The Great Gatsby Test

He cheats on Daisy, but he thinks it's wrong for Daisy to cheat on him

A hypocrite is a person who has one set of standards for himself and another set of standards for others. In what way is Tom a hypocrite?

Prison

A man named Walter Chase has a grudge against Gatsby because Gatsby let him go to __

Michaelis

A policeman talks to ___, who actually saw the car hit Myrtle

They're out of gas

A second man (the driver) exits the car. Even though the car is in a ditch, this man thinks the problem is ______

The elevator boy

After Nick and Mr. McKee leave the apartment, Mr. McKee gets scolded by ___

He went out the back and came up to the front (of the house)

After Nick greets Daisy, he goes back inside his house, but Gatsby isn't there because ___

Tom

After not having visited Gatsby for a couple weeks, Nick decides to pay a visit. Shortly afterwards, Gatsby is visited by ___, along with two other people

My birthday

After the confrontation between Gatsby and Tom, Nick says, "I just remembered that today's ___"

He thinks Daisy didn't like the party

After the party, Gatsby is depressed because __

Gatsby

Also, Daisy holds a letter inone hand. We assume the letter is from ___, telling Daisy that he is coming back for her

Gatsby accepts the offer, but he wasn't supposed to

An unnamed woman, who accompanies a man named Mr. Sloane, invites Gatsby to dinner. What happens then?

God

Apparently Wilson mistakes Doctor T.J. Eckleburg for ___

An air mattress

As Gatsby walks toward the pool, he carries ___

Jordan

As Myrtle looks down from an upstairs window, she sees ___ but mistakenly believes it's Daisy

Sell the car

As Nick and Gatsby arrive at the Buchanan's, Tom is on the phone in the hall. He is telling someone (George Wilson) that he will not ___

People honking

As Nick leaves, there is a loud noise, due to ___

Tells Daisy to ride back with Gatsby

As if to prove that he had won his battle with Gatsby, Tom ___

His house

As the chapter five opens, Nick returns home and mistakenly believes that ___ is on fire

Wilson's body

As they carry Gatsby's body back toward the house, they see ___ a little way off in the grass

A wedding

As they talk, ______ is going on on the floor below them

Fool

At the birth of her daughter, Daisy said that she hoped her daughter would be a beautiful little ___

Green light

At the end of Daisy's dock can be seen ___

A taxi

Back at the Buchanan's, Nick walks down by the gate to wait for ___

Military

Back in Louisville in 1917, Daisy dated what kind of men?

Drank alcohol

Because he used Cody as a negative example (an example of what not to do), Gatsby never __

Engaged

Before Nick leaves, Tom and Daisy tell him that they had heard what rumor that Nick had been ___

Kaiser Wilhelm

Catherine heard a rumor that Gatsby's money comes from ___

Tom and Myrtle

Catherine says "When they do get married, they're going west ... until it blows over." Who is they?

A reporter

Chapter six opens with Gatsby being paid a visit by ___

Assistant on the yacht

Cody hires Gatsby as his ___

Tom

Daisy blames her hurt finger on ___

The longest day

Daisy says she always watches for ___, and then misses it

Drugstores

Daisy says that Gatsby made his money by owning some ___

Chauffer

Daisy says, "His name is Ferdie." Ferdie is Daisy's ___

Shirts

Daisy says, "It makes me sad because I've never seen such—such beautiful ___ before

Marrying Tom

Daisy tells Jordan to say she (Daisy) has changed her mind about ___

Nose

Daisy tells Nick a secret about the butler's ___

A nurse

Daisy's daughter is brought into the room by ___

Gold (and silver) mining

Dan Cody had become rich by __

Eye

Dr. T.J. Eckleburg was a/an ___ doctor

Disappears

During Nick's encounter with Tom, Gatsby does what peculiar thing?

