This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Novels > The Great Gatsby – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Great Gatsby Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What event takes place at Tom and Daisy Buchanan's home in Chapter 7? A) A wedding. B) A picnic. C) A funeral. D) A dinner party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A dinner party. 2. Place where Gatsby and Nick live. A) Long Island's West Egg. B) Long Island's East Egg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long Island's West Egg. 3. She was literally on cloud nine after winning the competition. What does the word 'literally' mean? A) Refusing to change your mind or behavior. B) Feeling like you have to do something. C) Exactly as it is being said. D) No longer existing or active. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exactly as it is being said. 4. Gatsby asks Jordan: A) To drive him across town. B) To plan his next party. C) To teach him techniques to be a quality golfer. D) To encourage Nick to help him reunite with Daisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To encourage Nick to help him reunite with Daisy. 5. Which is not one of the stories about Gatsby? A) He was a German spy during the war. B) He killed a man. C) He was in the American army during the war. D) He inherited his money from his mother, a French baroness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He inherited his money from his mother, a French baroness. 6. ..... an immediately perceptible vitality about her as if the nerves of her were continually smoldering ..... A) Myrtle. B) Daisy. C) Jordan. D) Catherine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myrtle. 7. What type of business does George Wilson own? A) A delivery service. B) A janitor. C) A garage/gas station. D) A convenience store. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A garage/gas station. 8. How does Nick Carraway feel about Jay Gatsby? A) Indifference and suspicion. B) Resentment and envy. C) Affection and trust. D) Admiration and skepticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Admiration and skepticism. 9. What is the reason behind Gatsby's extravagant parties? A) To impress Daisy and win her back. B) To show off his wealth and status. C) To network with influential people. D) Out of loneliness and a need for companionship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To impress Daisy and win her back. 10. What happens to Gatsby at the end of the chapter? A) He is found responsible for Myrtle's death and sentenced to 20 years in prison. B) He joins Nick and they return to the midwest. C) He is killed by Wilson while swimming. D) He and Tom reconcile and begin a business together. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is killed by Wilson while swimming. 11. The teen spent every other Saturday afternoon at the nursing home visiting his grandmother. The teen's ..... devotion to his aging grandmother is inspiring. A) Supercilious. B) Disheveled. C) Laudable. D) Defunct. E) Feigned. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Laudable. 12. Which word means:in a way that indicates or shows disbelief; difficult to believe. A) Supercilious. B) Incredulously. C) Imperative. D) Extemporize. E) Sedative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incredulously. 13. "Daisy's murmur was only to make people to lean towards her; an irrelevant criticism that made it no less charming" What does this quote tell us about Daisy? A) She is eager to be the centre of attention, and wants people to be as close to her as possible. B) She is considered less charming because she speaks quietly. C) She does not wish for people to pay attention to her, so she speaks quietly. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is eager to be the centre of attention, and wants people to be as close to her as possible. 14. According to the new information in this chapter, how did Gatsby gain his wealth? A) He earned it himself. B) He inherited it from his family. C) He won the lottery. D) He inherited it from Dan Cody. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He earned it himself. 15. From where did the narrator come and why? A) From the northwest to be a fashion designer. B) From the Midwest to study the bond business. C) From the south to become an actor on Broadway. D) From France to establish a vineyard in New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From the Midwest to study the bond business. 16. Before leaving the church service, the minister offered a ..... to her parishioners. A) Denizen. B) Exultation. C) Benediction. D) Grail. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benediction. 17. Who plays Nick Carraway? A) Tobey Maguire. B) James Franco. C) Andrew Garfield. D) Elijah Wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tobey Maguire. 18. When Nick says that Gatsby, "wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy, " what do you think he means? A) He wanted to recover his dislike for Daisy. B) He wanted to recover his love for Daisy. C) He wished Daisy would stay in the past and leave him alone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wanted to recover his love for Daisy. 