The Great Gatsby Exam Questions and Revised Answers
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The Great Gatsby Exam Questions and Revised Answers
What private information about Tom does Jordan Baker reveal to Nick during the dinner party? - Answer-Another woman has been calling Tom and Daisy knows about it; Myrtle
Whom does Nick see on the darkened lawn when he gets home at the end o...
The Great Gatsby Exam Questions
and Revised Answers
What private information about Tom does Jordan Baker reveal to Nick during the dinner
party? - Answer-Another woman has been calling Tom and Daisy knows about it; Myrtle
Whom does Nick see on the darkened lawn when he gets home at the end of Chapter
1, and what is that person doing? - Answer-Jay Gatsby; staring out at the green light on
the water
Chapter 2 describes a desolate areas of land that Nick calls "a valley of ashes" located
on the road about halfway between West Egg and New York City. What is painted on
the large signboard there? - Answer-T.J. Eckleberg's eyes and glasses
Why does Tom pull Nick off the train at the beginning of Chapter 2? - Answer-To meet
Myrtle
Most of Chapter 2 describes a party. Catherine, Myrtle Wilson's sister, tells Nick,
"Neither of them can stand the person they're married to." To whom is she referring? -
Answer-Myrtle can't stand her husband and Tom can't stand Daisy
With what act of violence does the party end? - Answer-Tom punches Myrtle for talking
about Daisy
List three examples of Gatsby's elaborate, expensive preparations for the party
describes in Chapter 3. - Answer-An orchestra, a wooden bar with brass rails, and
canvas tents
What fact makes Nick unusual among the many guests at the party? - Answer-He was
the only one officially invited to the party
Looking for Gatsby, Nick and Jordan encounter a drunken man in the library. What has
this man discovered about the books? - Answer-The pages weren't cut
To Nick's astonishment, the man who shares wartime memories with him and then
invites him to fly in a hydroplane turns out to be? - Answer-Jay Gatsby
Later in the party Gatsby's butler appears at Jordan Baker's elbow. What surprising
message does he bring? - Answer-That Gatsby wants to meet her (talk to her alone)
Toward the end of Chapter 3, after Jordan lies about leaving the tip down on the
borrowed car, Nick realizes something about her character. She is? By contrast, how
, does he describe himself in the last sentence of the chapter? - Answer-Dishonest; only
honest man
At the beginning of Chapter 4, Nick mentions three rumors about the mysterious Gatsby
that his guests have passed around at the parties. What are they? - Answer-He's a
bootlegger, he killed a man, and he grew up in Germany
Driving into the city, Gatsby tells Nick about himself. Where does he claim to have
gotten his money? - Answer-Son of wealth
Where does he claim to have been educated? - Answer-Oxford (England)
Whom does Nick meet at lunch with Gatsby? What remarkable fact does Nick learn
about this man afterwards? - Answer-Mr. Wolfsheim; he fixed the world series
Later that afternoon Jordan tells Nick how Daisy came to marry Tom. Whom did Jordan
see sitting in a car with Daisy in October 1917? In what way did Daisy show her
reluctance to many Tom? - Answer-Jay Gatsby; he gave her a string of pearls that were
worth $350,000
In the beginning of the novel, the narrator (later introduced as Nick Carraway) gives the
reader several dates to place the story in time. When did he graduate from college?
When did he come East to live? - Answer-1915; 1922
Where are the twin villages of East Egg and West Egg located? What large city are they
near? - Answer-Long Island; New York City
Nick's story begins when he drives to East Egg one night to have dinner with three
people. What are these people, and what relationship does he have to each? - Answer-
Tom, Daisy, and Jordan Baker; Daisy- Nick's second cousin, once removed; Tom- he
had known him in college; and Jordan Baker- Daisy's best friend
What were Tom Buchanan's two claims to fame in college? - Answer-His wealth and his
skills as a football player
After telling us about Tom's college career, Nick describes his personality. List at least
three adjectives that show what he thinks of Tom. - Answer-Selfish, arrogant, athletic,
and a brute
Besides her personal beauty, what is it about Daisy that most attracts attention? -
Answer-Her voice
What favor does Gatsby want from Nick? - Answer-To invite Daisy over for tea in the
afternoon
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