This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Novels > The Great Gatsby – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Great Gatsby Quiz 32 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What became Gatsby's downfall in the novel? A) His determination to make money. B) His inability to commit to Daisy. C) His estrangement from his parent. D) His refusal to move on from the past. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His refusal to move on from the past. 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? A) His parents' immigration papers. B) A copy of his birth certificate. C) A medal inscribed to him. D) A letter of recommendation written by Meyer Wolfsheim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A medal inscribed to him. 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. A) Hinting. B) Somnambulist. C) Muster. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinting. 4. How did Mrs. Wilson know she made a mistake when she married George? A) After the honeymoon, she realized he didn't have any money. B) His car garage was located in the Valley of Ashes, and she knew that represented the poorest of society. C) George had dropped out of school 2 months into high school in order to learn the auto-mechanic trade. D) He had to borrow his best friend's suit for the wedding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He had to borrow his best friend's suit for the wedding. 5. Who was killed in the car accident? A) Gatsby. B) George. C) Myrtle. D) Daisy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myrtle. 6. Which vocabulary term is best described by the following synonyms:feeble, weak, lifeless A) Vitality. B) Anemia. C) Cordial. D) Cynical. E) Defunct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anemia. 7. Which quotation from the text best shows why Nick is "inclined to reserve all judgments" ? A) "I was unjustly accused of being a politician". B) "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the same advantages that you've had". C) "Gatsby had an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found". D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the same advantages that you've had". 8. Occurring repeatedly; so frequent as to seem endless and uninterrupted A) Perpetual. B) Effeminate. C) Extemporize. D) Peremptory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perpetual. 9. What was Daisy clutching in her hand that was "coming to pieces like snow" after her bridesmaids got her into a cold bath? A) Her wedding dress. B) Her veil. C) Her pearl necklace. D) A letter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A letter. 10. To whom is the following quote referring? "He's the man who fixed the World Series back in 1919." A) Gatsby. B) NIck. C) Wolfsheim. D) Tom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wolfsheim. 11. He found the house, a weather-beaten cardboardbungalow at eighty a month A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 12. Tending or inclined to delay or waste time A) Ineffable. B) Dilatory. C) Turgid. D) Portentous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dilatory. 13. Savage; primitive; without training in arts, science, government A) Uncivilized. B) Scornful. C) Disapprove. D) Untidy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uncivilized. 14. Overblown, inflated or pompous A) Insidious. B) Ineffable. C) Portentous. D) Turgid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turgid. 15. Which word does NOT describe Daisy Buchanan? A) Hopeful. B) Sad. C) Lovely. D) Turbulent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hopeful. 16. Which literary device does Fitzgerald use when Jordan tells Nick about Daisy? A) Allusion. B) Flashback. C) Foreshadowing. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flashback. 17. What is the definition of 'imply'? A) Able to be seen or noticed. B) To see, hear, or feel something. C) To suggest something without saying it. D) A type of woven fabric with pictures. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To suggest something without saying it. 18. What kind of people attend Gatsby's parties? A) Only the alcoholics. B) The most wealthy and powerful. C) The west eggers only. D) Flappers and actors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The most wealthy and powerful. 19. What did Myrtle think of Mr Wilson? A) He was good to her at first and he had been acting weird lately. B) He wasn't the man she expected. C) He was better than she expected. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wasn't the man she expected. 20. My ..... is that the couple's "good news" is the announcement that they are going to have a baby A) Solidarity. B) Saunter. C) Complacent. D) Surmise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surmise. ← 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