This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > The Great Gatsby – Quiz 65 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books The Great Gatsby Quiz 65 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did Daisy not enjoy herself at the party? A) She didn't like the food. B) She didn't like the strangers. C) She didn't like the music. D) She didn't like Gatsby's house. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She didn't like the strangers. 2. Upon what issue do Nick and Gatsby disagree? A) The sin of adultery. B) The ability to move up in social class. C) The ability to repeat the past. D) The success of World War I. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The ability to repeat the past. 3. Where did Daisy and Jordan grow up? A) Chicago. B) New Orleans. C) Louisville. D) San Francisco. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Louisville. 4. The light creates desire, hope, and motivation, and becomes a symbol for Gatsby's love ..... Daisy. A) At. B) In. C) For. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For. 5. In the restaurant, Nick and Gatby come across A) Nick's sister. B) Gatsby's relatives. C) Tom Buchanan. D) Myrtle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tom Buchanan. 6. Which word best describes something that is 'ostentatious'? A) Boring. B) Invisible. C) Intentionally attention-grabbing. D) Unremarkable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intentionally attention-grabbing. 7. Magnanimous A) (v) voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up. B) (adj) crazy; insane. C) (n) unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group. D) (adj) generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or less powerful person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (adj) generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or less powerful person. 8. Insisting on immediate attention or obedience A) Peremptory. B) Effeminate. C) Transcendent. D) Rotogravure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Peremptory. 9. Why does Gatsby throw extravagant parties at his mansion? A) To attract attention and gain social status. B) To entertain his close friends. C) To impress Tom Buchanan. D) To distract himself from his loneliness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To attract attention and gain social status. 10. Michaelis was A) Italian. B) Greek. C) Spanish. D) Hungarian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greek. 11. What is the effect of Nick's background and values on the story? A) It shows how jaded the war made him. B) It brings readers deeper into the story through his skeptical narrative. C) It gives readers a glimpse of 1940s life. D) It tells the story through a genuine, rather naive perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It tells the story through a genuine, rather naive perspective. 12. An author's use of vivid and descriptive language; appeals to human senses A) Imagery. B) Protagonist. C) Color symbolism. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imagery. 13. What is Jay Gatsby's background? A) Born into a wealthy family in New York City and later lost all his fortune. B) Grew up in a middle-class family in California and became a successful businessman. C) Born into a poor farming family in North Dakota and later reinvented himself as a wealthy and mysterious figure in New York City. D) Was an orphan who grew up in an orphanage and later became a famous actor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Born into a poor farming family in North Dakota and later reinvented himself as a wealthy and mysterious figure in New York City. 14. How old was Gatsby when he changed his name? A) 25. B) 17. C) 5. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 17. 15. When Gatsby meets Pammy his response is A) Wonderment. B) Boredom. C) Hate. D) Excitement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wonderment. 16. Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby is labeled literary realism and not a ..... ; however, it is true that within the novel, Fitzgerald creates a satire of the wealthy, upper class as "careless people." A) Portentous. B) Tumult. C) Pasquinade. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pasquinade. 17. What is the setting of "The Great Gatsby" A) 1920s Chicago. B) 1930s NY. C) 1920s Long Island. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1920s Long Island. 18. The quality of not being open or truthful A) Anxious. B) Annoyance. C) Insincerity. D) Carelessly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insincerity. 19. How does Gatsby's desperation to make Nick happy affect his actions in Chapter 5? A) He shows that he is willing to do anything to impress Daisy. B) He cancels the meeting and avoids seeing Daisy. C) He becomes angry and confrontational with Nick. D) He forgets important details and becomes disorganized. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He shows that he is willing to do anything to impress Daisy. 20. Where did Tom and Daisy Buchanan go? A) Chicago. B) Gatsby's funeral. C) We don't know. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) We don't know. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9The Great Gatsby Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books