WorksheetsThe Great Gatsby Chapter 1-4 Quiz
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 2hrs 43mins
Who is the narrator of The Great Gatsby?
Daisy Buchanan
Jordan Baker
Tom Buchanan
Nick Carraway
What advice does Nick's father give him?
To remember everyone's advantages
To criticize freely
To invest wisely
To stay humble
Where did Nick Carraway attend college?
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Columbia
What is Nick Carraway's profession?
Lawyer
Doctor
Artist
Stockbroker
Where does Nick live?
West Egg
East Egg
Chicago
New York City
Who lives next to Nick?
Daisy Buchanan
Jordan Baker
Mr. Gatsby
Tom Buchanan
What is Tom Buchanan's personality described as?
Humorous
Introverted
Sensitive
Aggressive
What does Daisy wish for her daughter?
To be independent
To be highly educated
To be a beautiful little fool
To be wealthy
What sport does Jordan Baker play?
Soccer
Basketball
Golf
Tennis
What symbolic action does Gatsby do at the end of the chapter?
Writes a letter
Buys a new car
Throws a party
Stretches his arm out towards a green light
How does Nick Carraway know Daisy and Tom Buchanan?
Nick and Tom served in the war together, and he met Daisy at their wedding.
Nick and Daisy went to college together. While at college, Daisy was dating Tom.
He met them through a friend of his parents in Chicago.
Daisy and Nick are cousins. Nick and Tom knew each other from college.
Tom Buchanan discusses a book he is reading with his dinner guests. What does this discussion tell us about Tom?
It tells us that he is concerned about the future of the American economic system.
It tells us that he is interested in the history of the upper class.
It tells us that he is racist.
It tells us that he is sexist.
What did Jordan Baker tell Nick Carraway about Tom Buchanan?
She told him that Tom is terminally ill.
She told him that Tom is in trouble with the police.
She told him that Tom is connected with criminals.
She told him that Tom is having an affair.
What is Gatsby doing when Nick returns from dinner?
He is on a phone call.
He is reading a book.
He is looking across the water.
He is talking to someone.
Who does Tom Buchanan take Nick Carraway to meet?
Tom takes Nick to meet his mistress named Myrtle Wilson.
Tom takes Nick to meet Dr. T.J. Eckleburg.
Tom takes Nick to meet his parents.
Tom takes Nick to meet Gatsby.
What is the “valley of ashes”?
It is an area in East Egg where a fire had been many years ago.
It is a barren, lower-middle class area separating East Egg from West Egg.
It is an industrial zone.
It is an imaginary place used as a metaphor for Gatsby’s loneliness
What are the “eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg”?
They are seeing-eye dogs that the doctor trains for the Association of the Blind.
They are a group of security guards who monitor the doctor’s home and office.
They are new kinds of contact lenses that the doctor has just developed.
They are an illustration on a billboard overlooking the valley of ashes.
Where do Tom Buchanan, Myrtle Wilson, and Nick Carraway go in Chapter 2?
They go to Tom’s favorite restaurant.
They go to Nick’s office.
They visit the dealer where Tom bought his last car.
They go to the apartment Tom rents and always takes his mistress to.
What did Tom Buchanan do to Myrtle Wilson when she mentioned Daisy Buchanan’s name?
He hit her and broke her nose.
He laughed and called her a jealous fool.
He taunted her and repeated Daisy’s name several times more.
He ignored her and went on with his conversation with Nick.
What makes Nick skeptical of Gatsby?
After Gatsby lists all the extravagant things he has done in life, Nick appears to have doubts about his time at Oxford. To put Nick’s doubts to rest, Gatsby shows him which of the following items?
The police interact with Gatsby in this chapter because:
According to Gatsby, Meyer Wolfsheim was involved in what questionable behavior?
What effect does meeting Wolfsheim have on Nick?
Jordan says that Gatsby bought his West Egg mansion because:
What does Nick learn about the green light he first saw at the end of the first chapter?
Gatsby asks Jordan:
Who does Gatsby request to privately speak to during the party?
Nick
Owl Eyes
Jordan
Gilda Gray
What is the man Nick calls "Owl Eyes" surprised about when they meet him in the library?
The shelves are made of oak
The books are real
The pages of the books are cut
The books are fake
Which of the following rumors are told about Gatsby in Chapter 3?
He killed a man once.
He was in the American Army during World War I
He was a German spy during World War I
All of the above
Who does Nick run into at Gatsby's party?
Tom
Daisy
Jordan
Myrtle
What makes Nick different from the rest of the guests at Gatsby's party?
He was actually invited
He knows Gatsby
He went to Yale
He works in bonds
What happens to "Owl Eyes'" as he is leaving Gatsby's party?
His friend crashes their car and he doesn't know what's happened
Helps Nick get home
Passes out in the library
Saves Nick from getting beat up by drunks
