Great Gatsby Test
B. Gatsby is running for mayor of New York City
All of the following are rumors told about Gatsby EXCEPT: A. Gatsby killed a man. B. Gatsby is running for mayor of New York City. C. Gatsby is a nephew of Kaiser Wilhelm. D. Gatsby actually lives in a houseboat.
advantages
At the beginning of the novel, Nick recounts a conversation where his father tells him to remember that "all of the people in this world haven't had the _________ you've had..."
A. The women have dreams but society keeps them tethered and unable to drift away.
At the first dinner party at the Buchanans' house, Nick observes, "The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon." Which response represents a possible close reading of this quotation? A. The women have dreams but society keeps them tethered and unable to drift away. B. Upward class mobility is in their futures. C. The women are not very intelligent. D. Their dresses make the women look like marshmallows.
a speakeasy
Gatsby first introduces Nick to Wolfsheim at...
D. Join the army
Gatsby's father shows Nick a list of "General Resolves" that Gatsby wrote as a teenager. All of the following are on this list EXCEPT: A. Read one improving book or magazine per week. B. No smoking or chewing. C. Be better to parents. D. Join the army.
Gatsby's dreams of success and love
The green light symbolizes
Nick
The narrator of the novel is...
Flappers
To what type of woman does this quote refer? : "Already there are wanderers, confident girls who weave here and there among the stouter and more stable, become for a sharp, joyous moment the center of a group, and then, excited with triumph, glide on through the sea-change of faces and voices."
False
True or False: Daisy hopes her daughter will be smarter than she was.
True
True or False: East Egg represents "old money" in the novel.
True
True or False: Gatsby is murdered in his own swimming pool.
True
True or False: George Wilson owns a repair shop.
True
True or False: It is Nick who reunites Daisy and Gatsby
True
True or False: Jordan has been known to move her golf ball in tournaments
False
True or False: Nick sell expensive automobiles
False
True or False: The billboard with the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleberg is in East Egg.
False
True or False: Tom's affair with Myrtle is the first time he has been unfaithful to Daisy.
The partygoers are attracted to something potentially destructive
What does the following metaphor about the moths suggest about the people who attend Gatsby's parties? : "In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars."
It is a culture of consumption
What does the following sentence tell us about Gatsby and West Egg culture?: "Every Friday five crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York- every Monday these same oranges and lemons left his back door in a pyramid of pulpless halves."
She discovers the coat he wore to their wedding was borrowed
What event causes Myrtle to realize that George is not a "gentleman" as she believed before they were married?
He is suspicious of Gatsby and questions the actuality of his wealth
What is the main reason Owl Eyed Man says the following about the books in Gatsby's library?: "Absolutely real- have pages and everything. I thought they'd be a nice durable cardboard. Matter of fact, they're absolutely real."
Dan Cody
Who influences Gatsby's decision not to drink alcohol?
Gatsby
Who says this quote?: "Can't repeat the past?... Why of course you can!"
Tom
Who says this quote?: "Civilization's going to pieces."
Myrtle
Who says this quote?: "Daisy! Daisy! Daisy! I'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai--"
Daisy
Who says this quote?: "It makes me sad because I've never seen such - such beautiful shirts before."
Nick
Who says this quote?: "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
She can never live up to the idea of who Gatsby imagines she is
Why is Gatsby's love for Daisy doomed to fail?