The Great Gatsby Quiz 32 (20 MCQs)

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1. What became Gatsby's downfall in the novel?
2. Nick appears to have doubts about Gatsby's other aspects of Gatsby's background story as well. To put Nick's doubts to rest, Gatsby shows him which of the following items?
3. Fitzgerald relies heavily on ..... for the house party scene at Tom and Myrtle's apartment:people "disappear and reappear" and Nick ends up in Mr. McKee's bedroom.
4. How did Mrs. Wilson know she made a mistake when she married George?
5. Who was killed in the car accident?
6. Which vocabulary term is best described by the following synonyms:feeble, weak, lifeless
7. Which quotation from the text best shows why Nick is "inclined to reserve all judgments" ?
8. Occurring repeatedly; so frequent as to seem endless and uninterrupted
9. What was Daisy clutching in her hand that was "coming to pieces like snow" after her bridesmaids got her into a cold bath?
10. To whom is the following quote referring? "He's the man who fixed the World Series back in 1919."
11. He found the house, a weather-beaten cardboardbungalow at eighty a month
12. Tending or inclined to delay or waste time
13. Savage; primitive; without training in arts, science, government
14. Overblown, inflated or pompous
15. Which word does NOT describe Daisy Buchanan?
16. Which literary device does Fitzgerald use when Jordan tells Nick about Daisy?
17. What is the definition of 'imply'?
18. What kind of people attend Gatsby's parties?
19. What did Myrtle think of Mr Wilson?
20. My ..... is that the couple's "good news" is the announcement that they are going to have a baby