This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Novels > The Great Gatsby – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Great Gatsby Quiz 10 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the Valley of Ashes symbolize in Chapter 2? A) The consequences of industrialization. B) The darker side of American society. C) The economic disparity during the Jazz Age. D) The pursuit of wealth and materialistic desires. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The economic disparity during the Jazz Age. 2. What are the "eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg" ? A) Seeing eye dogs that the doctor trains fro theAssociation of the Blind. B) A group of security guards who monitor thedoctor's home and offices. C) A new kind of contact lens that the doctor hasjust developed. D) An illustration on a billboard overlooking thevalley of ashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An illustration on a billboard overlooking thevalley of ashes. 3. Whom does Jordan suggest Tom is talking to on the phone? A) His father. B) Gatsby. C) His bookie. D) His lover. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His lover. 4. Define:supercilious A) Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others. B) In a way that indicates or shows disbelief; difficult to believe. C) Tending to calm or soothe. D) To speak without preparation; to improvise. E) Crucial; absolutely necessary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others. 5. Jordan "was incredibly dishonest, " Nick explains. She even lied about leaving the top of a car open during a rainstorm. What is the most probably reason that the author characterizes Jordan in this way? A) To be truthful to her inherent traits. B) To suggest the deep lack of morals of this wealthy class of the 1920s. C) To create interest in Nick and Jordan's relationship. D) To set her apart from other women in the novel. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To suggest the deep lack of morals of this wealthy class of the 1920s. 6. What does Nick Carraway do for a living? A) Bond salesman. B) Lawyer. C) Stockbroker. D) Writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bond salesman. 7. What does Gatsby hope to achieve through his lavish parties? A) To attract the attention of his lost love, Daisy. B) To find a suitable business partner. C) To establish a political career. D) To make new friends in West Egg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To attract the attention of his lost love, Daisy. 8. Without paying attention A) Extraordinary. B) Insincerity. C) Disapprove. D) Carelessly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Carelessly. 9. Who did Nick spot? A) Jordan. B) Tom. C) Daisy. D) Himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tom. 10. Discuss Jay Gatsby's obsession with the past and his idealized vision of Daisy. A) Gatsby's obsession with the past is focused on his career, not Daisy. B) Gatsby's idealized vision of Daisy is based on her wealth, not love. C) Gatsby is not obsessed with the past and has a realistic view of Daisy. D) Gatsby is obsessed with the past and has an idealized vision of Daisy as the love of his life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gatsby is obsessed with the past and has an idealized vision of Daisy as the love of his life. 11. Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others A) Sumptuous. B) Rotogravure. C) Supercilious. D) Ambiguously. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Supercilious. 12. In an unemotional manner A) Coldly. B) Formal. C) Sharply. D) Miserably. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coldly. 13. Jordan Baker is all of the following except: A) A pro golfer. B) A close friend of Daisy's. C) A woman's rights advocate. D) A dishonest person. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A woman's rights advocate. 14. What is the meaning of the word 'extemporize'? A) Prepare. B) Improvise. C) Plan. D) Arrange. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Improvise. 15. Which color used at Gatsby's party gave the connotation that it was rich, happy, and energetic? A) White. B) Orange. C) Yellow. D) Green. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yellow. 16. The lamp-light, bright on his boots and dull onthe autumn-leaf yellow of her hair A) Metaphor. B) Pathetic fallacy. C) Juxtaposition. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juxtaposition. 17. In the novel, Gatsby has a constant ..... with a green light across the water from his mansion A) Fixity. B) Fixation. C) Fix. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fixation. 18. Which vocabulary term matches the following definition: "(n.) a feeling of triumphant elation or joy (from success or victory)" A) Affront. B) Tribute. C) Supercilious. D) Exultation. E) Incredulity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exultation. 