The Great Gatsby Quiz 29 (20 MCQs)

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1. Why does Gatsby ask Nick for help?
2. 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."
3. In the Satyricon, Trimalchio has a clock and a uniformed trumpeter in his dining-room to .....
4. 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
5. What does the Valley of Ashes symbolize in Chapter 2?
6. What are the "eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg" ?
7. Whom does Jordan suggest Tom is talking to on the phone?
8. Define:supercilious
9. Jordan "was incredibly dishonest, " Nick explains. She even lied about leaving the top of a car open during a rainstorm. What is the most probably reason that the author characterizes Jordan in this way?
10. Gatsby comes to Nick's house before Daisy shows up. How is he behaving?
11. Blame; censure
12. What does Nick Carraway do for a living?
13. What does Gatsby hope to achieve through his lavish parties?
14. Without paying attention
15. Inevitably
16. Who did Nick spot?
17. Discuss Jay Gatsby's obsession with the past and his idealized vision of Daisy.
18. Behaving or looking as though one thinks one is superior to others
19. In an unemotional manner
20. Nebulous