This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Novels > The Great Gatsby – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Great Gatsby Quiz 23 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How does Nick feel about Gatsby's offer to compensate him for his help by hiring him? A) Nick appreciates the offer, but regretfully declines. B) Nick is angry because he knows Gatsby is involved in illegal activities. C) Nick is offended that Gatsby is offering to pay him for his help. D) Nick is overjoyed because he hates his current job. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nick is offended that Gatsby is offering to pay him for his help. 2. Why does Tom hit Myrtle? A) She keeps saying Daisy's name. B) She forgot to take the dog out. C) She called him George. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She keeps saying Daisy's name. 3. A period of two weeks A) Fortnight. B) Rotogravure. C) Epigram. D) Insinuating. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fortnight. 4. Consider bad or wrong A) Insincerity. B) Disapprove. C) Carelessly. D) Annoyance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disapprove. 5. Gatsby's decision to ..... his request of Nick over to Jordan caused Nick to be somewhat peeved. Why would Gatsby not simply ask Nick himself? A) Render. B) Ravage. C) Elicit. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Render. 6. What type of values does Nick identify himself as having? A) Military values. B) Southern values. C) Midwest values. D) Big city values. E) None-he's a sociopath. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Midwest values. 7. Gatsby's real name is ..... A) James Gatz. B) John Gatz. C) Jack Gatz. D) Robert Salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) James Gatz. 8. Which vocabulary term is best described by the following antonyms:compliment, praise, encourage A) Unscrupulous. B) Pungent. C) Affront. D) Defunct. E) Rancor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Affront. 9. The term "Lethargic" describes someone who is: A) Mad; insane. B) Sluggish and apathetic. C) Noisy, energetic, and cheerful. D) Having or showing no moral principles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sluggish and apathetic. 10. Which of the following is not a motif? A) Dishonesty. B) The color yellow. C) Dr. T.J. Eckleburg Billboard. D) Ashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dishonesty. 11. Containing nothing; empty; mindless A) Provincial. B) Pastoral. C) Vacuous. D) Impetuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vacuous. 12. What city does Nick live in? A) West Egg. B) East Egg. C) Eggnog. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) West Egg. 13. Who does Wilson claim informed him that Myrtle was killed by her lover? (Don't confuse the movie with the book!) A) Tom tells him. B) The Dr. Eckleburg billboard reveals this to him. C) He is told this in a dream. D) Myrtle whispers this to him before she dies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Dr. Eckleburg billboard reveals this to him. 14. Why is Gatsby obsessed with Daisy? A) Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy because she owes him a large sum of money. B) Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy because she is the only person who can cure his mysterious illness. C) Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy because she represents his idealized vision of wealth, beauty, and social status. D) Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy because she is his long-lost sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy because she represents his idealized vision of wealth, beauty, and social status. 15. How does Nick refer to Tom and Daisy at the end of the book? A) Deceitful. B) Disgraceful. C) Careless. D) Arrogant. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Careless. 16. True or False:West Egg is associated with "new money" (people who have earned their money in their lifetime) and East Egg is associated with "old money" (families who have maintained wealth across several generations) A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 17. Who is the mysterious man often seen at Gatsby's parties, known for his colorful anecdotes and dubious background? A) Tom Buchanan. B) Jordan Baker. C) Mr. Wolfsheim. D) Nick Carraway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mr. Wolfsheim. 18. When Nick introduces Gatsby to Tom at lunch in Ch. 4, Gatsby quickly disappears. This represents which motif? A) Class. B) Jealousy. C) Judgement. D) Wealth/American Dream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jealousy. 19. Nick moved to ..... Egg from Chicago to work on Wall Street. A) East. B) South. C) West. D) North. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) West. 20. Turning me around by one arm, he moved a broad flat handalong the front vista, including in its sweep a sunken Italiangarden, a half acre of deep, pungent roses, and a snub-nosedmotor-boat that bumped the tide offshore. A) Onomatopoeia. B) Tasty Tricolon. C) Personification. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imagery. 21. Myrtle's insistence on buying a dog shows that she is ..... A) Envious. B) Greedy. C) Lonely. D) Ill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lonely. 22. After Bob's favorite football team lost to Indiana, he was ..... and yelled at the mail carrier. A) Corpulent. B) Apathetic. C) Fractious. D) Garrulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fractious. 23. How does Fitzgerald portray the Valley of Ashes in Chapter 2? A) As a place of hope and opportunity. B) As a bustling and prosperous city. C) As a symbol of the American Dream. D) As a desolate and barren wasteland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As a desolate and barren wasteland. 24. San Francisco is located in what region of the United States? A) Northeast. B) Midwest. C) West. D) South. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) West. 25. Why does Myrtle regret marrying her husband, Wilson? A) Because he doesn't love her. B) Because he is poor. C) Because he is violent. D) Because she loved someone else. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he is poor. 26. What does George Wilson do for a living? A) Professional athlete. B) Sells bonds. C) Owns a garage. D) Drives Tom's car. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Owns a garage. 27. "They're some people Wolfshiem wanted to do something for. They're all brothers and sisters. They used to run a small hotel." A) Gatsby about the family on the train. B) Jordan about the caterers. C) Gatsby about his new servants. D) Tom about his new gardeners. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gatsby about his new servants. 