19. When does the novel take place, i.e., what year or time period? A) 1930s. B) 1910s. C) 1940s. D) 1920s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1920s. 20. Which theme is emphasized through the characters' actions in Chapter 9? A) The impossibility of recapturing the past. B) The consequences of living in the past. C) The hollowness of the American Dream. D) The corrupting influence of wealth and power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The consequences of living in the past. 21. What happens to Gatsby at the end of the story? A) He runs away with Daisy, but Tom kills them both. B) Tom kills Gatsby in the pool. C) George Wilson kills Gatsby then shoots himself. D) Gatsby runs away with Daisy to Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) George Wilson kills Gatsby then shoots himself. 22. Nick feels ..... after seeing Gatsby smile. A) Angry. B) Uneasy. C) Reassured. D) Confident. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reassured. 23. What does "Presumptuous" mean? A) A state of rest, sleep, or tranquility. B) Eager or quick to argue or fight. C) A mild or indirect word or expression. D) Failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Failing to observe the limits of what is permitted or appropriate. 24. What is Tom Buchanan's occupation? A) Lawyer. B) Investor. C) Teacher. D) Doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Investor. 25. Why is Gatsby nervous when he meets Nick outside his house? A) He is eager for Nick to arrange a meeting with Daisy and anxious to know if he will do it. B) He is waiting for a "shipment" and wants to talk to Nick about a possible job offer. C) He is worried that he has offended Nick by encroaching on Nick's date with Jordan. D) He has just killed someone and needs Nick's help to bury the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is eager for Nick to arrange a meeting with Daisy and anxious to know if he will do it. 26. Nick is the only party goer to ..... A) Drink to excess. B) Dance with Jordan. C) Receive an invitation. D) Talk to Gatsby at the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Receive an invitation. 27. Being in the backseat of the car with her grandparents was an ..... experience for the teenage girl. A) Forlorn. B) Interminable. C) Permeate. D) Tumultuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Interminable. 28. (of a man) having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly A) Peremptory. B) Supercilious. C) Effeminate. D) Vehemently. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Effeminate. 29. True or False?:Nick didn't invite Jordan to the funeral. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 30. What does the word 'elusive' mean? A) Unimportant. B) Easy to find. C) Difficult to find. D) Unpleasant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Difficult to find. 31. Gatsby's mansion and car symbolize A) Old money. B) God. C) New money. D) Moral decay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New money. 32. What town is Tom from? A) St. Louis. B) Chicago. C) St. Paul. D) Louisville. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chicago. 33. Which statement best describes Gatsby? A) Mysterious, selfish, carefree. B) Trustful, funny, at ease. C) Mysterious, motivated, controlling. D) Shallow, angry, trusting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mysterious, motivated, controlling. 34. Which word doesn't belong? A) Successful. B) Reserved. C) Sensitive. D) Vulnerable. E) Younger. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Younger. 35. Which of the following is NOT something Nick learns about Gatsby? A) Myrtle's sister says she is afraid of him and that he is a relative of Kaiser Wilhelm. B) Daisy states that she knows Gatsby. C) He was one of the best ends who ever played football in New Haven. D) He watches a green light across the water in East Egg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was one of the best ends who ever played football in New Haven. 36. TRUE or FALSE:Chapter 3 is told from a different perspective than the other chapters. A) FALSE, it is told from Nick's perspective. B) TRUE, it is told from Jordan's perspective. C) TRUE, it is told from Gatsby's perspective. D) FALSE, it is told from Gatsby's perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE, it is told from Nick's perspective. 37. Which vocabulary term matches the following definition: "(adj.) Paying strict attention to small details; meticulous" A) Obstinate. B) Tribute. C) Insolent. D) Laudable. E) Punctilious. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Punctilious. 38. "Now he (Tom) was a sturdy straw-haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner" (Fitzgerald 5). A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Direct characterization. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Direct characterization. 39. Why does Gatsby replace all of his servants? A) Gatsby has lost all his money in the stock market and can no longer afford servants. B) Daisy is visiting Gatsby in the afternoons and they don't want the word getting out. C) The old servants quit after they realized Gatsby's true background. D) Daisy wants people she knows working for Gatsby. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Daisy is visiting Gatsby in the afternoons and they don't want the word getting out. 40. What effect does meeting Wolfsheim have on Nick? A) Nick is more convinced Gatsby gained his wealth by immoral means. B) Nick begins to consider a career in politics. C) Nick becomes concerned for his personal safety. D) Nick realizes Gatsby is nothing like Wolfsheim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nick is more convinced Gatsby gained his wealth by immoral means. 