19. Who wants to buy Tom's car? A) Nick. B) Jordan. C) Meyer Wolfsheim. D) George Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) George Wilson. 20. What is the name of the wealthy man who throws extravagant parties? A) Tom Buchanan. B) George Wilson. C) Jay Gatsby. D) Nick Carraway. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tom Buchanan. 21. "I'm p-paralyzed with happiness." She laughed again, A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Imagery. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 22. What is the impact of Gatsby's parties on the plot in Chapter 3? A) They set up the turning point in the novel. B) They highlight the theme of deceit and dishonesty. C) They explore the concept of the American Dream. D) They reveal Gatsby's true identity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They set up the turning point in the novel. 23. What are Mr. Wolfsheim's cuff-links made of? A) His mother's ashes. B) Rabbits' feet. C) Human molars. D) Pure ivory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human molars. 24. Which of the following characters DOES NOT attend Gatsby's funeral? A) Nick. B) His servants. C) Daisy. D) Owl-Eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Daisy. 25. The man was arrested for making counterfeit money A) The man was arrested for making illegal money. B) The man was arrested for making too much money. C) The man was arrested for making fake money. D) The man was arrested for making tax free money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The man was arrested for making fake money. 26. Gatsby changed his name from ..... to Jay Gatsby. A) Jason Salt. B) Jerome Gertz. C) Jackson Gutz. D) James Gatz. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) James Gatz. 27. How is Nick able to afford a house on Long Island? A) He is a wealthy banker. B) He is friends with the previous owner. C) The house was cheap and smaller than the rest. D) He inherited it from his parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The house was cheap and smaller than the rest. 28. Which word means to criticize or express disapproval? A) Unobtrusive. B) Return. C) Feigned. D) Reproach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reproach. 29. Gatsby lives in ..... A) East Egg. B) New Jersey. C) West Egg. D) New York City. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) West Egg. 30. Gatsby asks to speak to ..... alone. A) Nick. B) Owl Eyes. C) Jordan. D) Lucille. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jordan. 31. What is Gatsby known for? A) Throwing parties. B) Being a performer. C) Being rich. D) Being a war hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Throwing parties. 32. What is the main idea of Chapters 5-7 of 'The Great Gatsby'? A) Gatsby's reunion with Daisy is complicated by his obsession with money and materialism. B) Gatsby's pursuit of Daisy is hindered by her marriage to Tom and his own corrupt nature. C) Gatsby and Daisy's reunion is awkward at first but eventually becomes blissful. D) Gatsby's past with Daisy prevents him from moving on with his life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gatsby's reunion with Daisy is complicated by his obsession with money and materialism. 33. What is the fate of Wilson? A) He moves out west with Myrtle to continue his American Dream. B) He kills himself after killing Gatsby. C) After killing Gatsby, he goes to find more victims. D) He retires, having sold his gas station to Tom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He kills himself after killing Gatsby. 34. What is the meaning of the word 'Privy'? A) Exposed. B) Open. C) Hidden. D) Secret. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Secret. 35. What historical event does Jay Gatsby say that Meyer Wolfsheim had a role in? A) Rigging the 1919 Super Bowl. B) Rigging the 1919 World Series. C) The opening of the stock market. D) The stock market collapse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rigging the 1919 World Series. 36. The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named A) Euphemism. B) Oxymoron. C) Hyperbole. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Onomatopoeia. 37. This character's personality does not change the entire novel. A) Tom. B) Daisy. C) Gatsby. D) Nick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tom. 38. What kind of person is Daisy? A) Daisy is flighty and very superficial. B) Daisy is an intellectual. C) Daisy is a down-to-earth, sweet, naive young woman. D) Daisy is just plain mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daisy is flighty and very superficial. 39. What word means:touching along a boundary or at a point A) Contiguous. B) Sensuously. C) Interpose. D) Vitality. E) Disdain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contiguous. 