Great Gatsby Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. According to Gatsby, what quality does Daisy’s voice possess?
It resembles music from Gatsby’s parties
It sounds like a distant train
It carries the sadness of the Midwest
It is “full of money”
2. Who is driving Gatsby’s yellow car when it strikes and kills Myrtle Wilson?
Tom Buchanan
Jay Gatsby
Daisy Buchanan
Jordan Baker
3. What favor does Gatsby ask Nick to perform so that Gatsby can reconnect with Daisy?
Persuade Tom to host Gatsby at East Egg
Invite Daisy to tea at Nick’s house without initially telling her Gatsby will be there
Deliver a letter to Daisy during one of Gatsby’s parties
Arrange for Daisy and Gatsby to meet in Louisville
4. Which comparison best captures the social contrast between East Egg and West Egg in the novel?
East Egg represents city life, while West Egg represents farming communities
East Egg is culturally diverse, while West Egg excludes newcomers
East Egg represents poverty, while West Egg represents inherited privilege
East Egg is associated with established inherited wealth, while West Egg is associated with newer wealth
5. Who narrates The Great Gatsby?
An unnamed observer
Jay Gatsby
Tom Buchanan
Nick Carraway
6. What central idea is conveyed by the closing image of boats beating against the current while being carried back into the past?
Wealth eventually frees people from their histories
People strive forward while remaining powerfully pulled by the past
Modern technology makes personal reinvention inevitable
Leaving the East guarantees a return to moral innocence
7. After Myrtle’s death, who directs George Wilson toward Gatsby by identifying Gatsby as the owner of the yellow car?
Tom Buchanan
Nick Carraway
Meyer Wolfsheim
Jordan Baker
8. Which former party guest, remembered for being impressed that Gatsby’s library books were real, is among the few people at Gatsby’s funeral?
Klipspringer
Meyer Wolfsheim
Owl Eyes
The boarder who gave Gatsby his name
9. Meyer Wolfsheim is notably associated with which scandal?
A scheme to manipulate bond prices
Jordan Baker’s disputed golf tournament
The fixing of the 1919 World Series
The theft of Gatsby’s military decorations
10. A traveler going by road between Long Island’s wealthy communities and Manhattan passes through which bleak symbolic landscape?
Central Park
The valley of ashes
Gatsby’s gardens
The Louisville countryside
11. What is Jordan Baker’s profession?
Professional golfer
Journalist
Fashion designer
Actress
12. Why does Nick initially move from the Midwest to the East?
To learn the bond business
To become a professional writer
To manage Gatsby’s financial affairs
To help Daisy leave Tom
13. At the Manhattan apartment gathering, what happens after Myrtle repeatedly says Daisy’s name?
Tom strikes Myrtle and breaks her nose
Myrtle announces that she is leaving George immediately
Nick leaves with Jordan Baker
Daisy unexpectedly arrives at the apartment
14. Why does Gatsby hold extravagant parties despite often remaining apart from his guests?
He wants political influence among New York officials
He is trying to attract investors to a legitimate business
He wants to compete directly with Tom’s social gatherings
He hopes Daisy might attend one of them
15. When Gatsby reaches toward the green light across the bay, what does the gesture most strongly express?
His fear that his criminal connections will be exposed
His longing for Daisy and an imagined future with her
His wish to abandon Long Island and return West
His envy of Tom’s success in college athletics
16. Where does Nick Carraway rent a small house after moving East?
East Egg
The valley of ashes
West Egg
Manhattan’s Upper East Side