A clock

Gatsby almost knocks ___ off the mantelpiece

Play the piano

Gatsby calls Klipspringer and tells him to ___

Janitor

Gatsby had been at St. Olaf's College for two weeks, supporting himself by being a ___

Who wouldn't gossip

Gatsby had fired all his servants and replaced them with people who ___

The front fender needed to be fixed

Gatsby had given instructions that the car was not to be taken out under any circumstances, which was strange because ___

Money

Gatsby helps Nick understand the charm behind Daisy's voice. Daisy's voice is full of ___

Ride in the hydroplane

Gatsby invites Nick to come with him the next day so that he can ______

Old Sport

Gatsby likes to use the phrase "_________"

Go to Louisville

Gatsby returns from France, and he uses the last of his army pay to __

Isn't in jail

Gatsby says Wolfshiem is a "smart man" to explain why Wolfshiem ___

Earn money to buy the house

Gatsby says it took him three years to ___

Car

Gatsby says: "It's pretty, isn't it.... Haven't you ever seen it before?" Gatsby is referring to his ___

Get out of a ticket

Gatsby takes a white card (supposedly a Christmas card from the commissioner) so that he can ___

The rain would stop that afternoon

Gatsby tells Nick that, according to The Journal, ___

Draining the pool

Gatsby tells the gardener to postpone ___ one more day

He's afraid Tom might hurt Daisy

Gatsby waitsoutside the Buchanan's house because __

I never loved you

Gatsby wants Daisy to say " ______" to Tom

He was a military officer

Gatsby was able to attend Oxford because ___

Ella Kaye

Gatsby was supposed to inherit $25,000 from Cody; instead, ___ got it

At Nick's house

Gatsby's plan for meeting Daisy involves meeting her ___

James Gatz

Gatsby's real name is James __

Mechanic

George Wilson is a _______

Baseball

In 1919 Wolfshiem great criminal act involved ___

Owl Eyes

In addition to Nick and Gatsby's father, this character shows up at Gatsby's funeral

In training

Jordan Baker refuses the cocktails that are offered her because she's ___

Sitting in Daisy's car

Jordan first saw Daisy and Gatsby together while the two were ___

She's playing in a tournament

Jordan must get up early the next day because ___

Her private meeting with Gatsby

Jordan says "I've just heard the most amazing thing." She is referring to ___

Daisy kisses Gatsby

Jordan says, "You forgot there's a lady present" because ___

Gatsby

Jordan tells Nick that, if he lives in West Egg, then he must know ___

Got rained on

Jordan tells a lie about how the car she was driving ___

Henry Gatz

Learned about Gatsby's death from a Chicago newspaper

Catherine

Lies to the coroner by saying that Myrtle was faithful to George

Teeth

Meyer Wolfshiem's cuff buttons are actually ___

Belonged to a church

Michaelis asks Wilson if he ___

Go to bed

Michaelis, who runs the coffee joint next to George Wilson's garage, had gone to see Wilson, and had advised him to ___

Photographer

Mr. McKee is a professional ___

He knew that Rosy was going to be shot

Mr. Wolfshiem had told Rosy Rosenthal not to leave the table in the restaurant because ___

Feet

Myrtle Wilson tells of being overcharged by a woman who comes to people's homes to look at their _______

Catherine

Myrtle's sister's name is ________

Related (cousins)

Nick and Daisy are

College friends

Nick and Tom are

Repeat the past

Nick believes that it's impossible to ___ Gatsby believes it's not impossible

Finance

Nick buys several books on the subject of

The house Gatsby bought

Nick calls it a coincidence, but Jordan says that it wasn't a coincidence at all. Jordan is referring to ___

His dad's advice

Nick claims to be a person who refrains from judgment or criticism of others. He does this because of

Honest

Nick claims to be guilty of a cardinal virtue. He is one of the few ___ people he knows

Bond business

Nick decides to move east and learn the ________________

Set up a business

Nick declines an offer of Gatsby's to ___.

He hadn't returned from the war

Nick didn't attend Daisy's wedding because ___

Crying

Nick enters the house. A woman is singing, while simultaneously ___

Asks for directions

Nick feels more at home in his new neighborhood after a man stops and...

