The Great Gatsby 1-7

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  • 1. 
    What is your opinion of Gatsby at the end of chapter 7?  Has it changed since the beginning of the book?  Explain.
  • 2. 
    Let's start off simple... who wrote The Great Gatsby?
    • A. 

      JD Salinger

    • B. 

      F. Scott Fitzgerald

    • C. 

      Herman Melville

    • D. 

      William Shakespeare

  • 3. 
    Which character in the book is our main narrator/"storyteller"?
    • A. 

      Nick Carraway

    • B. 

      Jay Gatsby

    • C. 

      Jordan Baker

    • D. 

      Tom Buchanan

  • 4. 
    Who was Gatsby obsessed with?
    • A. 

      Jordan

    • B. 

      Myrtle

    • C. 

      Daisy

    • D. 

      Catherine

  • 5. 
    Who said, "Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!  I'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai-"?
    • A. 

      Jordan Baker

    • B. 

      George Wilson

    • C. 

      Myrtle Wilson

    • D. 

      Tom Buchanan

  • 6. 
    Who killed Myrtle Wilson?
    • A. 

      George

    • B. 

      Gatsby

    • C. 

      Nick

    • D. 

      Daisy

  • 7. 
    Who wanted to move west because they were "wised up to something funny in the last two days"?
    • A. 

      Gatsby

    • B. 

      George

    • C. 

      Myrtle

    • D. 

      Nick

  • 8. 
    Who "fixed" the World Series in 1919?
    • A. 

      Meyer Wolfsheim

    • B. 

      James Gatsby

    • C. 

      Nick Carraway

    • D. 

      Ewing Klipspringer

  • 9. 
    Please fill answer below The eyes of T.J. Eckleberg symbolize ________________.
  • 10. 
    Which of these things did Myrtle say?
    • A. 

      "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."

    • B. 

      "I married him because I thought he was a gentleman... I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe."

    • C. 

      "You look so cool. You always look so cool."

    • D. 

      All of the above

  • 11. 
    Who was an overly careless driver?
    • A. 

      Nick

    • B. 

      Gatsby

    • C. 

      Myrtle

    • D. 

      Jordan

  • 12. 
    What does Gatsby want Daisy to do?
    • A. 

      Tell Tom that she doesn't love him anymore

    • B. 

      Tell Tom that she never loved him

    • C. 

      Kill Tom in his sleep

    • D. 

      All of the above

  • 13. 
    Why did Gatsby buy the house he has?
    • A. 

      He wanted to leave near his old friend, Nick

    • B. 

      It was a beautiful mansion

    • C. 

      It was a really good deal

    • D. 

      It was located across from Daisy

  • 14. 
    What is Gatsby's signature saying?
    • A. 

      "hot stuff"

    • B. 

      "old guy"

    • C. 

      "old sport"

    • D. 

      "hot shot"

  • 15. 
    What is Nick's occupation?
    • A. 

      Bootlegging

    • B. 

      Bond Business

    • C. 

      Fur Trade

    • D. 

      Grocery Store Manager

  • 16. 
    True or false? Gatsby is a poor man who does not like to interact with the other people.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 17. 
    True or false? Gatsby met Daisy in Louisville in 1917.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 18. 
    True or false? Gatsby's house is an extravagant mansion in which he holds many parties.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 19. 
    True or false? Daisy takes the blame for the death of Myrtle.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 20. 
    True or false? Gatsby acquired his money illegally by bootlegging alcohol.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 21. 
    True or false? Tom is married to Myrtle and secretly having an affair with Daisy.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 22. 
    Tom despises Daisy for cheating on him with Gatsby yet he has an extramarital relationship of his own with Myrtle.  This is an example of what literary device?
    • A. 

      Simile

    • B. 

      Metaphor

    • C. 

      Irony

    • D. 

      Personification

  • 23. 
    The main conflict in the story is between Gatsby and ________________.
    • A. 

      Nick

    • B. 

      Tom

    • C. 

      Daisy

    • D. 

      Myrtle

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