WorksheetsThe Great Gatsby-Final Exam Review-H
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
Gatsby met Dan Cody before or after he went to the war?
Before
After
Tom Buchannan had an affair with a woman from a hotel before or after he and Daisy were married?
Before
After
Nick meets Myrtle Wilson before or after he meets Meyer Wolfsheim?
Before
After
Jordan Baker once left the top down on a friend's car during a rainstorm and confessed to that friend that she was responsible.
True
False
Tom Buchanan was a very famous tight end for Harvard University.
True
False
"[He] looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way that every young girl wants to be looked at some time." Who said it?
Nick
Gatsby
Tom
Jordan
"I’ve been everywhere and seen everything and done everything . . . Sophisticated—God, I’m sophisticated!”-Who said it?
Jordan
Myrtle
Daisy
Wilson
“Can’t repeat the past?…Why of course you can!”-Who said it?
Nick
Wilson
Tom
Gatsby
“I married him because I thought he was a gentleman,” she said finally. “I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn’t fit to lick my shoe.”-Who said it?
Daisy
Jordan
Myrtle
None of the above
Which of the following is not part of Nick Carraway’s background prior to arriving in New York in 1922?
He took over his father’s hardware store business for a time.
He graduated from Yale University.
He is from somewhere in the midwest.
He just returned from fighting in WW1.
When West Egg is described as “less fashionable,” what does that mean as a major difference between the two eggs?
It means that people in West Egg wore outdated clothes compared to the more popular people.
It means that they were less intelligent than those in East Egg.
It means that people in West Egg recently acquired their wealth.
It means that they rarely hosted parties in West Egg because they didn’t know how to host a proper party.
Which of the following best describes Daisy?
A person who is successful, hardworking, and faithful.
A person who appears happy but is sad and troubled on the inside.
A content (happy) person who is satisfied with her life in all facets.
A person that is easily scared and frightened and needs constant reassurance.
At the end of chapter 1, what is it that Nick sees when he returns home from Tom and Daisy’s home?
He sees a man he presumes is Gatsby reaching out towards the water and some kind of green light.
He sees a man in the distance that he presumes is Gatsby, walking amongst the vast gardens of his home.
He sees a man he presumes is Gatsby walking around his empty house, looking into rooms for something.
He sees a boat in the distance with a flashing light, quite possibly from a naval fleet.
What is the Valley of Ashes?
It is a place that is halfway between the eggs and New York City.
It is a place where Myrtle and George Wilson live.
It is a place where the ash from coal burnings is dumped.
All of the above.
Which of the following quotes describes how George Wilson is described in the beginning of chapter 2?
“He was a blond, spiritless man, anemic, and faintly handsome.”
“Now he was a sturdy straw-haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner.”
“There was a touch of paternal contempt in it, even toward people he liked…”
“He was a pale, feminine man from the flat below…and he was most respectful in his greeting to everyone in the room.
Myrtle thought she was crazy about George, but what is the moment that is stated that made her cry that started to change her mind about her husband?
She realized that he had to borrow a suit for their wedding.
She realizes he is too poor to own a car.
She realizes that he is only going to be a mechanic and never make enough money.
He forgets to show up for the wedding on time and was late to the ceremony.
During their initial meeting, Gatsby recognizes Nick. How does he recognize Nick?
He recognizes him from earlier that night when he walked into the party.
He recognizes him from the Third Division during the war.
He recognizes him from back in Louisville when he was with Daisy.
He recognizes him from the Armistice before he went to Oxford.
Nick notices Gatsby’s smile and says, “It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced--or seemed to face--the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor.” What does this reveal about Gatsby?
It reveals that he is hiding something secretive.
It reveals that he doesn’t meet many new people and overcompensates when he does.
It reveals that he pays attention to you in the moment and wants to focus only on you.
It reveals that he would like to challenge the world and make as much money as he can.
At the end of chapter 3, the readers learn that Jordan Baker did something bad. What is it that she did that caused somewhat of a scandal?
She lied about being invited to a party that she crashed.
She lied about not being the one spilling wine on an actress’s dress at Gatsby’s party.
She stole something from a department store.
She cheated in a golf tournament.
Which of the following is not something that Gatsby tells Nick about his background in chapter 4 during their car ride to New York?
He inherited his wealth after his family died.
He worked for the police for some time.
He went to Oxford University.
He was in the Army.
In the text, it states, “A week after I left Santa Barbara Tom ran into a wagon on the Ventura road one night and ripped a front wheel off his car. The girl who was with him got into the papers, too, because her arm was broken – She was one of the chambermaids in the Santa Barbara Hotel.” What does this passage imply?
Tom is a terrible driver.
The woman with Tom was eager to get famous.
Tom was cheating on Daisy.
Tom has a violent temper.
