Quotes
Who said:
"Finest specimens of human molars."
A. Nick Caraway
B. Jay Gatsby
C. Daisy Buchanan
D. Meyer Wolfsheim
E. Tom Buchanan
Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
What "matter" did Gatsby have Jordan Baker discuss with Nick in chapter 4?
A. Gatsby had a business deal he wanted to include Nick in on it.
B. Gatsby wanted Nick to arrange a luncheon meeting between himself and Daisy.
C. Gatsby had a cousin who was coming to stay for a month, and he wanted Nick to escort her around the city, if Jordan approved.
D. Gatsby wanted to invite Nick and Jordan to go on a golfing vacation to Europe.
What is Gatsby wanted Nick to arrange a luncheon meeting between himself and Daisy?
"Look here, old sport,” he broke out surprisingly. “What’s your opinion of me, anyhow?” A little overwhelmed, I began the generalized evasions which that question deserves. “Well, I’m going to tell you something about my life,” he interrupted. “I don’t want you to get a wrong idea of me from all these stories you hear.”
The question “What’s your opinion of me, anyhow?” in this first paragraph establishes Gatsby’s
A. Concern
B. Creativity
C. Selfishness
D. Confidence
What is his concern?
"She turned her head as there was a light dignified knocking at the front door. I went out and opened it. Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes. With his hands still in his coat pockets he stalked by me into the hall, turned sharply as if he were on a wire, and disappeared into the living-room. It wasn’t a bit funny. Aware of the loud beating of my own heart I pulled the door to against the increasing rain."
The description in these lines suggest that the weather symbolizes
A. nervousness and depression
B. false promises
C. future wealth
D. lasting love
What is nervousness and depression?
"He talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy. His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was. . . .
. . . One autumn night, five years before, they had been walking down the street when the leaves were falling, and they came to a place where there were no trees and the sidewalk was white with moonlight. They stopped here and turned toward each other. Now it was a cool night with that mysterious excitement in it which comes at the two changes of the year. The quiet lights in the houses were humming out into the darkness and there was a stir and bustle among the stars. Out of the corner of his eye Gatsby saw that the blocks of the sidewalks really formed a ladder and mounted to a secret place above the trees — he could climb to it, if he climbed alone, and once there he could suck on the pap of life, gulp down the incomparable milk of wonder."
The description of the neighborhood in these lines contributes to a mood of
A. indifference
B. passion
C. hope
D. regret
What is hope?
Who said:
"Can't repeat the past? '[...] Why of course you can!"
A. Nick Caraway
B. Jay Gatsby
C. Daisy Buchanan
D. Meyer Wolfsheim
E. Tom Buchanan
Who is Jay Gatsby?
What does Jordan tell Nick about Daisy, Gatsby and Tom in chapter 4?
A. They all grew up together in Louisiana. Tom and Gatsby had been best friends until their jealousy about Daisy got between them. Tom doesn't know that Gatsby lives nearby. Gatsby wants to make sure Nick never invites Daisy and Tom to one of the parties.
B. Gatsby knows Tom through business dealings. He met Daisy recently at a party and wanted to get to know her better.
C. Daisy and Gatsby had had an earlier romance. Her parents wouldn't let her see him off to war. Then she married Tom, and soon found out that he had a mistress.
D. Gatsby and Daisy have been seeing each other for a long time. Gatsby offered Tom a large sum of money to divorce Daisy, but Tom refused.
What is:
Daisy and Gatsby had had an earlier romance. Her parents wouldn't let her see him off to war. Then she married Tom, and soon found out that he had a mistress.
Gatsby’s use of the phrase “old sport,” to address male characters, such as Nick, reveals:
A. Gatsby’s love of sports
B. Gatsby’s need for true friendship
C. Gatsby’s need to enhance his prestige and authenticity
D. Gatsby’s rough-neck tendencies
What is Gatsby's need to enhance his presige and authenticity?
It can be inferred that Gatsby’s behavior is most guided by his
A. college experience
B. wealthy situation
C. childhood memories
D. romantic feelings
What is his romantic feelings?
Which quotation from the text best illustrates Nick's attitude toward his cousin?
A. "'Of course she did.'" (line 6)
B. “You mean about the dance?”
C. “'I wouldn't ask too much of her,' I ventured.'You can't repeat the past.'"
D. "For a moment a phrase tried to take shape in my mouth and my lips parted like a dumb man’s, as though there was more struggling upon them than a wisp of startled air."
What is, “'I wouldn't ask too much of her,' I ventured.'You can't repeat the past.'"
