This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Novels > The Great Gatsby – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Great Gatsby Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What makes Nick different from the rest of the guests at Gatsby's party? A) He was actually invited. B) He knows Gatsby. C) He went to Yale. D) He works in bonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He was actually invited. 2. What does Gatsby share with Daisy? A) A picture of his new car. B) Pictures of him during the war. C) A journal book with articles about her cut from newspapers. D) His collection of ties. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A journal book with articles about her cut from newspapers. 3. Strong and healthy A) Septic. B) Oppressive. C) Robust. D) Obstinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Robust. 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. A) Metaphor. B) Pathetic fallacy. C) Juxtaposition. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 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. A) Coherence. B) Deft. C) Impenetrable. D) Incredulous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coherence. 6. How does Nick interpret his father's advice in Chapter 1? A) Nick, and those in his class are better than people who are not wealthy, so they must be patient with their inferiors. B) Nick should try to understand that he has had opportunities others have not. C) Nick should strive to always behave as a member of his higher social class is expected to behave. D) Nick should work to avoid socializing with people who are of lower classes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nick, and those in his class are better than people who are not wealthy, so they must be patient with their inferiors. 7. Which vocabulary term is best described by the following antonyms:moral/ethical, upright, honest, with great integrity A) Unscrupulous. B) Base. C) Obstinate. D) Perturbed. E) Harrowing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unscrupulous. 8. How does Jay Gatsby's love for Daisy Buchanan drive his actions and decisions? A) It drives him to join the military and fight in a war. B) It drives him to pursue a career in politics. C) It drives him to become a recluse and avoid society. D) It drives him to accumulate wealth and throw extravagant parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It drives him to accumulate wealth and throw extravagant parties. 9. The act of putting in proper order, or the state of being put in order. A) Possessions. B) States. C) Uncivilized. D) Arrangement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arrangement. 10. What is the turning point in the novel that is set up in Chapter 3? A) The unraveling of Gatsby's true identity. B) The disillusionment of the characters. C) The exploration of Gatsby's mysterious past. D) The encounter between Nick and Jordan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The exploration of Gatsby's mysterious past. 11. What does Nick intend to do in New York? A) Become a bond salesman. B) Open his own shop. C) Become a real estate agent. D) Become a doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Become a bond salesman. 12. What did George find that made him suspicious of Myrtle having an affair? A) A dog leash. B) Pearls. C) A love note. D) A ring. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A dog leash. 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 ..... A) Jauntiness. B) Punctiliousness. C) Obstinance. D) Prodigality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prodigality. 14. Where does Nick live? A) West Egg. B) East Egg. C) New York City. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) West Egg. 15. Color of Gatsby's car. A) Indigo. B) Yellow. C) Chartreuse. D) Turquoise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yellow. 16. What character left a borrowed car out in the rain with the top down and then lied about it? A) Jordan. B) Daisy. C) Catherine. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jordan. 17. Then the glow faded, each lightdeserting her with lingering regret, like children leaving apleasant street at dusk. A) Metaphor. B) Pathetic fallacy. C) Simile. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 18. What does Gatsby call most people while he's talking to them? A) "Sir" or "Ma'am". B) "Mister" or "Miss". C) "Dude". D) "Old Sport". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "Old Sport". 19. In what year is The Great Gatsby set? A) 1922. B) 1924. C) 1923. D) 1925. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1922. 20. What is an antonym for supercilious? A) Boring. B) Super silly. C) Condescending. D) Humble. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humble. 21. One of the most important American writers of the 20th Century. He also wrote This Side of Paradise: A) F. Scott Fitzgerald. B) Gertrude Stein. C) E. Hemingway. D) John Dos Passos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) F. Scott Fitzgerald. 22. "We can't move." A) Daisy and Pammy, due to eating too much. B) Daisy and Jordan, due to the heat. C) Tom and Jordan, stuck in traffic. D) Nick and Gatsby, playing checkers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Daisy and Jordan, due to the heat. 23. Where do the three of them (Nick, Tom and Myrtle) go? A) Tom's favorite restaurant. B) Nick's office. C) The apartment Tom rents and always takes his mistress to. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The apartment Tom rents and always takes his mistress to. 24. What does the green light represent in Chapter 4? A) Anger and frustration. B) Hope and the future. C) Fear and uncertainty. D) Envy and jealousy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hope and the future. 25. Who does Nick run into at Gatsby's party? A) Daisy. B) Tom. C) Jordan. D) Myrtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jordan. 26. What point of view is the story "The Great Gatsby" written in? A) Second Person. B) First Person. C) Third Person Omniscient. D) Third Person. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) First Person. 27. True or False:Nick moved out East to go into the automobile business. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 28. Which of the following does NOT describe Tom Buchanan? A) Condescending. B) Arrogant. C) Polite. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Polite. 29. Who does Gatsby request to privately speak to during the party? A) Jordan. B) Owl Eyes. C) Gilda Gray. D) Nick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jordan. 30. True or False:Jordan didn't know Gatsby when Nick talked about him. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 31. What was the atmosphere like at Gatsby's party when Tom and Daisy attended? A) Exciting and lively. B) Unpleasant and uneasy. C) Quiet and boring. D) Calm and peaceful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unpleasant and uneasy. 