Cigarettes

Nick goes over to Gatsby's house. The two hunt throughout the house, looking for ___

The lights didn't go on for the expected party

Nick goes over to Gatsby's to see if he might be sick. Nick assumed something was wrong because ___

The girl's brother

Nick had begun seeing a girl from Jersey City, but he ended the relationship because of ___

Break up with a girl

Nick has been writing letters back home signed "Love, Nick." The purpose of these letters is to

Bring Tom

Nick invites Daisy over, and he tells Daisy not to ___

The company he works for

Nick is annoyed that Tom has never heard of ___.

Having affairs with women

Nick liked to walk up Fifth Avenue and imagine that he was _______

Illegally moved a ball during a tournament

Nick recalls another story about Jordan's dishonesty — that Jordan had ___

Drinking

Nick returns to the story of Myrtle Wilson. After the accident, they called Catherine, Myrtle's sister, who had apparently broken the rule she had against ___

He had returned from WWI

Nick says that "[i]nstead of being the warm center of the world the middle-west now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe ..." What made Nick feel this way?

He wasn't from the same social class as her

Nick says that Gatsby had taken Daisy under false pretenses, meaning that Gatsby never told Daisy that ___

Driving

Nick says to Jordan: "Suppose you met somebody just as careless as yourself." Nick is referring to Jordan's carelessness in ___

A green light

Nick sees Gatsby looking at ___, which appears to be at the end of a dock

Wheels

Nick tells Daisy that, to show how much they miss her, the people in Chicago have painted their ___ black

Drunk

Nick tells us that this was only the second time he had ever been _____

They'll trace Gatsby's car

Nick thinks Gatsby should go away because ___

Talking together

Nick walks back up to the house, and he sees Daisy and Tom ___

Gatsby sent them over

Nick was thinking of buying flowers, but he didn't because ___

People who attended Gatsby's parties

On an old time-table, Nick once made a list of ___

A puppy

On the way to New York, they pull over to the curb so that Myrtle can buy _______

Invite him to Gatsby's party

One of Gatsby's chauffeur's had come to Nick's house to ___

A new evening gown

One of the girls (at Gatsby's party) had received a package from Gatsby, containing what?

Daisy married Tom

One of the sections ends with: "The letter reached Gatsby while he was still at Oxford." This was a letter saying that ___

Gatsby

Owned a Hopalong Cassidy book

Henry Gatz

Says, "If he lived he'd of been a great man. A man like James J. Hill. He'd of helped build up the country."

Suit

Shortly after her marriage to George, a man came to Myrtle and asked that his ___ be returned to him

Housekeeper

The "Finn" is Nick's ___

Selling grain alcohol

The drug stores bought by Gatsby and Meyer Wolfshiem were actually used for ___

Tom's mistress

The evening is interrupted by a phone call from ______

Have their roofs thatched

The man who built Gatsby's house offered to pay five years' taxes for his neighbors if they would ___

Cody's mistress

The novel insinuates (hints that) Ella Kaye was __

Ashes

The opening of chapter two takes place in the valley of ___

Eggs

The two islands that lie east of New York are both shaped like

He had a phone call

Then Gatsby leaves Nick and Jordan because ___

To keep an eye on Daisy

There is a party at Gatsby's the following Saturday night. Tom comes to the party ___

Yachting clothing

There is a picture of Dan Cody and a picture of Gatsby when younger. In both pictures, the men are wearing ___

At Tom and Daisy's wedding

They rent a suite at the Plaza Hotel. Daisy recalls a man named Biloxi, who fainted ___

Wolfsheim

This character responds by letter to say he can't attend Gatsby's funeral

Owl Eyes

This man (referred to in the previous question) is given the nickname ___________

Why he's so slow

To explain why _____, George Wilson says he's been sick all day

A photograph

To prove his Montenegro story, Gatsby shows Nick ___

Pocketbook

To show that he has no intention of stealing a ___, Nick holds it "by the extreme tip of the corners."

