This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Novels > The Great Gatsby – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Great Gatsby Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the synonym of the word 'Proximity'? A) Closeness. B) Separation. C) Distance. D) Isolation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Closeness. 2. True or False:Nick Carraway was born in New York City. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. Which of the following best supports the theme that the American dream has been corrupted? A) The description of Gatsby's car. B) Meyer Wolfsheim fixing the World Series because he saw the opportunity. C) Gatsby coming alive to Nick after Nick knows about him and Daisy. D) Nick spending time with Jordan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Meyer Wolfsheim fixing the World Series because he saw the opportunity. 4. Which word does NOT describe Tom Buchanan? A) Aggressive. B) Muscular. C) Impatiently. D) Successful. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Successful. 5. Which event does NOT happen at Gatsby's party? A) A group of women go from table to table trying to find Gatsby and thank him for the party. B) A drunken soprano collapses after finishing her tearful song. C) The driver of a car drives into a ditch and doesn't understand why his vehicle won't move. D) A man in the library is amazed that Gatsby's books are real. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of women go from table to table trying to find Gatsby and thank him for the party. 6. How do Gatsby and Daisy look once Nick decides to leave them alone? A) Still very awkward. B) Nervous to be alone with each other. C) Absolutely lost in each other's presence. D) Tense, as if they need to discuss the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absolutely lost in each other's presence. 7. Self-satisfied and unaware of surroundings or consequences A) Ravenously. B) Commensurate. C) Expostulation. D) Complacent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Complacent. 8. What is the significance of Gatsby's extravagant parties? A) They represent Gatsby's desire for social acceptance. B) They represent Gatsby's wealth and power. C) They represent Gatsby's love for music and dancing. D) They represent the excesses and superficiality of the Jazz Age. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They represent the excesses and superficiality of the Jazz Age. 9. Who is Dr. T.J.Eckleburg. A) Butcher. B) Dentist. C) Lawyer. D) Oculist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oculist. 10. Which word does NOT describe Jordan Baker? A) Politely. B) Slim. C) Bored. D) Aggressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aggressive. 11. How did Tom find out about Daisy and Gatsby's love affair? A) He noticed their body language. B) He found love letters between them. C) He found Daisy's bracelet in Gatsby's house. D) Nick told him. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He noticed their body language. 12. When our team won the state finals, everyone felt a sense of ..... and shouted with joy. A) Hinting. B) Evasion. C) Bantering. D) Exultation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exultation. 13. Wolfsheim wears cufflinks made out of ..... A) The finest rubies. B) Elephant tusks/ivory. C) Human molars. D) Pure gold. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human molars. 14. In whose apartment does Nick end up after Myrtle's nose is broken? A) The McKees'. B) Tom and Myrtle's. C) The elevator boy's. D) Catherine's. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The McKees'. 15. True or False:Tom and Daisy have a healthy marriage. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 16. What is the women at the piano doing besides singing? A) Fighting with her boyfriend. B) Screaming. C) Laughing. D) Crying. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crying. 17. Identify who said the quote: "You mean to say you don't know? ..... I thought everybody knew. Why ..... Tom's got some woman in New York ..... She might have the decency not to telephone him at dinner time. Don't you think?" A) Tom Buchanan. B) Jordan Baker. C) Daisy Buchanan. D) Nick Carraway. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jordan Baker. 18. Which statement best describes the first reaction Nick has to Gatsby? A) He thinks Gatsby seems decadent and self-indulgent. B) He is impressed by Gatsby's smile and think he seems very genuine. C) He is surprised by how informally Gatsby speaks to everyone. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is impressed by Gatsby's smile and think he seems very genuine. 19. Implication, consequence A) Contingencies. B) Oculist. C) Ramification. D) Ineptly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ramification. 20. Who is really responsible for the death of Myrtle? A) Nick. B) Tom. C) Daisy. D) Gatsby. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Daisy. 21. Which word means:tending to calm or soothe A) Imperative. B) Incredulously. C) Sedative. D) Extemporize. E) Supercilious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sedative. 22. Unable to be noticed or felt because of being very slight A) Erroneous. B) Imperceptible. C) Supercilious. D) Vacuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imperceptible. 23. What is an antonym for prodigality? A) Excess. B) Frugality. C) Lavishness. D) Overindulgence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frugality. 24. Who is Nick Carraway's neighbor? A) Tom Buchanan. B) Jay Gatsby. C) Daisy Buchanan. D) Jordan Baker. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jay Gatsby. 25. Gatsby claims to have attended ..... A) Harvard. B) Yale. C) Oxford. D) Princeton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxford. 26. What is an antonym for discreetly? A) Obviously. B) Carefully. C) Separately. D) Importantly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obviously. 27. Why did Tom break Myrtle's nose? A) It was an accident. B) Because she kept saying his wife Daisy's name. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because she kept saying his wife Daisy's name. 28. How do Gatsby and Tom's pursuit of the American Dream differ? A) Gatsby's is focused on love, while Tom's is focused on materialism. B) Gatsby's is successful, while Tom's is not. C) Gatsby's is genuine, while Tom's is superficial. D) Gatsby's is illegal, while Tom's is legal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gatsby's is focused on love, while Tom's is focused on materialism. 