Near the end of chapter 4, Gatsby meets someone that causes him to be very nervous and suddenly disappear. Who does he meet?
George Wilson
Jordan Baker
Walter Chase
Tom Buchanan
At the beginning of chapter 5, what does Gatsby want to have done or fixed for Nick’s house?
He wants to make sure the house is painted properly.
He wants to make sure the grass is cut.
He wants to make sure that there is enough furniture in the living room.
He wants to make sure the house is cleaned properly.
Gatsby’s eyes during this initial moments of waiting and seeing Daisy are described as all of the following except-
Gatsby’s eyes had “dark signs of sleeplessness”
Gatsby was “glaring tragically at me”
Gatsby eye’s “remained eager with anticipation”
Gatsby “looked …with tense unhappy eyes”
What has Gatsby kept that shows how much Daisy meant to him over the course of the last five years?
He kept a scrapbook of several newspaper clippings of her.
He kept a diary of his thoughts and feelings about being apart from her.
He kept a sketch of Daisy that he drew while he was away at war.
He kept a necklace that he bought for Daisy while he was in Europe that he has waited to give to her all of these years.
How does Daisy react to the shirts at Gatsby’s house?
Much like she does with everything: she laughs at them and moves on to something else in the house.
She acknowledges them and remarks how pleasant they seem but politely leaves Gatsby’s room.
She cries at the sight of all of them being presented to her.
She yells Gatsby for apparently always having money for materials but for choosing not to pursue her after the war like he should have.
What was Dan Cody’s flaw?
He was a womanizer.
He was a gambler.
He was a drug addict.
He was an alcoholic.
What character archetype does Dan Cody most likely fit into?
The jester or trickster
The scapegoat
The villain
The mentor
Gatsby is mainly frustrated with the situation with Daisy because he says
I feel so far away from her… It’s hard to make her understand.
The dance, Old Sport. She stopped dancing with me when Tom was around.
I want to take her far away from this place and start over with her.
She loves me and Tom and I wish there were two of her.
In chapter 7, the setting is used as an archetypal symbol and parallels the tensions of what will happen later in the chapter. Which of the following examples best exemplifies this foreshadowing?
The light in his house failed to go on one Saturday night.
The day was broiling...the warmest day of the summer.
Slowly the white wings of the boat moved against the cool limit of the sky.
We had lunch in the dining room, darkened…
What is the reason that Daisy “reverts further back into herself” once Gatsby and Tom are done fighting during chapter 7?
She realizes that Gatsby is a criminal and she doesn’t like that at all.
She realizes that she wants both men but can’t have either of them.
She realizes that she has made many mistakes and is reflecting on what she has caused.
She realizes that she needs to take care of herself only and be selfish with everything moving forward.
What is the following referring to: “There was an unmistakable air of natural intimacy about the picture and anybody would have said that they were conspiring together.”?
a. Daisy and Gatsby whispering that they love each other.
b. George and Tom whispering about Myrtle’s death.
c. Tom and Daisy talking at the kitchen table about what they should do moving forward with each other.
d. Daisy and Jordan figuring out what Daisy should do with her relationship issues.
In chapter 8, we learn some more background about Daisy and Gatsby’s past. Which of the following is not true of Gatsby.
a. “He had deliberately given Daisy a sense of security.”
b. “He had deliberately let her believe that he was a person from the same strata as herself.”
c. “He had deliberately told her that he was fully capable of taking care of her.”
d. “He had deliberately taken Daisy and dragged her down to where he was from.”
What was the only compliment that Nick ever gave to Gatsby?
a. “They’re a rotten crowd. You’re the best out of all of them though.”
b. “They’re a rotten crowd, and you didn’t deserve any of the things they did to you.”
c. “They’re a rotten crowd. You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.”
d. “They’re a rotten crowd, but you were the only one I ever trusted.”
Despite the fact that Nick despises Gatsby, what does he try to do for him for most of chapter 9?
He tries to figure out why Gatsby was killed.
He tries to get word out to the papers that Gatsby was framed for many of the illegal activities rumored to be surrounding him.
He tries to find anyone for him to be by his side during this awful time.
He tries to find his family, even though he thinks they are all dead.
As it turns out, how did George Wilson learn that Gatsby was the owner of the yellow car that killed Myrtle?
He randomly checked garage after garage until he got lucky and found Gatsby’s house.
He asked some police officers that were in business with Gatsby and it turns out that told Wilson who Gatsby was because they were mad he hadn’t paid them enough money.
He went to Tom’s house and Tom revealed to George that Gatsby owned the car.
He went to see Meyer Wolfsheim and threatened to kill him unless he told him the truth.
Which of the following describes what literary criticism is?
An attempt to understand the various ways that people read texts.
It allows people to view material from a different lens or perspective.
It has historical roots that go back as far as Ancient Greece.
All of the above
