This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Genres > Novels > The Great Gatsby – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Great Gatsby Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the party at Myrtle's apartment reveal about the characters? A) Their desire for wealth and status. B) Their disregard for social norms. C) Their true natures and motivations. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 2. Who says, '' 'I keep it always full of interesting people, night and day. People who do interesting things. Celebrated people' ''? A) Daisy. B) Gatsby. C) Nick. D) Tom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gatsby. 3. The author allows the reader to infer information through the character's looks, speech, thoughts, and actions A) Antagonist. B) Direct characterization. C) Indirect characterization. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indirect characterization. 4. Why does Nick come to New York? A) To live a crazy lifestyle. B) To stay with his cousin. C) Because he loved the city. D) To work stocks and bonds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To work stocks and bonds. 5. What is the man Nick calls "Owl Eyes" surprised about when they meet him in the library? A) The shelves are made of oak. B) The books are fake. C) The pages of the books are cut. D) The books are real. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The books are real. 6. The extremely hot weather in chapter 7 signifies A) The choice of vocabulary. B) The growing tension. C) The setting in NY. D) The introduction of Pammy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The growing tension. 7. How does Chapter 7 end? Choose the best answer. A) With Gatsby and Daisy rekindling their romance. B) With Gatsby contemplating his future. C) With Nick feeling disillusioned about the East. D) With Tom and Daisy reconciling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) With Nick feeling disillusioned about the East. 8. What is the main theme explored in Chapter 1? A) Hope and optimism. B) Friendship and loyalty. C) Love and romance. D) Wealth and social class. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wealth and social class. 9. Mr. Wolfsheim is A) A butler. B) A lieutenant. C) A driver. D) A gambler. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A gambler. 10. Why is Nick considered an unreliable narrator? A) Because Nick makes several bad decisions throughout the novel. B) Because we always catch him in lies. C) Because he is telling the story from his perspective. D) Because the other characters in the book don't trust him. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because he is telling the story from his perspective. 11. T or F:James Gatz is Jay Gatsby's cousin who was the son of an unsuccessful and unexceptional North Dakota farmers. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 12. Who says this about whom? "His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was" (117). A) Tom; Nick. B) Gatsby; And. C) Gatsby; Tom. D) Nick; Gatsby. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nick; Gatsby. 13. Who is James Gatz? A) The son of unsuccessful farmers in North Dakota. B) The man who changed his name to Jay Gatsby while working for Dan Cody. C) The son of some wealthy people in the Middle West (specifically San Francisco). D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (b). 14. Describe Nick's relationship with Jordan. A) They can't stand each other. B) They are beginning to get friendly. C) They fell in love at first sight. D) They are just golfing partners. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are beginning to get friendly. 15. The condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: A) Bonds. B) Arrangement. C) Intention. D) States. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) States. 16. A formal inquiry A) Formidable. B) Inquest. C) Whim. D) Surmise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inquest. 17. What is the meaning of 'incessant'? A) Unable to believe; showing disbelief. B) Attentive to formality or proper behavior. C) Continuous. D) Listlessly; indifferently. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Continuous. 18. Why does Tom agree to attend Gatsby's party? A) Tom is interested in Gatsby's business connections. B) Tom is hoping to reconcile with Daisy at the party. C) Tom wants to keep an eye on Daisy. D) Tom wants to confront Gatsby about his past. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom wants to keep an eye on Daisy. 19. Why does George plan to move away from New York? A) His cousin lives in San Diego. B) Myrtle has seemed unhappy. C) Myrtle asks to move. D) He found out Myrtle was cheating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He found out Myrtle was cheating. 20. Tom Buchanan shut the rear windowsand the caught wind died out about the room, A) Personification. B) Tricolon. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 21. "His head leaned back so far that it rested against the face of a defunct mantelpiece clock and from this position his distraught eyes stared down at Daisy who was sitting frightened but graceful on the edge of a stiff chair." Define defunct. A) No longer in force or use; inactive. B) Difficult to find. C) A justly deserved penalty. D) Someone who walks about in their sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No longer in force or use; inactive. 22. What is the reason behind Gatsby's obsession with the past? A) He is trying to recreate a lost love and happiness. B) He is afraid of the future and what it holds. C) He is nostalgic for his childhood and simpler times. D) He is seeking revenge on those who wronged him in the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He is trying to recreate a lost love and happiness. 23. Who did run over Myrtle? A) Gatsby. B) Tom. C) Nick. D) Daisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Daisy. 24. Indicating or showing unbelief A) Reproach. B) Incredulous. C) Robust. D) Desolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incredulous. 25. Which character best fits this description:Gatsby's business associate A) Wolfsheim. B) George Wilson. C) Owl Eyes. D) Gatsby. E) Nick. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wolfsheim. 26. And they stood on my shelf in red and gold like newmoney from the mint, promising to unfold the shining secretsthat only Midas and A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Tricolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 27. A distinguishing mark or sign of anything A) Wan. B) Contingencies. C) Juxtaposition. D) Insignia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Insignia. 28. What does Tom Buchanan say after he meets Jay Gatsby? A) "I wonder where in the devil he met Daisy.". B) "By God, I may be old fashioned in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me.". C) "They meet all kinds of crazy fish.". D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 29. Where in the "Middle West" is Nick from? A) Ohio. B) Road cancer. C) Minnesota. D) Iowa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minnesota. 30. Why did Gatsby buy a house opposite of Daisy's? A) To stare at her. B) He missed her. C) It was a coincidence. D) Just so she could be across from him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Just so she could be across from him. 31. How does Nick know Daisy Buchanan? A) She is his cousin. B) They attended school together. C) He met her because he attended college with her husband. D) They are introduced by Jordan Baker. