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Duplicate of The Great Gatsby
Duplicate of The Great Gatsby
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Nick claims to be...(there are two correct answer, pick one)
Eternally optimistic
Non judgemental
Mature
Honest
2
The character who devotes his life to the chasing of a dream is
Jay Gatsby
Tom Buchanan
Meyer Wolfsheim
Nick Carraway
3
True or False: Daisy never loved Tom.
True
False
4
The colour green is often associated with...
Money
Moral blindness
Idealism
Corruption
5
Who attended the same college at the same time as Nick?
Gatsby
Daisy
Jordan
Tom
6
True or False: Gatsby inherited the majority of his wealth from his benefactor, Dan Cody.
True
False
7
Wolfsheim will not attend the funeral because:
he can't accept Gatsby's death
he questions Nick's motives
he doesn't want to get involved
he never truly liked Gatsby
8
In the opening of the novel, Nick recounts that Gatbsy represented everything he scorned, yet he admired Gatbsy for his
Kindness
Ambition
Curious nature
Hopefullness
9
Nick first finds out about Tom's affair from
Jordan
Daisy
Gatbsy
Tom
10
Wilson finds out who owns the car through:
Daisy
Tom
the police
its registration
11
Quotes: "God knows what you're doing, everything you've been doing."
Gatsby
Tom
Nick
Wilson
12
Quotes: "What will we do with ourselves this afternoon and and the next thirty years?"
Daisy
Jordan
Myrtle
13
Quote: "Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back."
Gatsby
Tom
Wilson
Nick
14
Quotes: "I married him because I thought he was a gentleman."
Myrtle
Daisy
Jordan
15
Why is Owl Eyes in awe over Gatsby's book collection?
the books are real, but uncut
the books are fake
the books have all been stolen
the books hide a secret passage
16
Women of the 1920's who cut their hair, wore shorter dresses and smoked were called...
Tarts
Girly Girls
Flappers
Tinkerbells
17
Quote: "I'm going to fix everything just the way it was before."
Nick
Gatsby
Tom
Wolfsheim
18
Myrtle's behavior at the NYC apartment suggests that she is motivated by:
pride
all of these
passion
status
19
Myrtle and Tom FIRST meet here:
On a train to NYC
At the gas station
At Gatsby's party
On an airplane
20
True or False: Myrtle runs toward the car because she wants to talk to Gatsby.
True
False
21
Where is Daisy from?
Michigan
Florida
Kentucky
North Dakota
22
SYMBOL: Fitzgerald frequently uses colors as symbols. Which color best symbolizes money?
gold
green
black
red
23
The artists who left the United States and went to Europe to pursue their art in the 1920's came to be known as...
The Roving Writers
The Artistic Generation
The Travelling Artists
The Lost Generation
24
In what war did Gatsby and Nick serve?
The American Civil War
WWI
WWII
The Korean War
25
Daisy married Tom Buchanan because:
She found out Gatsby was poor
Her parents forced her into the marriage
She was becoming impatient and "wanted her life shaped now"
She didn't know if Gatsby would ever return from war
26
The character who blames her behavior on the fact that you "can't live forever"
Jordan
Zelda
Daisy
Myrtle
27
Which of the following does NOT represent Gatsby's ignorance to the passage of time?
Having Klipspringer play a song from the "old days"
Throwing the "beautiful shirts"
His resistance to having the pool closed
Knocking over the clock
28
The epigraph of The Great Gatsby is attributed to...
Thomas Parke D'Invillier
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Zelda Sayre-Fitzgerald
Tom Buchannan
29
True or False: Gatsby was a decorated hero during WWI.
True
False
30
The novel is set in the year ... in ...
1922/Chicago
1922/New York
1925/New York
1925/Louisville
31
Quotes: "I hate careless people. That's why I like you."
Daisy
Myrtle
Jordan
32
Daisy drives Gatsby's car home from New York because:
She thinks it will calm her
She is angry with Gatsby
Gatsby is drunk
She is afraid Tom will kill her
33
Nick attended post secondary school here:
Oxford
Standford
Harvard
Yale
34
The most ironic thing about Gatsby's funeral is that...
Daisy does not attend
Even his father is not there
Nick attends
Hardly anyone attends
35
When Mr. Gatz comes for the funeral, his grief is mixed with:
pride
confusion
disgust
revenge
36
Which post secondary school does Gatsby attend for the longest period of time?
Cal Tech.
St. Olaff's
Oxford
Yale
37
The police's "eye witness" to Myrtle's death is...
Mavro Michaelis
Daisy
Gatsby
George Wilson
38
Who wrote
The Great Gatsby?
Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Nathaniel Hawthorne
John Steinbeck
39
This character is frequently associated with the trait of being dishonest
Myrtle
Jordan
Zelda
Daisy
40
The character who is NOT originally from the Midwest
Jay Gatsby
Daisy Buchanan
Tom Buchanan
Nick Carraway
41
Tom's initial reaction to Gastby's charge that Daisy does not love him is:
relief
grief
disbelief
rage
42
George Wilson becomes aware of his wife's affair when:
he finds the dog leash
he sees her with her lover
she comes home late from the subway
he sees her broken nose
43
When Nick is first introduced to Jordan he feels ... (select the BEST)
Intimidated
Charmed
Excited
Afraid
44
Quotes: "That's what I get for marrying a brute of a man, a great big hulking brute."
Daisy
Myrtle
Jordan
45
SYMBOL: What do Gatsby's shirts symbolize?
his good taste
his financial success
his simple beginnings
his criminal tendencies
46
Which of the following best describes Nick Carraway's upbringing?
He is from a poor family, just scrapting to get by
He is from an exhorbitantly wealthy family
He is from a very average middle class family
He is from a wealthy, "well to do" family
47
The green light best symbolizes:
greed
envy
desire
hope
48
Jordan Baker is a famous golfer
True
False
49
"Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead."
Tom
Wolfsheim
Nick
Gatsby
50
Quotes: "I suppose the latest thing is to let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife."
Tom
Wilson
Gatsby
Nick
