The Great Gatsby Main Characters Quiz

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This is a quiz about the main characters, themes, and events from the Great Gatsby.

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1.

How does Nick know Daisy and Tom?
- A.
  
  Nick and Tom served in the war together. He met Daisy at their wedding.
- B.
  
  Nick and Daisy went to school together. Daisy was dating Tom.
- C.
  
  He met them through a friend of his parents in Chicago.
- D.
  
  Daisy and Nick are cousins. Nick and Tom knew each other from school.
2.

What is the "valley of ashes"?
- A.
  
  An area in East Egg where a fire had been many years ago.
- B.
  
  A barren area separating East Egg from West Egg
- C.
  
  An industrial zone
- D.
  
  An imaginary place used as a metaphor for Gatsby's loneliness
3.

What are the "eyes of Dr. T. J. Eckleburg?
- A.
  
  Seeing eye dogs that the doctor trains for the Association for the Blind
- B.
  
  An illustration on a billboard
- C.
  
  A new kind of contact lens that the doctor has just developed
- D.
  
  A group of security guards who monitor the doctor's home and offices
4.

How does Nick meet Gatsby?
- A.
  
  Gatsby greets all of his guests in a receiving line.
- B.
  
  They met when Nick wandered into the library where Gatsby was reading
- C.
  
  Jordan Baker introduced them.
- D.
  
  Nick asks a man he is talking to where Gatsby is and discovers that he is talking to Gatsby.
5.

Which is not one of the stories about Gatsby?
- A.
  
  He inherited his money from his mother, a French baroness
- B.
  
  He killed a man.
- C.
  
  He was a German spy during the war
- D.
  
  He was in the American army during the war.
6.

Describe the meeting between Gatsby and Daisy.
- A.
  
  Daisy did not recognize him. He was embarrassed and tried to leave, but Nick stopped him.
- B.
  
  It was initially very awkward. Gatsby was nervous. They became more at ease asthey talked.
- C.
  
  Daisy was upset with Nick for not warning her. She did not want to see Gatsby and left as soon as her chauffeur returned.
- D.
  
  It was love at first sight for both of them. They wandered off into the living room and left Nick alone in the kitchen.
7.

What does Gatsby want from Daisy?
- A.
  
  Gatsby wants her to say she never loved him (Gatsby), so he can be free of her ghost.
- B.
  
  He wants to stay friends but not get romantically involved.
- C.
  
  He wants her to stay married to Tom and have an affair with him.
- D.
  
  He wants her to leave Tom for him to show her unfailing love.
8.

Why do the four drive into the city on such a hot afternoon?
- A.
  
  They have tickets for a Broadway matinee
- B.
  
  Gatsby offers to take them out in the ocean on his yacht.
- C.
  
  Nick knows of a hotel that specializes in icy cold baths.
- D.
  
  Daisy wants to avoid confrontation and get away from her problems.
9.

What does Michaelis believe caused Myrtle to run?
- A.
  
  She was drunk and didn't know what she was doing.
- B.
  
  She saw Tom in the yellow car and was running to him.
- C.
  
  She was running away from her husband.
- D.
  
  She was trying to make it to the train station on time.
10.

Why couldn't Nick get anyone to come to Gatsby's funeral?
- A.
  
  Gatsby had no close friends who really cared about him.
- B.
  
  The police had roped off the area and no one could get to the house.
- C.
  
  In his will, Gatsby had specified that he did not want a crowd at his funeral.
- D.
  
  Nick didn't have any names and addresses so he could contact people.