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She is his cousin. 32. Which word best describes something that is 'preposterous'? A) Ordinary. B) Logical. C) Absurd. D) Serious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absurd. 33. Tom and Nick get off the train in the valley of ..... A) Rocks. B) Eckleberg. C) Soot. D) Ashes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ashes. 34. True or False:In chapter 3, when Nick speaks to Gatsby for the first time at the party, he immediately knows it's Gatsby A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 35. Where does Gatsby initially meet Daisy? A) At a party in West Egg. B) At Nick Carraway's cottage. C) In Louisville before the war. D) At Tom Buchanan's estate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In Louisville before the war. 36. How does Gatsby feel about the reunion with Daisy in Chapter 5? A) Indifferent. B) Nervous and anxious. C) Angry and resentful. D) Confident and triumphant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous and anxious. 37. Which vocab word lines up with the following antonyms:compliment, praise, encourage A) Insolent. B) Cordial. C) Laudable. D) Affront. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Affront. 38. For a moment the last sunshine fell with romantic affectionupon her glowing face; her voice compelled me forwardbreathlessly as I listened A) Metaphor. B) Pathetic fallacy. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pathetic fallacy. 39. In "The Great Gatsby, " how does the author create complex characters to add to the suspense? A) Similes. B) Flashbacks. C) Cliffhangers. D) Symbolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Symbolism. 40. What is the name of Fitzgerald's wife? A) Jordan. B) Myrtle. C) Zelda. D) Daisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Zelda. 41. The team was thoroughly disappointed with their uniforms. Despite looking nice online, the purple was painfully bad looking and the green was ..... A) Obstinate. B) Grotesque. C) Laudable. D) Disheveled. E) Anemia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grotesque. 42. What is the meaning of the word 'innuendo'? A) Insinuation. B) Direct. C) Explicit. D) Obvious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insinuation. 43. What word means:incapable of being depleted/exhausted; tireless A) Clamorously. B) Tangible. C) Explicable. D) Inexplicable. E) Incessant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inexplicable. 44. Why does Gatsby invite Nick Carraway to lunch in the city? A) To ask for Nick's help in winning Daisy back. B) To discuss business opportunities. C) To confront Tom Buchanan. D) To meet Daisy for the first time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To meet Daisy for the first time. 45. In what way does the party at Gatsby's deteriorate as time goes on? A) People go from having fun to fighting. B) People leave quickly and the place gets lonely. C) Nick and Gatsby stay up late talking about the war. D) Everyone leaves to go look at the car accident. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People go from having fun to fighting. 46. What is revealed by Tom demanding Gatsby and Daisy ride back to East Egg together? A) He is threatened by Gatsby and doesn't want to be around him. B) He is not threatened by Gatsby and is confident Daisy won't leave him. C) He wants to spend time with Jordan, away from Daisy. D) Gatsby and Daisy don't ride back together. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is not threatened by Gatsby and is confident Daisy won't leave him. 47. Why does Daisy get upset when Tom answers the telephone during dinner? A) She wishes someone would call her for a change. B) She knows it's a woman with whom Tom is having an affair. C) She was just about to give a toast to Nick. D) She hates having dinner interrupted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She knows it's a woman with whom Tom is having an affair. 48. Which choice best describes what happens in the passage? A) One character consoles another about his romantic prospects. B) One character criticizes another about his choices. C) One character argues about the reality of love. D) One character expresses his desires to another character. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) One character expresses his desires to another character. 49. What does Daisy hope her daughter will grow up to be? A) A beautiful fool. B) A beautiful singer. C) A beautiful poet. D) A beautiful dancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A beautiful fool. 50. Gatsby lives in West Egg, the less fashionable of the Eggs, because he A) Wants to maintain a low profile. B) Doesn't like the mansions in East Egg. C) Thinks the beach is better there. D) Wants to live across the sound from Daisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wants to live across the sound from Daisy. 51. After the party, Gatsby is worried that ..... A) He's going to lose his wealth. B) Tom will beat him up. C) His true identity will be revealed. D) Daisy didn't like the party. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Daisy didn't like the party. 52. How are Daisy and Nick related? A) Cousins. B) Brother and sister. C) In Laws. D) They are just friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cousins. 53. Barren or laid waste; devastated A) Desolate. B) Facade. C) Insignia. D) Obstinate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desolate. 54. True or False:After he graduated, Nick went to Europe as a soldier. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 55. Who is Klipspringer? A) A guy who likes to party. B) A friend of Nick Carraway. C) "the boarder" that lives at Gatsby's house. D) A friend of Jay Gatsby. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "the boarder" that lives at Gatsby's house. 56. What word means doing well and having good fortune? A) Imply. B) Jovial. C) Artificial. D) Prosperous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prosperous. 57. Why does Gatsby ask Nick for help? A) He wants to help him get back together with Daisy. B) He wants him to become his business partner. C) He wants to impress Tom. D) He needs money. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wants to help him get back together with Daisy. 58. Identify who said the quote: "When I came back from the East last autumn I felt that I wanted the world to be in uniform and at a sort of moral attention forever; I wanted no more riotous excursions with privileged glimpses into the human heart." A) Gatsby. B) Nick Carraway. C) Jordan Baker. D) Tom Buchanan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nick Carraway. 59. In the Satyricon, Trimalchio has a clock and a uniformed trumpeter in his dining-room to ..... A) Greet the guests in his parties. B) Tell him how much of his life is lost and gone. C) Inform the guests when the party is over. D) Entertain Trimalchio when he is sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tell him how much of his life is lost and gone. 60. Money held a prominent place in society in the ..... s, as it provided the means to distinguish status and the lavish lifestyle that so many idolized A) 1810. B) 1910. C) 1920. D) None of above. 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