This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Novels > The Great Gatsby – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Great Gatsby Quiz 27 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tom Buchanan shut the rear windowsand the caught wind died out about the room, A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Tricolon. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 2. "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 A) No longer in force or use; inactive.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) Someone who walks about in their sleep. D) A justly deserved penalty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No longer in force or use; inactive. 3. 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. 4. Who did run over Myrtle? A) Gatsby. B) Nick. C) Daisy. D) Tom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Daisy. 5. Dilatory A) Adj:rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; unrestrained. B) Noun:in music, a series or range of eight notes. C) Noun:to leave in an uncomfortable or desperate situation; desert in time oftrouble. D) Tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy. 6. Indicating or showing unbelief A) Incredulous. B) Reproach. C) Robust. D) Desolate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Incredulous. 7. Which character best fits this description:Gatsby's business associate A) Gatsby. B) Nick. C) George Wilson. D) Wolfsheim. E) Owl Eyes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wolfsheim. 8. 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. 9. A distinguishing mark or sign of anything A) Insignia. B) Contingencies. C) Juxtaposition. D) Wan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insignia. 10. 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. 11. Where in the "Middle West" is Nick from? A) Ohio. B) Iowa. C) Minnesota. D) Road cancer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minnesota. 12. Why did Gatsby buy a house opposite of Daisy's? A) He missed her. B) It was a coincidence. C) To stare at her. D) Just so she could be across from him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Just so she could be across from him. 13. 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. 14. Which word best describes something that is 'preposterous'? A) Logical. B) Serious. C) Absurd. D) Ordinary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absurd. 15. Tom and Nick get off the train in the valley of ..... A) Ashes. B) Soot. C) Rocks. D) Eckleberg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ashes. 16. 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. 17. Where does Gatsby initially meet Daisy? A) At a party in West Egg. B) In Louisville before the war. C) At Nick Carraway's cottage. D) At Tom Buchanan's estate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In Louisville before the war. 18. 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. 19. 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. 20. 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. ← 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