This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Novels > The Great Gatsby – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Great Gatsby Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. After Gatsby lists all the extravagant things he has done in life, Nick appears to have doubts about his time at Oxford. To put Nick's doubts to rest, Gatsby shows him which of the following items? A) A photograph of himself playing cricket while he was a student at Oxford. B) A copy of his college transcripts. C) An embroidered sweater with "Oxford" displayed across the chest. D) An article about Gatsby published in the Oxford newspaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A photograph of himself playing cricket while he was a student at Oxford. 2. Which of the following words best describes Nick Carraway's character? A) Observant and non-judgmental. B) Naive and gullible. C) Introverted and shy. D) Critical and judgmental. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observant and non-judgmental. 3. How does Gatsby make his fortune? A) Through inheritance from a wealthy relative. B) By winning the lottery. C) Through illegal activities like bootlegging. D) By working hard in the stock market. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Through illegal activities like bootlegging. 4. What is the name of the billboard sign in the Valley of Ashes? A) Four Eyes. B) T.J Eckleburg. C) Clear Eyes. D) Tom's Eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) T.J Eckleburg. 5. He couldn't help but exult in his victory. What does the word 'exult' mean? A) To make or cause to become. B) To feel very happy and proud. C) A design made by combining initials. D) Feeling like you have to do something. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To feel very happy and proud. 6. Nick is Tom's cousin. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Why did Gatsby fire all his servants? A) They did a horrible job. B) So they wouldn't spread rumors about Daisy's regular visits. C) One of them stole something and Gatsby didn't know which one. D) He wanted to find cheaper help to save money. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) So they wouldn't spread rumors about Daisy's regular visits. 8. Chapter 3 begins with Nick going to Gatsby's house for a party. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. What can the reader infer as to why Gatsby, an average person, would carry around his metal? A) He was extremely proud of his accomplishments. B) He was always taught to keep it near him. C) He was afraid someone would steal it from his home especially someone at one of his parties. D) He needed to use it as a ploy to help people to believe his life story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He needed to use it as a ploy to help people to believe his life story. 10. Fitzgerald ends his novel on a metaphor of boats that "beat on ..... against the current, borne back ..... into the past" (180). This metaphor is a final commentary on Gatsby's belief that one could repeat the past; however, the image of that final metaphor also serves as a warning to those trying to do so. A) Superfluously. B) Garrulously. C) Portentously. D) Ceaselessly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ceaselessly. 11. Why did Gatsby change his name? A) Got into trouble with the mafia. B) Wanted to fake his own death. C) Felt that changing his name would help him become a different person and live a new life. D) Was ashamed of his family's name. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Felt that changing his name would help him become a different person and live a new life. 12. What word means a type of woven fabric with pictures? A) Bound. B) Tapestry. C) Literally. D) Resolve. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tapestry. 13. Find the setting time of the novel. A) Summer 1922. B) Summer 1920. C) Autumn 1920. D) Spring 1922. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summer 1922. 14. Nick rents a house in the West egg A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. What word means:continuing without stopping A) Clamorously. B) Tangible. C) Inexhaustible. D) Incessant. E) Explicable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Incessant. 16. Where did Gatsby learn how to behave with high class manners? A) Dan Cody mentored him and taught him everything. B) He learned them at Oxford College. C) Charm and sophistication comes naturally to him. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dan Cody mentored him and taught him everything. 17. Which statement about Daisy Buchanan is false? A) She is married to Tom Buchanan. B) She is having an affair with George Wilson. C) She is shallow and self-centered. D) She does not show interest in being a mom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is having an affair with George Wilson. 18. Persistent A) Very careful to act correctly or to give attention to detail. B) Lie or lean back with the back supported. C) Lasting for a long time or difficult to get rid of. D) Not clearly expressed, known, described, or decided. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lasting for a long time or difficult to get rid of. 19. What is the sense conveyed in The Great Gatsby about the way of life? A) It can't go on and there's something wrong. B) It is perfect and everlasting. C) It is flawed but can be easily fixed. D) It is constantly improving and evolving. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It can't go on and there's something wrong. 20. Who was telling the story to Nick? A) Jordan. B) Gatsby. C) Daisy. D) Myrtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jordan. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGenres QuizzesThe Great Gatsby Quiz 1The Great Gatsby Quiz 2The Great Gatsby Quiz 3The Great Gatsby Quiz 4The Great Gatsby Quiz 5The Great Gatsby Quiz 6The Great Gatsby Quiz 7The Great Gatsby Quiz 8The Great Gatsby Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books