29. Define:Clamorously A) Incapable of being depleted/exhausted;tireless. B) Vigorous in demands or complaint. C) Possible to explain; explainable. D) Continuing without stopping. E) Capable of being perceived by the senses or precisely realized by the mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vigorous in demands or complaint. 30. What did Klipspringer call Gatsby's house for? A) A pair of shoes. B) To express his condolences. C) Funeral details. D) His piano. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A pair of shoes. 31. Who watches over the Valley of Ashes? A) Dr. T.J. Eckleburg. B) George Wilson. C) Tom Buchanan. D) Myrtle Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dr. T.J. Eckleburg. 32. What is the missing piece in Gatsby's American Dream? A) Daisy. B) Fame. C) Family. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Daisy. 33. Saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way A) Epigram. B) Perpetual. C) Malevolence. D) Rotogravure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epigram. 34. She stitched her monogram onto her backpack. What does the word 'monogram' mean? A) A design made by combining initials. B) The study of money and resources. C) Refusing to change your mind or behavior. D) When someone or something interrupts or invades. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A design made by combining initials. 35. Nick's family is financially ..... A) Poor. B) Well Off. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Well Off. 36. From where does Gatsby recognize Nick? A) Nick was an undergraduate at Oxford during themonths Gatsby studied there. B) Nick works at the bond house where Gatsby'sstolen securities were taken from. C) Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle inWorld War I. D) Gatsby has seen his next-door neighbor around, but assumed Nick was one of his own servants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle inWorld War I. 37. Tom thinks Gatsby killed Myrtle. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 38. Scanty means "lacking in extent or quality" A) True. B) Home. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 39. What does Gatsby say that Mr. Wolfsheim has done? A) Killed a woman and her children. B) Struck gold in San Francisco. C) Fixed the World Series. D) Started Prohibition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fixed the World Series. 40. Meyer Wolfsheim is a(n) ..... A) Gambler. B) Actor. C) Dentist. D) Bootlegger. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gambler. 41. Gatsby comes to Nick's house before Daisy shows up for the afternoon tea. How is he behaving? A) Cocky and confident. B) Nervous and jumpy. C) Joyful and upbeat. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous and jumpy. 42. 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 should move on. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gatsby is better than Daisy and her friends. 43. Who is Henry Gatz? A) Gatsby's best friend from the war. B) Gatsby's lawyer. C) Gatsby's business partner. D) Gatsby's father. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gatsby's father. 44. Gatsby gets these in the middle of the party from different cities. What are they? A) Packages. B) Telegraph. C) Phone calls. D) Text messages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phone calls. 45. How does Fitzgerald show that Nick can't remember the rest of his night after Tom's party? A) Imagery. B) Quotations. C) Ellipses. D) Sarcasm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ellipses. 46. Which vocabulary term is best described by the following synonyms:chasm, pit, void A) Abyss. B) Pungent. C) Amorphous. D) Rancor. E) Elude. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abyss. 47. Who was driving the car that killed Myrtle? A) Tom. B) Gatsby. C) Nick. D) Daisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Daisy. 48. Where did they go? What was at 158th Street? A) The apartment where Tom met his mistress. B) The dealer where Tom bought his last car. C) Tom's favorite restaurant. D) Nick's office. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The apartment where Tom met his mistress. 49. Where does Gatsby say he is from? A) West Egg. B) New York City. C) Chicago. D) San Francisco. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) West Egg. 50. Who plays Jay Gatsby? A) Johnny Depp. B) Matt Damon. C) Tom Hardy. D) Leonardo DiCaprio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Leonardo DiCaprio. 51. What rumor do we hear about Gatsby? A) Gatsby has recently been released from a mental hospital. B) Gatsby is the nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm. C) Gatsby donated half a million dollars to an orphanage in his hometown. D) Gatsby is the son of a Texas oil tycoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gatsby is the nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm. 52. Where did Gatsby and Nick FIRST meet? A) On the train to the city. B) At the party. C) In the war. D) At school. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In the war. 53. What does the encounter between Nick and Jordan reveal about Gatsby in Chapter 3? A) His prestigious education at Oxford. B) His true identity. C) His past involvement in the military. D) His enigmatic persona. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His true identity. 54. Acting or done quickly and without thought or care. A) Incomprehensible. B) Impetuously. C) Ascertain. D) Jovial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Impetuously. 55. Who directed the film? A) Todd Haynes. B) Tim Burton. C) Terry Gilliam. D) Baz Luhrmann. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Baz Luhrmann. 56. What is the synonym of the word 'sumptuous'? A) Plain. B) Luxurious. C) Simple. D) Modest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Luxurious. 57. What is the definition of "Surmise" ? A) To gratify or indulge. B) To suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it. C) To sing in a soft, low voice. D) To be sluggish and apathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To suppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it. 58. Liable to act without consideration; rash; impulsive A) Provincial. B) Dissension. C) Impetuous. D) Vacuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Impetuous. 59. Nick starts chapter four off by ..... A) Listing some of Gatsby's party guests. B) Mentioning some of the fun things he did the summer of 1922. C) Discussing what he appreciates about Gatsby. D) Talking about his job. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listing some of Gatsby's party guests. 60. Who attends Gatsby's funeral? A) Tom and Daisy Buchanan. B) Nick Carraway and Jordan Baker. C) George Wilson and Myrtle Wilson's sister. D) Only Gatsby's father. 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