Who said:
"They're such beautiful shirts," [...] "It makes me sad because I've never seen such - such beautiful shirts before."
A. Nick Caraway
B. Jay Gatsby
C. Daisy Buchanan
D. Meyer Wolfsheim
E. Tom Buchanan
Who is Daisy Buchanan?
How long had Gatsby and Daisy been separated before they met again?
A. One year
B. Five years
C. Ten years
D. Twenty years
What is five years?
"After that I lived like a young rajah in all the capitals of Europe — Paris, Venice, Rome — collecting jewels, chiefly rubies, hunting big game, painting a little, things for myself only, and trying to forget something very sad that had happened to me long ago.” With an effort I managed to restrain my incredulous laughter. The very phrases were worn so threadbare that they evoked no image except that of a turbaned “character” leaking sawdust at every pore as he pursued a tiger through the Bois de Boulogne."
The use of figurative language in these lines demonstrate the narrator’s
A. Eagerness to learn about Gatsby’s past
B. Desire for companionship
C. Disbelief of Gatsby’s story
D. Anxiety about Gatsby’s heartbreak
What is his disbelief of Gatsby's story?
As used in this line, the word “counterfeit” most nearly means
A. taunting
B. fake
C. depression
D. flattering
What is fake?
These lines reveal Gatsby's
A. disinterest
B. disappointment
C. silliness
D. tension
What is his disappointment?
Who said:
"I'd like to know who he is and what he does," [...] "And I''ll make it a point of finding out."
A. Nick Caraway
B. Jay Gatsby
C. Daisy Buchanan
D. Meyer Wolfsheim
E. Tom Buchanan
Who is Tom Buchanan?
By what mode of transportation does Gatsby travel with Dan Cody?
A. Airplane
B. Private rail car
C. Limousine
D. Yacht
What is a yacht?
“Major Jay Gatsby,” I read, “For Valour Extraordinary.”
“Here’s another thing I always carry. A souvenir of Oxford days. It was taken in Trinity Quad — the man on my left is now the Earl of Dorcaster.”
It was a photograph of half a dozen young men in blazers loafing in an archway through which were visible a host of spires. There was Gatsby, looking a little, not much, younger — with a cricket bat in his hand. Then it was all true. I saw the skins of tigers flaming in his palace on the Grand Canal; I saw him opening a chest of rubies to ease, with their crimson-lighted depths, the gnawings of his broken heart."
In these lines the narrator’s reaction to Gatsby’s “souvenir of Oxford days” reveals his
A. Low expectations
B. Conflicting feelings
C. Congenial concerns
D. Hostile thoughts
What is his conflicting feelings?
How does Gatsby behave at first when he meets Daisy again?
A. He is furious with Daisy.
B. He is shy and embarrassed.
C. He is depressed and cries uncontrollably.
D. He is filled with happiness.
What is he is shy and embarrassed?
These lines help to develop the idea that the narrator has
A. recognized that his priorities have changed
B. not yet following his father's advice about judging other people
C. eliminated distractions from his life
D. reassessed his relationship with Gatsby
What is not yet following his father's advice about judging other people?
Who said:
"There are only the pursued, the pursuing, the busy, and the tired."
A. Nick Caraway
B. Jay Gatsby
C. Daisy Buchanan
D. Meyer Wolfsheim
E. Tom Buchanan
Who is Nick Caraway?
Who is James Gatz, as explained in chapter 6?
A. A gun-runner
B. Jay Gatsby
C. Gatsby’s father
D. Gatsby’s long-lost brother
Who is Gatsby's father?
"There was Gatsby, looking a little, not much, younger — with a cricket bat in his hand. Then it was all true."
These lines contribute to a central idea in the text by focusing on the
A. narrator’s feeling of confusion in Gatsby’s past
B. Gatsby’s economic status
C. narrator’s sense of Gatsby’s criminal activities
D. Gatsby’s traditional beliefs
What is the narrator's feeling of confusion in Gatsby's past?
Which quotation best reflects a central theme of the text?
A. “She turned her head as there was a light dignified knocking at the front door."
B. ““I certainly am awfully glad to see you again.'"
C. “I think we all believed for a moment that it had smashed in pieces on the floor."
D. “However, as calmness wasn’t an end in itself, I made an excuse at the first possible moment, and got to my feet.”
What is “I think we all believed for a moment that it had smashed in pieces on the floor."
The description of the blocks of sidewalks supports a theme of
A. money and materialism
B. the failure of dreams
C. the American Dream
D. morality and ethics
What is the American Dream?