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The Great Gatsby

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Book Summary

F. Scott Fitzgerald Biography

F. Scott Fitzgerald's Major Works

About The Great Gatsby

Summary and Analysis by Chapter

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9

Character List

Character Map

Character Analysis

Nick
Gatsby
Daisy

Critical Essays

Social Stratification: The Great Gatsby as Social Commentary
In Praise of Comfort: Displaced Spirituality in The Great Gatsby

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1:  Jay Gatsby’s real name is

a. Ewing Klipspringer

b. Meyer Wolfsheim

c. James Gatz

d. Jake Harris
2:  What is Dan Cody’s relationship to Gatsby?

a. He was his mentor.

b. He was his father.

c. He was his younger brother.

d. He was his business associate.
3:  Gatsby made his fortune in

a. the garment industry

b. real estate

c. organized crime and bootlegging

d. steel
4:  Which character is described as “old money,” “hulking,” “aggressive,” “confrontational,” and “racist”?

a. Jordan Baker

b. Nick Carraway

c. Jay Gatsby

d. Tom Buchanan
5:  Gatsby is killed by

a. Nick Carraway

b. Tom Buchanan

c. George Wilson

d. Meyer Wolfsheim
6:  How does Myrtle Wilson die?

a. She is struck by Gatsby driving Tom’s car.

b. She is struck by Daisy driving Gatsby’s car.

c. She is struck by Daisy driving Tom’s car.

d. She is struck by her husband driving Tom’s car.
7:  Gatsby lives in West Egg, the less fashionable of the Eggs, because he

a. wants to live across the sound from Daisy

b. wants to maintain a low profile

c. thinks the beach is better there

d. doesn’t like the mansions in East Egg
8:  What is depicted on the decaying billboard that frightens some of the residents of the valley of ashes?

a. A picture of God

b. A little boy

c. A pair of eyes

d. A giant hand
9:  What is Jordan Baker’s profession?

a. Graphic artist

b. Nightclub singer

c. School teacher

d. Professional golfer
10:  Who says the following: “[When the nurse told me I had] a girl, I turned my head away and wept. ‘All right,’ I said ‘I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool — that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful, little fool.”

a. Daisy

b. Myrtle

c. Jordan

d. Catherine
11:  Who says the following: “[Gatsby's smile] believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey."

a. Nick

b. Jordan

c. Tom

d. Wilson
12:  Who says the following: “You always have a green light that burns all night at the end of your dock."

a. Owl Eyes

b. Wolfshiem

c. Klipspringer

d. Gatsby



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