41. What can the reader infer as to why Nick heard Gatsby's voice when he was planning the funeral? A) Nick has some mental disorders and was hearing things that were not really there. B) Nick was in-tuned with Gatsby and deeply understood him and what he would have really wanted. C) Nick was listening to sounds from the party and could pick out Gatsby's voice. D) Nick and Gatsby were one in the same, so it was easy to hear Gatsby's voice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nick was in-tuned with Gatsby and deeply understood him and what he would have really wanted. 42. I lost my wallet and couldn't pay for my medication. The situation was very ..... and my migraine headache worsened. A) Bantering. B) Elusive. C) Fervent. D) Disconcerting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disconcerting. 43. When the novel was published? A) 1928. B) 1927. C) 1926. D) 1925. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1925. 44. What does Nick consider the East to be? A) The birthplace of the American dream. B) Grotesque. C) A place for people with "new money". D) Peaceful and quaint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grotesque. 45. What does Tom do when Myrtle says Daisy's name? A) Order her to go home. B) Threaten to leave. C) Slap her. D) Laugh, and say "Daisy who?". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slap her. 46. Which was the reason Gatsby had bought a house so near Daisy? A) So that Daisy would be just across the bay. B) So that he could swim whenever he wanted and see Daisy. C) To invite her on a boat trip. D) So that he could see what Tom was doing and later on tell Daisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) So that Daisy would be just across the bay. 47. Which term lines up with the following synonyms:confirm, validate, support, verify A) Disheveled. B) Corroborate. C) Harrowing. D) Tumultuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Corroborate. 48. Who is Gatsby's mentor? A) Cody Gatz. B) And the Bronx. C) And Cody. D) Ella Kaye. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) And Cody. 49. What became Gatsby's downfall in the novel? A) His refusal to move on from the past. B) His estrangement from his parent. C) His inability to commit to Daisy. D) His determination to make money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His refusal to move on from the past. 50. Nick appears to have doubts about Gatsby's other aspects of Gatsby's background story as well. To put Nick's doubts to rest, Gatsby shows him which of the following items? A) A copy of his birth certificate. B) A medal inscribed to him. C) A letter of recommendation written by Meyer Wolfsheim. D) His parents' immigration papers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A medal inscribed to him. 51. Fitzgerald relies heavily on ..... for the house party scene at Tom and Myrtle's apartment:people "disappear and reappear" and Nick ends up in Mr. McKee's bedroom. A) Hinting. B) Somnambulist. C) Muster. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinting. 52. How did Mrs. Wilson know she made a mistake when she married George? A) After the honeymoon, she realized he didn't have any money. B) His car garage was located in the Valley of Ashes, and she knew that represented the poorest of society. C) George had dropped out of school 2 months into high school in order to learn the auto-mechanic trade. D) He had to borrow his best friend's suit for the wedding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had to borrow his best friend's suit for the wedding. 53. Who was killed in the car accident? A) George. B) Gatsby. C) Daisy. D) Myrtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myrtle. 54. Which vocabulary term is best described by the following synonyms:feeble, weak, lifeless A) Vitality. B) Cordial. C) Defunct. D) Cynical. E) Anemia. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Anemia. 55. Which quotation from the text best shows why Nick is "inclined to reserve all judgments" ? A) "I was unjustly accused of being a politician". B) "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the same advantages that you've had". C) "Gatsby had an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the same advantages that you've had". 56. Occurring repeatedly; so frequent as to seem endless and uninterrupted A) Effeminate. B) Peremptory. C) Extemporize. D) Perpetual. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Perpetual. 57. What was Daisy clutching in her hand that was "coming to pieces like snow" after her bridesmaids got her into a cold bath? A) Her pearl necklace. B) Her wedding dress. C) Her veil. D) A letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A letter. 58. To whom is the following quote referring? "He's the man who fixed the World Series back in 1919." A) NIck. B) Wolfsheim. C) Tom. D) Gatsby. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wolfsheim. 59. He found the house, a weather-beaten cardboardbungalow at eighty a month A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 60. Tending or inclined to delay or waste time A) Ineffable. B) Turgid. C) Dilatory. D) Portentous. 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