The Great Gatsby Quiz 8 (60 MCQs)

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1. What makes Nick different from the rest of the guests at Gatsby's party?
2. What does Gatsby share with Daisy?
3. Strong and healthy
4. Fifty feet away a figure had emerged from theshadow of my neighbor's mansion and was standing with hishands in his pockets regarding the silver pepper of the stars.
5. Which of the following words fits the definition below(n) A principle demanding that the parts of any composition be arranged so that the meaning of the whole may be immediately clear and intelligible.
6. How does Nick interpret his father's advice in Chapter 1?
7. Which vocabulary term is best described by the following antonyms:moral/ethical, upright, honest, with great integrity
8. How does Jay Gatsby's love for Daisy Buchanan drive his actions and decisions?
9. The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order.
10. What is the turning point in the novel that is set up in Chapter 3?
11. What does Nick intend to do in New York?
12. What did George find that made him suspicious of Myrtle having an affair?
13. Nick's recounts the excessive preparations for Gatsby's weekend parties: "five crates of oranges and lemons, " "several hundred feet of canvas and ..... colored lights, " an entire orchestra, and a main bar with "gins and liquors and cordials" (Fitzgerald 40). While Nick describes these steps, it is not done with flattery. He seems to criticize Gatsby's .....
14. Where does Nick live?
15. Color of Gatsby's car.
16. What character left a borrowed car out in the rain with the top down and then lied about it?
17. Then the glow faded, each lightdeserting her with lingering regret, like children leaving apleasant street at dusk.
18. What does Gatsby call most people while he's talking to them?
19. In what year is The Great Gatsby set?
20. What is an antonym for supercilious?
21. One of the most important American writers of the 20th Century. He also wrote This Side of Paradise:
22. "We can't move."
23. Where do the three of them (Nick, Tom and Myrtle) go?
24. What does the green light represent in Chapter 4?
25. Who does Nick run into at Gatsby's party?
26. What point of view is the story "The Great Gatsby" written in?
27. True or False:Nick moved out East to go into the automobile business.
28. Which of the following does NOT describe Tom Buchanan?
29. Who does Gatsby request to privately speak to during the party?
30. True or False:Jordan didn't know Gatsby when Nick talked about him.
31. What was the atmosphere like at Gatsby's party when Tom and Daisy attended?
32. The student's attendance was ..... because she is either never present or present part of the time.
33. In Gatsby's library, Owl Eyes ..... proclaims "They're real ..... Absolutely real ..... have pages and everything" (Fitzgerald 45).
34. T or F:Daisy and Gatsby are finally reunited at one of Gatsby's fabulous parties.
35. Why does Gatsby want the gardener to wait to drain the pool?
36. What reason did Myrtle give for marrying George Wilson?
37. On page 109, Gatsby is concerned that Daisy does not like something. What does he think she does not like?
38. Who killed Gatsby?
39. Spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy
40. What is the significance of the green light at the end of Daisy's dock?
41. What role does Gatsby's wealth play in his pursuit of Daisy in Chapter 4?
42. How does the end of this chapter parallel the end of Chapter 1?
43. To find something out for certain
44. How do people get to Gatsby's parties?
45. What does Daisy's line "a beautiful little fool" show about how she feels about her life?
46. Gatsby stretched his hand toward a single green light in the darkness. The color green shows representation.
47. At the restaurant with Gatsby, whom does Nick see?
48. What color is associated with the Valley of Ashes?
49. Compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise
50. Who is the "fifth guest" at Daisy and Tom's dinner party with Jordan and Nick?
51. Surprised greatly; amazed
52. Nick says, "Perhaps his presence gave the evening its peculiar quality of oppressiveness-it stands out in my memory from Gatsby's other parties that summer" (Fitzgerald 110). What is he talking about?
53. It was a body capable of enormous leverage-a cruel body. ''
54. Nick tells Gatsby that he cannot repeat the past. How does he respond to this?
55. How many years has it been since Daisy and Jay have seen each other?
56. The best definition of garrulous is .....
57. The second half of his presidency was focused on increasingly ..... attempts to bring peace to his country.
58. In line 28, "unutterable" most nearly means
59. Define 'affectation'.
60. Where did Daisy and Gatsby FIRST meet?