This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Novels > The Great Gatsby – Quiz 53 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Great Gatsby Quiz 53 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who did Nick run into at Gatsby's first party? A) Tom. B) Jordan. C) Daisy. D) Myrtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jordan. 2. The novel A) Begins in the past and goes to the present. B) Begins in the present and goes back to the past. C) Begins in the future and moves to the present. D) Is told in chronological order. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Begins in the present and goes back to the past. 3. Tom's mistress' name is? A) Myrtle Eckleberg. B) Myrtle Wilson. C) Myrtle McKee. D) Myrtle Buchanan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myrtle Wilson. 4. What did Dan Cody teach Gatsby? A) Dan Cody taught Gatsby about the ways of the wealthy. B) Dan Cody taught Gatsby how to speak French. C) Dan Cody taught Gatsby how to play the piano. D) Dan Cody taught Gatsby how to fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dan Cody taught Gatsby about the ways of the wealthy. 5. What word means very happy and joyful? A) Imply. B) Artificial. C) Jovial. D) Innumerable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jovial. 6. How does Tom Buchanan react when he realizes Gatsby and Daisy are romantically involved in Chapter 5? A) He becomes violent and confrontational. B) He is indifferent and dismissive. C) He is shocked but ultimately accepts the situation. D) He decides to leave Daisy and Gatsby alone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He becomes violent and confrontational. 7. Who lives at the garage that Tom and Nick visit? A) Nick's cousin. B) Gatsby. C) Tom's lover. D) Dr. Eckleburg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom's lover. 8. "So we drove on toward death and through the cooling night" (Fitzgerald 136). The line above come mid-way through Chapter 8 and is very ..... Those unaware of the ending of The Great Gatsby often skip over the idea of driving "toward death, " but it foreshadows the ending of the chapter. A) Portentous. B) Indiscernible. C) Garrulous. D) Redolent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Portentous. 9. How does Myrtle Wilson die? A) She is struck by Gatsby driving Tom's car. B) She is struck by Daisy driving Gatsby's car. C) She is struck by Daisy driving Tom's car. D) She is struck by her husband driving Tom's car. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She is struck by Daisy driving Gatsby's car. 10. What symbolic object does Nick see at the end of Daisy and Tom's dock? A) A white flag. B) A green light. C) A gold coin. D) A red rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A green light. 11. To put on a show of quality or emotion; pretend, to make up; invent A) Reproach. B) Feign. C) Supercilious. D) Fractious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feign. 12. Why does Nick move out of the Middle West? A) To start a business with his college fraternity brother, Tom. B) To spend the Summer with his second cousin Daisy. C) To establish himself independent from his family. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To establish himself independent from his family. 13. Acquaintance A) To keep back. B) Very careful to act correctly or to give attention to detail. C) To become weaker or fall into smaller pieces. D) A person that you have met but do not know very well. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A person that you have met but do not know very well. 14. Daisy adored Tom when they were first married. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. A passing impulse or thought A) Whim. B) Surmise. C) Formidable. D) Inquest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Whim. 16. What does Myrtle Wilson's affair with Tom Buchanan reveal about her character? A) Her desire to transcend her current social status. B) Her lack of morals and disregard for social norms. C) Her longing for a life of luxury. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. Where do we see the "eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleberg" ? A) On a billboard in the Valley of Ashes. B) On a poster on the subway in New York. C) On the side of a bus. D) In a magazine in Myrtle's NYC apartment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On a billboard in the Valley of Ashes. 18. Why does Nick find Gatsby to be so fascinating? A) Gatsby is chasing after his one true love, Daisy. B) Gatsby is mysterious and different from everyone Nick knows. C) Gatsby throws the finest, most elaborate parties. D) Gatsby has new money which means he created a way for himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gatsby is mysterious and different from everyone Nick knows. 19. What does Nick learn about Gatsby's background in Chapter 4? A) He is the heir to a large fortune. B) He comes from a humble Midwestern family. C) He is the son of a wealthy aristocrat. D) His past is mysterious and unclear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His past is mysterious and unclear. 20. Which adjectives best describe Daisy? A) Wholesome and honest. B) Beautiful and melancholy. C) Confused and dependent. D) Assertive and ambitious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beautiful and melancholy. ← 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