28. My mother put our cat on a diet. He is so ..... that he waddles when he walks. A) Apathetic. B) Cardinal. C) Corpulent. D) Fractious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Corpulent. 29. Any large inn or hotel A) Caravansary. B) Boisterous(ly). C) Dilatory. D) Medium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caravansary. 30. The guests at Gatsby's party moved ..... around the estate going wherever they pleased, "conducting themselves according to the rules of behaviour associated with an amusement park" (Fitzgerald 40). A) Ogsitantely. B) Nebulously. C) Punctiiously. D) Jauntily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jauntily. 31. How many years has it been since Gatsby and Daisy have seen each other? A) 10 years. B) 5 years. C) 20 years. D) 3 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5 years. 32. For Nick, the Queensboro Bridge in paragraph 7 on pg. 68 symbolizes- A) Death and destruction. B) Endless possibilities. C) Humility. D) Vitality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endless possibilities. 33. Causing deep emotions of sadness A) Condescend. B) Poignant. C) Notoriety. D) Coherence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poignant. 34. Pick a topic and write a sentence about what the author believes about that topic is step number ..... in identifying a theme for a story. A) 5. B) 2. C) 4. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 3. 35. Describe the relationship between Gatsby and Daisy in Chapter 4. A) Gatsby is infatuated with Daisy and is determined to win her back. B) Gatsby and Daisy are childhood friends. C) Gatsby and Daisy are business partners. D) Gatsby and Daisy are distant relatives. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gatsby is infatuated with Daisy and is determined to win her back. 36. The king walked among his people, handing out food to the less fortunate. What word best describes the king's actions? A) Pervading. B) Magnanimous. C) Relinquish. D) Solidarity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magnanimous. 37. During the raging party at Gatsby's mansion, who is impressed that Gatsby's books are real? A) Daisy. B) Owl Eyes. C) Nick. D) Jordan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Owl Eyes. 38. The defunct company closed its doors due to financial difficulties. What does the word 'defunct' mean? A) No longer existing or active. B) Feeling like you have to do something. C) To confuse or mix up. D) To go with someone or something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No longer existing or active. 39. When the stranger approached us and pulled down his pants, we were ..... A) Perished. B) Lavished. C) Ingratiated. D) Appalled. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appalled. 40. What word means:possible to explain; explainable A) Clamorously. B) Explicable. C) Incessant. D) Tangible. E) Inexhaustible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explicable. 41. Which of the following is NOT a synonym for credulity? A) Gullibility. B) Skepticism. C) Innocence. D) Naivety. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skepticism. 42. Which word means pretend or fake? A) Fractious. B) Unobtrusive. C) Feigned. D) Conscientious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feigned. 43. What is the opposite of the word 'impetuous'? A) Hasty. B) Deliberate. C) Rash. D) Careful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Careful. 44. In chapter 4, who tells Nick the story of Daisy and Gastby's young love? A) Gatsby. B) Daisy. C) Jordan. D) Nobody, he pieces the evidence together himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jordan. 45. True or False:Daisy's friend Jordan Baker is a tennis player. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 46. What does Tom discover about Daisy and Gatsby's past relationship in Chapter 7? A) They were once married. B) They were cousins. C) They had been romantically involved before Daisy married Tom. D) They were business partners. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They had been romantically involved before Daisy married Tom. 47. The Great Gatsby takes place in the early 1920s. A) Color symbolism. B) Protagonist. C) Imagery. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting. 48. Which word means an indication or hint? A) Feigned. B) Conscientious. C) Intimation. D) Unobtrusive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intimation. 49. True or False:West Egg is where all the really rich people who inherited money live. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) BOTH. D) NEITHER. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 50. Where did all Gatsby's money came from? A) From his family. B) From his business with gangster's. C) From Dan Cody. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) From his business with gangster's. 51. Why does Gatsby feel "married" to Daisy? A) They slept together. B) They secretly got married. C) She never loved Tom. D) She told him she loved him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They slept together. 52. Meyer Wolfsheim's cufflinks are made out of ..... A) Wolf fangs. B) Human teeth. C) Shark teeth. D) Pure gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human teeth. 53. Gatsby was seen interacting with what the first time we saw him in Chapter 1? A) The pool. B) His car. C) The Green Light. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Green Light. 54. Not able to be understood; a thought never to be thought of A) Jovial. B) Incomprehensible. C) Impetuously. D) Ascertain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incomprehensible. 55. Where was Gatsby when he dies? A) In the bed. B) In the kitchen. C) In the pool. D) In the bathroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the pool. 56. Which type of characterization shows readers a trait? A) Direct. B) Indirect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect. 57. Identify Myrtle and George Wilson. A) Myrtle is Tom's cousin. George is her son. B) George is Tom's business partner. Myrtle is his wife. C) Myrtle is Tom's mistress. George is her husband. D) They are the caretakers on Tom's estate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myrtle is Tom's mistress. George is her husband. 58. The best definition of the word portentous is ..... A) Savage; fierce. B) Equal; proportionate. C) Talkative. D) Ominous; threatening. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ominous; threatening. 59. Because Daisy can be appear to show a lack of thought or intelligence and sometimes make empty, mindless statements, others might describe her as ..... A) Vacuous (adj). B) Languid (adj). C) Glad (v). D) Cynical (adj). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vacuous (adj). 60. What era is this novel set in? A) 1600s. B) 2020s. C) 1920s. D) 2150s. 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