WorksheetsThe Great Gatsby Quotes and Big Ideas Quiz
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 19mins
Identify the speaker and who he/she is talking about:
"I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
Gatsby; talking about Daisy
Daisy; talking about Myrtle
Tom; talking about Myrtle
Daisy; talking about her daughter
What did the speaker mean by the quote: "I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
Tom hopes Daisy does not find out about the affair
Daisy hopes her daughter does not grow up to understand all the bad that exists n the world
Gatsby wants Daisy to be a fool and leave her marraige to be with him
Tom loves Myrtle because she will drink and be foolish with him
Identify the speaker and who he/she is talking to: They’re a rotten crowd’, I shouted across the lawn. ‘You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.
Gatsby; to George
Nick; to Tom
Nick; to Gatsby
Tom; to George
What is the speaker's perspective about other characters in the quote: They’re a rotten crowd’, I shouted across the lawn. ‘You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together."
That George was too much of a nice guy to do business with Tom
That Gatsby should not throw his money away on parties for people who do not care
Gatsby is not worth the effort people put in to get to know him
That Nick is disgusted by Tom, Daisy, and the rest of their friends after Myrtle's death
Identify the speaker and what he/she is talking about: “They'll keep out of my way...It takes two to make an accident.”
Jordan; the car accident with Myrtle
Jordan; about her reckless driving
Tom; the car accident with Myrtle
Gatsby; defending the fact that Daisy was driving when Myrtle was killed
What is the speaker's perspective in the quote: “They'll keep out of my way...It takes two to make an accident.”
Jordan is careless and does what she wants without feeling responsibility
Jordan believes Myrtle deserved to die
Gatsby blames Myrtle for jumping in front of the car while Daisy was driving
Tom is irate that Daisy hit his mistress
Identify the speaker and who is he/she is talking to:
‘She never loved you, do you hear?’ ... ‘She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me!
Tom; talking to George about Myrtle
Tom; talking to Gatsby about Daisy
Gatsby; talking to Nick about Jordan
Gatsby; talking to Tom about Daisy
What is the character's perspective in the quote: ‘She never loved you, do you hear?’ ... ‘She only married you because I was poor and she was tired of waiting for me. It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me!
Tom is insisting that Daisy would never love Gatsby because he is poor
Gatsby is insisting that Daisy never loved Tom
Tom is yelling at George that Myrtle doesn't love him and never did
Gatsby is warning Nick to stay away from Jordan
Identify the speaker and what he/she is talking about:
“He might have despised himself, for he had certainly taken her under false pretenses. I don’t mean that he had traded on his phantom millions, but he had deliberately given Daisy a sense of security; he let her believe that he was a person from much the same stratum as herself--that he was fully able to take care of her”
Gatsby; talking about Tom
Tom; talking about Gatsby
Nick; talking about Tom
Nick; talking about Gatsby
What is the character's perspective in the quote: “He might have despised himself, for he had certainly taken her under false pretenses. I don’t mean that he had traded on his phantom millions, but he had deliberately given Daisy a sense of security; he let her believe that he was a person from much the same stratum as herself--that he was fully able to take care of her”
Nick sees that Gatsby did not reveal his true self to Daisy before he went to the war and made her think they could have a life together
Nick sees that Tom was never good for Daisy and could not take care of her the way she deserved to be treated
Tom knows that he can take care of Myrtle better than George can since he is just a poor mechanic
Gatsby is stating how Tom lead Daisy to believe he was the right man for her even though he knew he could not be faithful
Who is being described: "It was a body capable of enormous leverage – a cruel body. ”
George Wilson
Gatsby
Tom
Nick
Who was "inclined to reserve all judgments . . . privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men"
Gatsby
Nick
Tom
Daisy
Who said: "I’ve been everywhere and seen everything and done everything. Sophisticated – God, I'm sophisticated!"
Nick
Jordan
Myrtle
Daisy
Identify the character who said: “Can’t repeat the past? Why, of course you can.”
Gatsby
Nick
Tom
George
Who said, "Do you always watch for the longest day of the year then miss it? I always watch for the longest day of the year then miss it."
Jordan Baker
Daisy Buchanan
Myrtle Wilson
Nick Carraway
Who said, "I hate careless people."
Jordan Baker
Tom Buchanan
Daisy Buchanan
Nick Caraway
Who said “The whole town is desolate. All the cars have the left rear wheel painted black as a mourning wreath, and there’s a persistent wail all night along the north shore.”
Nick Carraway
Meyer Wolfsheim
Tom Buchanan
Daisy Buchanan
Why might Nick be considered an unreliable narrator?
The story is all told in 1st person point of view, from his perspective.
There are many lies he tells about all of the characters.
Nick has a bad reputation for writing false information in the paper.
The story is narrated in 3rd person point of view so he is always referring to himself by name.
Identify the character who said: “I married him because I thought he was a gentleman.”
Jordan
Daisy
Myrtle
Catherine
