The Great Gatsby Chapter 3 Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. What discovery in Gatsby’s library particularly amazes the man Nick calls Owl Eyes?
The books are real, although their pages have not been cut.
Every volume contains Gatsby’s handwritten notes.
The shelves conceal a private collection of liquor.
The books once belonged to prominent European families.
2. At the end of Chapter 3, what notable claim does Nick make about himself?
He is the only person who understands Gatsby’s ambitions.
He has become as careless as the people around him.
He considers himself one of the few honest people he has ever known.
He intends to stop seeing Jordan because she is dishonest.
3. What detail complicates the immediate assumption that Owl Eyes was driving the wrecked car?
He proves that he arrived at the party on foot.
Owl Eyes denies driving, and another man later emerges from the car.
Gatsby tells the crowd that the chauffeur caused the crash.
Jordan recognizes the vehicle as belonging to a different guest.
4. Which expression repeatedly marks Gatsby’s distinctive way of addressing Nick and others?
My good fellow
Dear sir
Young man
Old sport
5. Which incident most clearly transforms the party’s glamorous departure into a scene of confusion?
A car ends up in a ditch with one of its wheels detached.
The orchestra refuses to play the final song.
The lights fail before the guests can find their coats.
The police close Gatsby’s gates and question every driver.
6. Why, according to Nick, does Jordan avoid clever, shrewd men?
She worries that they will expose Gatsby’s true identity.
She believes intellectual conversation interferes with athletic success.
She feels safer with people who are less likely to detect or challenge her dishonesty.
She prefers people who share her wealthy family background.
7. Nick recalls Jordan’s conduct involving a borrowed car and a disputed golf incident. What conclusion does he reach about her?
She is careless only when she feels bored.
She values winning but refuses to break social rules.
She is misunderstood because newspapers distort her actions.
She is incurably dishonest and avoids being placed at a disadvantage.
8. Nick has been speaking with a courteous stranger about their wartime service. How does he learn that the stranger is Gatsby?
Jordan quietly identifies Gatsby from across the table.
The stranger introduces himself after Nick says he has not yet met the host.
A butler interrupts and publicly announces Gatsby’s arrival.
Nick recognizes Gatsby from a military photograph in the library.
9. After speaking privately with Gatsby, what does Jordan tell Nick?
She has agreed to become Gatsby’s business partner.
Gatsby has asked her to leave the party immediately.
Gatsby admitted that the rumors about his wartime spying are true.
She has heard something amazing but has been sworn not to reveal it.
10. How does Nick receive his invitation to Gatsby’s party?
A chauffeur in a blue uniform delivers a written invitation.
Jordan Baker adds his name to the guest list.
Gatsby telephones him personally that afternoon.
Tom Buchanan brings him along without notice.
11. Which pair of rumors about Gatsby circulates among the guests?
He fixes golf matches, and he owns several newspapers.
He inherited his estate from royalty, and he once lived in China.
He killed a man, and he worked as a German spy during the war.
He deserted the army, and he secretly works for the police.
12. Which contrast helps set Gatsby apart from the crowd at his own party?
He dances continuously while most guests remain seated.
He argues loudly while the guests remain restrained.
He remains controlled and observant while many guests become increasingly disorderly.
He leaves early while the guests wait for supper.
13. When Owl Eyes calls Gatsby a “regular Belasco,” what does the comparison suggest?
Gatsby creates a remarkably convincing setting with a theatrical quality.
Gatsby has earned his fortune by producing Broadway plays.
Gatsby prefers dramatic stories to genuine books.
Gatsby is a respected scholar with expert literary knowledge.
14. What most clearly distinguishes Nick’s arrival from that of many other partygoers?
He arrives before the musicians and catering staff.
He is the only guest who comes from West Egg.
He already knows Gatsby from New York society.
He has actually been invited, while many guests simply appear.
15. Outside Gatsby’s parties, how does Nick describe much of his regular life in New York?
He studies literature at Columbia and writes theater reviews.
He works in the bond business, dines at the Yale Club, and studies finance.
He manages Gatsby’s household accounts and supervises deliveries.
He practices law downtown and spends evenings with Tom.
16. What is the main effect of presenting several alarming rumors before Nick knowingly meets Gatsby?
It confirms that the guests have reliable knowledge of Gatsby’s past.
It builds mystery and contrasts public gossip with Nick’s courteous first encounter with Gatsby.
It proves that Gatsby deliberately invented every story about himself.
It shifts the chapter’s focus away from Gatsby and onto the war.