WorksheetsGatsby Final
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
This story is narrated by
Nick, in flashback
Nick, as the events unfold
the all-knowing narrator
Nick and Gatsby
Meyer Wolfsheim is
a killer
Gatsby’s father.
a gambler
an optician
Daisy begins to cry when she sees Gatsby’s
diary
shirts
mansion
books
Nick is a cousin of
Tom
Jordan
Wilson
Daisy
Gatsby's father calls him
George
Jimmy
Bobby
John
Tom buys Myrtle a
ring
horse
fur coat
kitten
dog
The confrontation between Tom and Gatsby at the Plaza Hotel takes place in
the winter
a thunderstorm
the heat of summer
an ice storm
Nick comes to New York to learn about
his ancestry
the bond business
his recent inheritance
the bootlegging trade
A guest at one of Gatsby’s parties is amazed to find that his host’s (a) are all real.
expresses concerns that the dominance of the white race is threatened and that the temperature of the sun is changing over time.
(a)
Myrtle is distressed to learn that her husband had to borrow a (a) for their wedding.
After the confrontation at the plaza hotel, (a) realizes that it is his/her birthday.
Who is the appropriate speaker for each of the following statements in The Great Gatsby, and to whom is the quotation addressed? “Nevertheless you did throw me over. You threw me over on the telephone. I don’t give a damn about you now, but it was a new experience for me . . .”
Gatsby to Daisy
Tom to Daisy
Myrtle to Tom
Jordan to Nick
Wilson to Myrtle
“I told her she might fool me but she couldn’t fool God.”
Tom to Daisy
Wilson to Myrtle
Nick to Jordan
Wilson to Michaelis
Who is disgusted by the changes taking place in society?
George Wilson
Tom Buchanan
Jay Gatsby
Daisy Buchanan
When Gatsby tells Nick that he is “trying to forget something very sad that had happened
to me a long time ago,” why does Nick have to restrain his laughter?
There is a serious but almost comical look on Gatsby’s face.
He has just heard Tom say the same thing.
Gatsby has frequently repeated the same line to Nick.
Nick cannot feel sad for a man with all the money Gatsby has.
The image Gatsby is trying to create is trite
Gatsby receives a most useful education from
Oxford University
Dan Cody
Nick
Wofsheim
Nick concludes that Gatsby is better than Daisy and Tom are because
Gatsby may have gotten his money illegally, but he worked for it.
Gatsby is the son of a poor farmer and has made himself wealthy.
Gatsby at least has a dream or an ideal, while the others have none.
Gatsby is a loyal friend one can count on, and the others are not.
Gatsby is plain and straightforward, but the others are dishonest.
In the early chapters, the green light at the end of the Buchanans’ dock is a symbol for
Tom’s wealth, destructiveness, and power.
Nick and his relationship with Daisy and Tom.
a striving for equality in finances and wealth.
all that is morally wrong in East Egg.
Daisy’s closeness and distance from Gatsby.
The scene in which Nick observes Tom and Daisy through the kitchen window is significant because it shows
the final dissolution of the Buchanan marriage that has been failing for a long time.
Tom and Daisy planning to put the blame for the car accident completely on Gatsby.
Tom and Daisy coming together in a conspiracy of the rich against everyone else.
that Tom really does love Daisy and will forgive her, despite her love for Gatsby.
that Tom is jealous of Gatsby because of a specific quality Tom cannot understand.
