This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Novels > The Great Gatsby – Quiz 28 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Great Gatsby Quiz 28 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In "The Great Gatsby, " how does the author create complex characters to add to the suspense? A) Flashbacks. B) Similes. C) Symbolism. D) Cliffhangers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolism. 2. What is the name of Fitzgerald's wife? A) Myrtle. B) Jordan. C) Daisy. D) Zelda. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zelda. 3. The team was thoroughly disappointed with their uniforms. Despite looking nice online, the purple was painfully bad looking and the green was ..... A) Grotesque. B) Obstinate. C) Anemia. D) Disheveled. E) Laudable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Grotesque. 4. What is the meaning of the word 'innuendo'? A) Insinuation. B) Direct. C) Explicit. D) Obvious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Insinuation. 5. What word means:incapable of being depleted/exhausted; tireless A) Tangible. B) Inexplicable. C) Explicable. D) Incessant. E) Clamorously. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inexplicable. 6. Why does Gatsby invite Nick Carraway to lunch in the city? A) To discuss business opportunities. B) To meet Daisy for the first time. C) To confront Tom Buchanan. D) To ask for Nick's help in winning Daisy back. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To meet Daisy for the first time. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. Which choice best describes what happens in the passage? A) One character argues about the reality of love. B) One character expresses his desires to another character. C) One character criticizes another about his choices. D) One character consoles another about his romantic prospects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One character expresses his desires to another character. 11. What does Daisy hope her daughter will grow up to be? A) A beautiful singer. B) A beautiful dancer. C) A beautiful poet. D) A beautiful fool. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A beautiful fool. 12. Gatsby lives in West Egg, the less fashionable of the Eggs, because he A) Doesn't like the mansions in East Egg. B) Thinks the beach is better there. C) Wants to live across the sound from Daisy. D) Wants to maintain a low profile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wants to live across the sound from Daisy. 13. Jay Gatsby A) Lives in the East Egg. B) Comes from a wealthy family. C) Is a heavy drinker. D) Is a non-drinking spectator at his own parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is a non-drinking spectator at his own parties. 14. After the party, Gatsby is worried that ..... A) His true identity will be revealed. B) He's going to lose his wealth. C) Daisy didn't like the party. D) Tom will beat him up. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Daisy didn't like the party. 15. 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. 16. Barren or laid waste; devastated A) Desolate. B) Obstinate. C) Insignia. D) Facade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desolate. 17. True or False:After he graduated, Nick went to Europe as a soldier. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Contingency A) (n) unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group. B) -(v) voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up. C) (v) spread through and be perceived in every part of; extend throughout. D) (n) a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty; eventuality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (n) a future event or circumstance which is possible but cannot be predicted with certainty; eventuality. 19. Who is Klipspringer? A) A friend of Jay Gatsby. B) A friend of Nick Carraway. C) "the boarder" that lives at Gatsby's house. D) A guy who likes to party. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "the boarder" that lives at Gatsby's house. 20. What word means doing well and having good fortune? A) Imply. B) Prosperous. C) Jovial. D) Artificial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prosperous. ← 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