Football

Tom Buchanan played ___ in college

Hasn't called

Tom Buchanan says that Daisy is "furious" because Nick ___

On a train

Tom and Myrtle first met ___

Saying "Daisy"

Tom breaks Myrtle's nose because Myrtle wouldn't stop ___

The sun

Tom first says that ___ is getting hotter; then he says it's getting colder

The car that hit Myrtle wasn't Tom's

Tom goes to Wilson and tells him that ___

Take a picture of him

Tom jokingly suggests that Myrtle give Mr. McKee a letter of introduction to her husband so that McKee can _______

Racist

Tom mentions a book he's read, by a man named Goddard. From the conversation that follows, we learn that Tom is ___

Gas

Tom mentions that he could stop at a drug store to buy ___

You always look so cool (also by the way Gatsby and Daisy look at each other)

Tom realizes that Daisy loves Gatsby when she says "_________"

Stable

Tom says he is the first man to turn a garage into a __

Gatsby's background

Tom tells Jordan and Nick that he has been investigating __

Bootlegger

Tom tells Nick that he thinks Gatsby must have made his money as a ___

He had a car accident

Tom was apparently getting away with cheating on Daisy until ___

Nick

Tries to call Daisy and Wolfshiem, but can get neither of them on the phone

Mysterious

Twice Gatsby refers to a ___ event that happened to him long ago

She didn't win (the tournament)

Two twin girls tell Jordan Baker that they're sorry ___

She thought Tom was driving the car

We can assume that Myrtle got hit by the car because ___

A pearl necklace

What does Daisy pull out of the waste-basket?

They're real

What does the man in the library tell Nick and Jordan about Gatsby's books?

Reading

When Daisy and Nick rejoin Tom and Jordan, Jordan is ___ to Tom

Daisy to have never loved Tom

When Daisy says to Gatsby, "You want too much," she is referring to Gatsby's wanting ___

Polo player

When Gatsby introduces Tom at the party, he introduces him as the ___

Her sister

When Myrtle makes one of her many trips into New York, George thinks it's so she can visit _________

The war

When Nick first meets Gatsby, Gatsby claims to have recognized him from _____

Riding clothes

When Nick first sees Tom, Tom is wearing

They break up

While at work, Nick gets a call from Jordan Baker. The result of the call is ___

Leave Tom

While reflecting on his visit, Nick decides that the best thing for Daisy to do would be to ___

Locked in her room

While there, Michaelis hears a "violent racket" upstairs. Myrtle is making the noise because she is ___

Doing exercises

While touring Gatsby's house, they come upon Klipspringer, who is ___

Tom

Who cries upon seeing a box of dog biscuits

Gatsby

Who kept a schedule for self-improvement?

Wolfsheim

Who says "Start him! I made him."

Henry Gatz

Who says Gatsby will be buried in the East

Henry Gatz

Who says, "He come out to see me two years ago and bought me the house I live in now.

Wolfsheim

Who says, "Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead."

Jordan

Who says, "Oh, and do you remember a conversation we once had about driving a car? ... Well, I met another bad driver, didn't I?"

Klipspringer

Who says, "What I called up about was a pair of shoes I left there."

Tom

Who told Wilson that Gatsby was the owner of the car that killed Myrtle?

His car

Wilson asks Tom when Tom plans on selling him ______

God

Wilson had told Myrtle that she couldn't fool ___

Bought Myrtle's dog

Wilson recalls the incident from a couple months earlier when Tom ___

Myrtle's having an affair

Wilson says to Tom: "I just wised up to something funny the last two days." What Wilson now knows is that ___

A dog leash

Wilson tells Michaelis to look in the drawer. In the drawer, Michaelis finds ___

Move away with Myrtle

Wilson tells Tom he needs money so that he can ___

A business connection

Wolfshiem mistakenly thinks that Nick is the man who is looking for ___

To warn him about a storm

Young Gatsby had taken a row boat to row out to Dan Cody's yacht ___

Daisy

___ is responsible for killing Myrtle Wilson.

In the library

A car has gone into a ditch. The man who first gets out of the car is the man Nick had seen ___ earlier