40. What are Daisy and Tom doing when Nick checks in on them after the accident? A) Tom and Daisy are sitting at a table together. B) They are in the middle of a brawl. C) They are packing to leave the country. D) They are eating tacos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tom and Daisy are sitting at a table together. 41. The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg watch the people in the Valley of Ashes cheat, lie, and be violent. Eyes watching over you from above resembles A) A tree. B) God. C) Clouds. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) God. 42. Where does Jay Gatsby host his lavish parties? A) West Egg. B) East Egg. C) Valley of Ashes. D) Long Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) West Egg. 43. Which character best fits this description:Drunken guest at Gatsby's party A) Owl Eyes. B) George Wilson. C) Gatsby. D) Wolfsheim. E) Nick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Owl Eyes. 44. Which character was a football star at Yale and peaked at age 21? A) Jay Gatsby. B) George Wilson. C) Nick Carroway. D) Tom Buchanan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tom Buchanan. 45. Why is it called The Great Gatsby? A) Because Gatsby is great. B) Because he held great parties. C) Because Nick thinks Gatsby is great. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because Nick thinks Gatsby is great. 46. Dan Cody was a millionaire. How did he get his money? A) Copper and other metals. B) Fishing. C) Gambling. D) Stealing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Copper and other metals. 47. What does it mean to be 'incredulous'? A) Easily convinced. B) Willing to believe anything. C) Unable to believe something. D) Uninterested or apathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Unable to believe something. 48. Where were Nick and Tom educated? A) Harvard. B) Yale. C) Duke. D) Princeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yale. 49. What is Tom's mistress' name? A) Wilson. B) Daisy. C) Jordan. D) Myrtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myrtle. 50. An inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive A) Ramification. B) Evasion. C) Denizen. D) Euphemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euphemism. 51. What word means taking the lead and starting something? A) Disdain. B) Literally. C) Initiative. D) Imply. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Initiative. 52. What do Meyer Wolfsheim's cuff links symbolize? A) His family crest/ old money connections. B) His alma mater. C) His dangerous connections (possibly to the mob). D) His high social class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His dangerous connections (possibly to the mob). 53. A certificate issued by a government or private company which promises to pay back with interest the money borrowed from the buyer of the certificate. A) Annoyance. B) Intention. C) Bond. D) Possession. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bond. 54. What is the meaning of "Dissension" ? A) The fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasted effect. B) Disagreement that leads to discord. C) Contempt. D) Punishment inflicted on someone as vengeance for a wrong or criminal act. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disagreement that leads to discord. 55. What is the meaning of the word 'intimation'? A) Suggestion. B) Declaration. C) Proclamation. D) Announcement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suggestion. 56. Who said the following quote? "'You're very polite, but I belong to another generation ..... You sit here and discuss your sports and your young ladies and your ..... As for me, I am fifty years old, and I won't impose myself on you any longer." A) The owl-eyed man. B) Meyer Wolfsheim. C) Jordan Baker. D) Gatsby. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meyer Wolfsheim. 57. Nick's reluctance to take a stand against things he should A) The Corruption of the American Dream. B) Hope. C) Paradox. D) Possessiveness and Jealousy. E) Reality vs Illusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paradox. 58. The soldiers returned home to a ..... welcome from their friends and family. A) Complacent. B) Tumultuous. C) Solidarity. D) Ravages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tumultuous. 59. What does Nick discover about Tom and Daisy's marriage during dinner? A) They're both very happy and content with their lives. B) Neither is happy; Tom is having an affair. C) Neither is happy; Daisy is having an affair. D) Neither is happy; both are having affairs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neither is happy; Tom is having an affair. 60. What is a synonym for devoid? A) Lacking. B) Full. C) Complete. D) Lackluster. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lacking. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesThe Great Gatsby Quiz 1The Great Gatsby Quiz 2The Great Gatsby Quiz 3The Great Gatsby Quiz 4The Great Gatsby Quiz 5The Great Gatsby Quiz 6The Great Gatsby Quiz 7The Great Gatsby Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books