WorksheetsGreat Gatsby Ch. 7-9
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why does Gatsby stop throwing parties?
a)
He runs out of money.
b)
He is only interested in Daisy.
c)
He becomes paranoid.
d)
His neighbors complain about the noise.
2.
Why does George Wilson want to move out West?
a)
To make more money
b)
He is tired of life near the big city.
c)
His wife is cheating on him.
d)
Myrtle wants to be closer to her mother.
3.
What does Tom make fun of Gatsby for?
a)
Wearing a pink suit
b)
Throwing bad parties
c)
Calling people “old sport”
d)
Being short
4.
Why does Tom let Gatsby and Daisy drive home together?
a)
He realizes he can’t stand in the way of their love.
b)
He has decided that they are not actually having an affair.
c)
He has cut the brakes in their car.
d)
He realizes that Daisy is not going to leave him for Gatsby.
5.
What are Daisy and Tom doing when Nick checks in on them after the accident?
a)
Tom is consoling a distraught Daisy
b)
They are packing to leave the country.
c)
They are in the middle of a fight.
d)
They are eating chicken (and conspiring together.)
6.
What reasons does Gatsby give for Daisy’s original decision to marry Tom?
a)
She thought Gatsby had died in the war.
b)
She didn’t think Gatsby would wait for her.
c)
Deep down, she had always loved Tom.
d)
Tom has good social standing and was acceptable to her parents.
7.
Why does Gatsby want the gardener to wait to drain the pool?
a)
He has never used it and wants to take a swim.
b)
He plans on drowning himself in it.
c)
He is planning to throw a party that evening.
d)
He likes the way the moon reflects off of it.
8.
What does Nick tell Gatsby before leaving him?
a)
Daisy never loved Gatsby.
b)
Gatsby is better than Daisy and her friends.
c)
He wishes he’d stayed in Minneapolis.
d)
Gatsby will always be his friend.
9.
Why does Wilson conclude that Myrtle was killed by her lover?
a)
Tom tells him.
b)
Myrtle whispers this to him before she dies.
c)
The Dr. Eckleburg billboard "reveals" this to him.
d)
He is told this in a dream.
10.
Who kills Gatsby?
a)
Meyer Wolfshiem
b)
Tom Buchanan
c)
George Wilson
d)
Daisy Buchanan
11.
Whom does Nick meet before Gatsby’s funeral?
a)
Gatsby’s mother
b)
Gatsby’s father
c)
Gatsby’s estranged wife
d)
Gatsby’s son
12.
Which statement best characterizes Tom’s feelings toward Gatsby’s death?
a)
He blames himself.
b)
He thinks it was unfortunate but inevitable.
c)
He thinks Gatsby deserved it.
d)
He wishes he would have been the one to die.
13.
What does Nick conclude about the Buchanans?
a)
He thinks they are spoiled and destructive.
b)
He thinks deep down they are sweet people.
c)
He pities them because they lead empty lives.
d)
He envies their position and wealth.
14.
How does Jordan react to Nick breaking up with her?
a)
She becomes hysterical.
b)
She is indifferent.
c)
She claims to have another lover.
d)
She punches him in the eye.
15.
What does Nick consider the East to be?
a)
The birthplace of the American dream
b)
Grotesque
c)
Overrated
d)
Peaceful and quaint
16.
What word means "participating in the knowledge of something private or secret?"
a)
languid
b)
levity
c)
feign
d)
privy
17.
What word means "find (something) out for certain; make sure of?"
a)
innuendo
b)
vacuous
c)
ascertain
d)
indignant
18.
What word means "going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward; bold?"
a)
dilatory
b)
rancor
c)
presumptuous
d)
truculent
19.
What word means "to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc."
a)
elude
b)
surmise
c)
pander
d)
superfluous
20.
Which of the following best describes the public's reaction to Gatsby's death?
a)
There is an overwhelming outpouring of grief and admiration for Gatsby
b)
Gatsby is largely forgotten and few attend his funeral
c)
The public rallies behind him and seeks to bring Daisy to justice for her crime
d)
Gatsby's mansion becomes a theme park that fails within a year
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