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The Great Gatsby: Novel Test Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is Daisy Buchanan?

a)

In love with 2 men; rich

b)

Attracted by a green light.

c)

Plays golf for a living.

d)

Big woman who knows how to make a dent. Full of vitality.

2.

Who is Tom Buchanan?

a)

Attracted by a green light.

b)

Fixed the 1919 World Series.

c)

Likes football, playing polo, and abusing women.

d)

Main character of the novel.

3.

Who is Nick Carraway?

a)

Attracted by a green light.

b)

Main character of the novel.

c)

Fixed the 1919 World Series.

d)

In love with two men; rich.

4.

Who is George Wilson?

a)

Plays golf for a living.

b)

Likes football, playing polo, and abusing women.

c)

Fixed the 1919 World Series.

d)

Runs the garage; married to Myrtle.

5.

Who is Jay Gatsby?

a)

Fixed the 1919 World Series.

b)

Runs the garage; married to Myrtle.

c)

Attracted by a green light.

d)

Plays golf for a living.

6.

Who is Jordan Baker?

a)

Plays golf for a living.

b)

Big woman who knows how to make a dent; fully of vitality.

c)

In love with two men; rich.

d)

Fixed the 1919 World Series.

7.

Who is Myrtle Wilson?

a)

Attracted by a green light.

b)

In love with two men; rich.

c)

Fixed the 1919 World Series

d)

Big woman who knows how to make a dent; fully of vitality.

8.

Where does Nick live?

a)

East Egg

b)

West Egg

c)

Manhattan

d)

Illinois

9.

Where does Nick first see Gatsby?

a)

In town.

b)

At Daisy's house in 1917.

c)

On the lawn.

d)

At Tom and Daisy's house.

10.

What do the "Eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleberg" represent?

a)

The eyes of God.

b)

The rise of capitalism and advertising evident in the 1920s.

c)

Big Brother

d)

Voyeurism

11.

What do the ash heaps represent?

a)

Sin

b)

Death

c)

Forgetfulness

d)

The fall of the American Dream.

12.

Who is Meyer Wolfshiem?

a)

Plays golf for a living.

b)

Fixed the 1919 World Series.

c)

Likes football, playing polo, and abusing women.

d)

Attended Oxford with Gatsby.

13.

What ends Tom and Myrtle's party?

a)

The neighbors complain of the noise.

b)

Tom gets sick.

c)

Daisy calls.

d)

Tom hits Myrtle.

14.

How does Nick finally meet Gatsby?

a)

Daisy introduced them.

b)

By accident (on Nick's part); in a casual conversation at Gatsby's party.

c)

He met him at Daisy's back before the war.

d)

Tom introduces them at a polo match.

15.

What does Gatsby tell Nick on their way to New York for lunch?

a)

How he met Daisy.

b)

That is is in love with Jordan.

c)

That he and Daisy are going to run away, and he needs Nick's help.

d)

His version of his life.

16.

From what country did Gatsby receive a World War I medal?

a)

U.S.A.

b)

Montenegro

c)

France

d)

Great Britain.

17.

Who tells Nick about Gatsby's history with Daisy?

a)

Jordan

b)

Tom

c)

Meyer Wolfshiem

d)

Gatsby

18.

What does Gatsby request of Nick?

a)

Arrange a tea so Gatsby can meet with Daisy.

b)

Arrange a party with Myrtle and Tom so that Gatsby can be alone with Daisy.

c)

Go to George, and tell him all about Myrtle and Tom.

d)

Work with him in his business.

19.

When Gatsby shows Daisy his house what does he show her?

a)

Mementos of her.

b)

The architecture.

c)

Nothing but his possessions.

d)

Only the outside.

20.

What is Gatsby's real name?

a)

Dan Cody

b)

James Gatsby

c)

Chaim Weitz

d)

James Gatz

21.

Where is Gatsby from?

a)

San Francisco

b)

North Dakota

c)

Long Island

d)

South Dakota

22.

What is Daisy's opinion of Gatsby's party?

a)

She is impressed.

b)

She finds it dull.

c)

She doesn't have a good time.

d)

She finds it wonderful.

23.

How does Gatsby feel at the end of the party Daisy attended?

a)

Down and depressed.

b)

Elated.

c)

He knows she'll come back to him.

d)

He is upset because nobody came.

24.

Who rides to New York in Gatsby's car?

a)

Nick and Daisy

b)

Tom, Nick, and Daisy.

c)

Gatsby and Daisy

d)

Tom, Nick, and Jordan.

25.

Who rides to New York in Tom's coupe?

a)

Tom and Daisy

b)

Nick and Jordan

c)

Gatsby and Daisy

d)

Tom, Nick, and Jordan

26.

Where does Tom stop on the way to New York?

a)

At Gatsby's house

b)

At the liquor store

c)

At Wilson's garage.

d)

At Nick's house

27.

What does Gatsby force Daisy to say?

a)

That she's never loved Tom.

b)

That there is nothing between herself and Gatsby.

c)

That she knows about Myrtle and Tom.

d)

That she loves Gatsby.

28.

Who returns to Long Island in Gatsby's car?

a)

Nick and Jordan

b)

Tom, Nick, and Jordan

c)

Gatsby and Daisy

d)

Gatsby, Nick, and Daisy

29.

Who is driving Gatsby's car on the way back to East Egg?

a)

Gatsby

b)

Daisy

c)

Tom

d)

Nick

30.

What happens on the trip back to East Egg?

a)

Gatsby hits Myrtle with his car.

b)

Gatsby and Daisy decide to turn around and run away with each other.

c)

Tom runs his car into a pole.

d)

Daisy hits Myrtle with Gatsby's car

31.

How does Tom take the news of Myrtle's death?

a)

He is grief stricken

b)

He doesn't care.

c)

He is more worried about George

d)

He automatically thinks of Daisy.

32.

Who is hiding outside of Tom and Daisy's house?

a)

Tom

b)

George

c)

Myrtle

d)

Gatsby

33.

What does Wilson think Myrtle was doing when she ran into the road?

a)

Chasing a dollar that someone had tied a string to.

b)

Running away from him.

c)

Trying to catch her dog.

d)

Trying to flag down a car.

34.

How does Wilson find out who owns the yellow car?

a)

Nick tells him.

b)

Tom tells him.

c)

Gatsby tells him.

d)

The police chief tells him.

35.

Who does Wilson kill?

a)

Tom

b)

Daisy

c)

Myrtle

d)

Gatsby

36.

What does Wilson do after committing murder?

a)

Runs away and leaves New York.

b)

Shoots himself.

c)

Robs a bank.

d)

Goes back home.

37.

Who attends Gatsby's funeral

a)

Everyone.

b)

Daisy and Nick only.

c)

Nick, Mr. Gatz, the owl-eyed man, and servants

d)

Nick and Mr. Gatz only.

38.

What does Jordan Baker associate her and Nick with?

a)

Lovers

b)

Bad drivers

c)

Party-goers

d)

Famous stars

39.

What does the resolution of the novel deal with?

a)

Loss of hope

b)

Loss of youth and innocence

c)

The death of the American dream

d)

Triumph of love

40.

What does the green light represent?

a)

Daisy, and the love Gatsby once had

b)

Gatsby's dreams of being rich.

c)

Gatsby's jealousy

d)

God watching us all