Tom
c)
George Wilson
d)
Meyer Wolfsheim
32.

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

33.

Gatsby says that Daisy's voice is full of

a)

lies

b)

anger

c)

money

d)

fear

34.

What does Tom tell everyone about Gatsby?

a)

That Tom does not like Gatsby

b)

That Gatsby got all his money from being a bootlegger

c)

That Gatsby has always loved Daisy

35.
What is Jay Gatsby's real name?
a)
Dan Cody
b)
Rick Sloane
c)
James Gatz
d)
James Cody

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