This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Novels > The Great Gatsby – Quiz 72 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Great Gatsby Quiz 72 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why is Gatsby obsessed with Daisy? A) Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy because she owes him a large sum of money. B) Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy because she is the only person who can cure his mysterious illness. C) Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy because she represents his idealized vision of wealth, beauty, and social status. D) Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy because she is his long-lost sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gatsby is obsessed with Daisy because she represents his idealized vision of wealth, beauty, and social status. 2. How does Nick refer to Tom and Daisy at the end of the book? A) Arrogant. B) Deceitful. C) Careless. D) Disgraceful. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Careless. 3. True or False:West Egg is associated with "new money" (people who have earned their money in their lifetime) and East Egg is associated with "old money" (families who have maintained wealth across several generations) A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 4. Who is the mysterious man often seen at Gatsby's parties, known for his colorful anecdotes and dubious background? A) Nick Carraway. B) Tom Buchanan. C) Jordan Baker. D) Mr. Wolfsheim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mr. Wolfsheim. 5. When Nick introduces Gatsby to Tom at lunch in Ch. 4, Gatsby quickly disappears. This represents which motif? A) Judgement. B) Wealth/American Dream. C) Class. D) Jealousy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jealousy. 6. Nick moved to ..... Egg from Chicago to work on Wall Street. A) East. B) West. C) North. D) South. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) West. 7. Turning me around by one arm, he moved a broad flat handalong the front vista, including in its sweep a sunken Italiangarden, a half acre of deep, pungent roses, and a snub-nosedmotor-boat that bumped the tide offshore. A) Imagery. B) Tasty Tricolon. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 8. Myrtle's insistence on buying a dog shows that she is ..... A) Greedy. B) Lonely. C) Ill. D) Envious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lonely. 9. After Bob's favorite football team lost to Indiana, he was ..... and yelled at the mail carrier. A) Corpulent. B) Fractious. C) Garrulous. D) Apathetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fractious. 10. How does Fitzgerald portray the Valley of Ashes in Chapter 2? A) As a place of hope and opportunity. B) As a bustling and prosperous city. C) As a symbol of the American Dream. D) As a desolate and barren wasteland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As a desolate and barren wasteland. 11. San Francisco is located in what region of the United States? A) Midwest. B) Northeast. C) South. D) West. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) West. 12. Why does Myrtle regret marrying her husband, Wilson? A) Because he is violent. B) Because he is poor. C) Because she loved someone else. D) Because he doesn't love her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he is poor. 13. What does George Wilson do for a living? A) Sells bonds. B) Drives Tom's car. C) Owns a garage. D) Professional athlete. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Owns a garage. 14. "They're some people Wolfshiem wanted to do something for. They're all brothers and sisters. They used to run a small hotel." A) Gatsby about the family on the train. B) Jordan about the caterers. C) Tom about his new gardeners. D) Gatsby about his new servants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gatsby about his new servants. 15. My mother put our cat on a diet. He is so ..... that he waddles when he walks. A) Cardinal. B) Apathetic. C) Corpulent. D) Fractious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Corpulent. 16. Fluctuate means A) Recurring in scattered or unpredictable instances. B) Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern. C) Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air. D) Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern. 17. Any large inn or hotel A) Caravansary. B) Boisterous(ly). C) Dilatory. D) Medium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caravansary. 18. The guests at Gatsby's party moved ..... around the estate going wherever they pleased, "conducting themselves according to the rules of behaviour associated with an amusement park" (Fitzgerald 40). A) Jauntily. B) Punctiiously. C) Nebulously. D) Ogsitantely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jauntily. 19. How many years has it been since Gatsby and Daisy have seen each other? A) 3 years. B) 5 years. C) 10 years. D) 20 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5 years. 20. For Nick, the Queensboro Bridge in paragraph 7 on pg. 68 symbolizes- A) Death and destruction. B) Endless possibilities. C) Humility. D) Vitality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endless possibilities. ← 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