The Great Gatsby Chapter 4 Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. What expensive wedding gift from Tom does Daisy try to return during her pre-wedding breakdown?
A pearl necklace valued at $350,000
A white roadster valued at $100,000
A diamond bracelet valued at $50,000
A sapphire ring valued at $500,000
2. Despite her breakdown the night before, what does Daisy do the next day?
She leaves Louisville to search for Gatsby.
She postpones the wedding and travels to New York.
She puts on the pearls and marries Tom as planned.
She marries Tom but refuses to wear his gift.
3. What unusual material is used for Meyer Wolfsheim’s cuff buttons?
Ivory chess pieces
Human molars
Polished animal claws
Carved pearl shells
4. Why did Gatsby choose to buy his mansion in West Egg, according to Jordan?
He wanted to live near Nick, whom he had known before the war.
Daisy’s home stood directly across the bay.
He believed East Egg residents would eventually accept him socially.
Wolfsheim advised him that the area was a profitable investment.
5. What happens to the letter Daisy carries into the bath on the night before her wedding?
Jordan hides it before Daisy’s mother enters.
Daisy seals it in a box with her jewelry.
It comes apart in the water until its words can no longer be read.
A maid retrieves it and gives it to Tom.
6. What triggers Daisy’s emotional crisis on the evening before her wedding to Tom?
Jordan tells her that Tom has been unfaithful.
Tom admits that he intends to move them to New York.
Gatsby arrives unexpectedly at her family’s home.
Daisy receives and reads a letter while preparing for the bridal dinner.
7. Which detail makes Gatsby’s claim that he comes from the American Midwest sound inconsistent to Nick?
Gatsby says that his family made its fortune in Chicago.
Gatsby describes New York City as his childhood home.
Gatsby says that he attended Oxford after growing up in Louisville.
When asked where in the Midwest he is from, Gatsby answers, “San Francisco.”
8. Which scene from 1917 first connects Daisy and Gatsby in Jordan Baker’s account?
Jordan sees Daisy in a white roadster speaking with Gatsby, then a young army officer.
Jordan introduces them during a tournament at the Louisville country club.
Gatsby visits Daisy’s family while wearing civilian clothes.
Daisy dances with Gatsby at a charity ball in Chicago.
9. Which incident does Jordan mention as evidence that Daisy and Tom’s marriage was already troubled after their honeymoon period?
Daisy discovers that Tom has secretly purchased a house in New York.
Tom crashes a car while accompanied by a chambermaid from a Santa Barbara hotel.
Tom loses Daisy’s pearl necklace during a gambling trip.
Daisy finds a letter showing that Tom knows Gatsby.
10. What does Nick’s long list of people who attended Gatsby’s parties most clearly establish?
Gatsby attracts a broad, shifting crowd, including many people with only loose connections to him.
Nearly every guest is a close friend who knows the truth about Gatsby’s past.
The parties are attended mainly by Gatsby’s former military companions.
Most guests come from Daisy’s family and social circle in Louisville.
11. What does Gatsby show Nick to support his claim that he attended Oxford?
A photograph of himself with a group of young men at Oxford
A letter of recommendation from a professor
A diploma bearing the university seal
An engraved watch presented by an Oxford society
12. Why does a police officer let Gatsby continue after stopping his car?
Nick identifies himself as a relative of a prominent Yale graduate.
Gatsby pays the officer an outstanding traffic fine.
The officer recognizes Gatsby as a decorated war veteran.
Gatsby shows a card from the police commissioner, who sends him a Christmas greeting each year.
13. According to Gatsby, what notorious event did Meyer Wolfsheim arrange?
A major Wall Street bond fraud
The fixing of the 1919 World Series
The theft of a European royal collection
An illegal betting scheme at the Kentucky Derby
14. After Daisy’s family prevents her from going to New York to say goodbye to Gatsby, how does she react?
She leaves Louisville secretly with Jordan.
She immediately announces an engagement to another officer.
She refuses to speak to her family for several weeks.
She sends Gatsby back every letter he wrote to her.
15. What plan does Gatsby ask Nick to help carry out?
Bring Gatsby to the Buchanans’ house during one of Tom’s business trips
Persuade Jordan to invite Daisy and Tom to Gatsby’s next party
Invite Daisy to tea at Nick’s house without Tom, allowing Gatsby to come over
Deliver Gatsby’s account of his past to Daisy without arranging a meeting
16. Nick introduces Gatsby to Tom Buchanan at the restaurant. What happens when Nick turns back to include Gatsby in the conversation?
Gatsby challenges Tom about his treatment of Daisy.
Gatsby invites Tom to attend his next party.
Gatsby is speaking privately with Wolfsheim.
Gatsby has disappeared.