32. The student's attendance was ..... because she is either never present or present part of the time. A) Base. B) Languid. C) Malevolence. D) Sporadic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sporadic. 33. In Gatsby's library, Owl Eyes ..... proclaims "They're real ..... Absolutely real ..... have pages and everything" (Fitzgerald 45). A) Gaudily. B) Malevolently. C) Vacuously. D) Vehemently. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vehemently. 34. T or F:Daisy and Gatsby are finally reunited at one of Gatsby's fabulous parties. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 35. Why does Gatsby want the gardener to wait to drain the pool? A) He has never used it and wants to take a swim. B) He plans on drowning himself in it. C) He is planning to throw a party that evening. D) He likes the way the green light reflects off it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He has never used it and wants to take a swim. 36. What reason did Myrtle give for marrying George Wilson? A) She had to do something to get away from her abusive parents. B) She did it to spite George's former girlfriend. C) She thought he was a gentleman; later she found out differently. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She thought he was a gentleman; later she found out differently. 37. On page 109, Gatsby is concerned that Daisy does not like something. What does he think she does not like? A) Tom. B) The party. C) Her dress. D) Himself (Gatsby). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The party. 38. Who killed Gatsby? A) George. B) Tom. C) Daisy. D) T.J. Eckleburg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) George. 39. Spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy A) Incredulous. B) Septic. C) Oppressive. D) Confidential. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Confidential. 40. What is the significance of the green light at the end of Daisy's dock? A) It symbolizes Gatsby's hope and dreams. B) It represents wealth and opulence. C) It is a warning sign for danger. D) It marks the entrance to Gatsby's mansion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It symbolizes Gatsby's hope and dreams. 41. What role does Gatsby's wealth play in his pursuit of Daisy in Chapter 4? A) Gatsby's wealth is used to impress Daisy and win her love. B) Gatsby's wealth is used to buy Daisy's affection. C) Gatsby's wealth is a symbol of his social status and power. D) Gatsby's wealth is a means to gain Daisy's attention and admiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gatsby's wealth is used to impress Daisy and win her love. 42. How does the end of this chapter parallel the end of Chapter 1? A) Daisy and Gatsby are talking. B) Nick insists he and Gatsby go inside. C) Nick leaves Gatsby alone in the yard. D) Gatsby is walking around his brightly lit house. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nick leaves Gatsby alone in the yard. 43. To find something out for certain A) Ascertain. B) Jovial. C) Impetuously. D) Incomprehensible. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ascertain. 44. How do people get to Gatsby's parties? A) They are invited. B) They are flown in from around the world. C) They see the invitation on social media. D) They show up. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They show up. 45. What does Daisy's line "a beautiful little fool" show about how she feels about her life? A) She would rather pretend & be oblivious than know the truth. B) She regrets marrying Tom. C) She wants to be beautiful forever. D) She wants her daughter to grow up to be just like her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She would rather pretend & be oblivious than know the truth. 46. Gatsby stretched his hand toward a single green light in the darkness. The color green shows representation. A) Metaphor. B) Protagonist. C) Color symbolism. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Color symbolism. 47. At the restaurant with Gatsby, whom does Nick see? A) The yellow twins. B) Myrtle. C) The library man. D) Tom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tom. 48. What color is associated with the Valley of Ashes? A) Black. B) White. C) Grey. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grey. 49. Compose, perform, or produce something such as music or a speech without preparation; improvise A) Extemporize. B) Vehemently. C) Transcendent. D) Perpetual. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Extemporize. 50. Who is the "fifth guest" at Daisy and Tom's dinner party with Jordan and Nick? A) Tom's mistress who arrives unexpectedly. B) Jordan's friend who she met at a golf competition. C) The telephone-which keeps ringing. D) The butler who takes a seat at the table. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The telephone-which keeps ringing. 51. Surprised greatly; amazed A) Anxious. B) Astonished. C) Deceit. D) Extraordinary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Astonished. 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? A) Tom had come with Daisy to Gatsby's house one evening. B) Myrtle's husband, George, is at the same party as Tom. C) Dan Cody showed up out of the blue. D) A newspaper reporter came to a party and was asking a bunch of questions to the guests. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tom had come with Daisy to Gatsby's house one evening. 53. It was a body capable of enormous leverage-a cruel body. '' A) George Wilson. B) Nick. C) Tom. D) Gatsby. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom. 54. Nick tells Gatsby that he cannot repeat the past. How does he respond to this? A) He reluctantly agrees. B) He doesn't respond at all. C) He says that you actually can repeat the past. D) He laughs and walks away. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He says that you actually can repeat the past. 55. How many years has it been since Daisy and Jay have seen each other? A) Almost 3 years. B) Almost 4 years. C) Almost 2 years. D) Almost 5 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Almost 5 years. 56. The best definition of garrulous is ..... A) Fragrant; suggestive of. B) Talkative. C) Helped to satisfy dishonorable ambitions. D) An earnest expression of protest or opposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Talkative. 57. The second half of his presidency was focused on increasingly ..... attempts to bring peace to his country. A) Forlorn. B) Elude. C) Implore. D) Interminable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forlorn. 58. In line 28, "unutterable" most nearly means A) Indescribable. B) Deep. C) Obnoxious. D) Puzzling. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indescribable. 59. Define 'affectation'. A) Haughty or arrogant manner. B) Artificial way of acting or speaking, especially to impress others. C) Touching, especially along a line or border. D) Continuous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Artificial way of acting or speaking, especially to impress others. 60. Where did Daisy and Gatsby FIRST meet? A) New York. B) Louisville. C) Long Island. D) London. 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