The Great Gatsby Chapter 5 Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. How does the weather most clearly parallel the emotional change during the reunion?
The heavy rain gives way to sunshine as Gatsby and Daisy become more comfortable.
Bright sunshine turns into a violent storm when Daisy recognizes Gatsby.
Snow begins when Gatsby arrives and melts during the mansion tour.
A steady fog lifts only after Daisy leaves for East Egg.
2. Which preparations does Gatsby arrange at Nick’s cottage before Daisy arrives?
He replaces Nick’s furniture and has lunch delivered from the Plaza Hotel.
He repairs the roof and sends Daisy a new tea service.
He installs electric lights and hires musicians for the afternoon.
He sends someone to cut Nick’s grass and has numerous flowers delivered.
3. Why has the green light lost some of its former significance for Gatsby by the end of the reunion?
He learns that the light belongs to a different house than he believed.
Daisy explains that the light will soon be removed from the dock.
Daisy is now physically beside him, so the light no longer represents the same distant, seemingly unreachable goal.
Nick persuades Gatsby that the light is an ordinary navigation signal.
4. Suppose a reader argues that the mist across the bay reinforces the chapter’s treatment of Gatsby’s dream. Which explanation best supports that reading?
The mist proves that Gatsby has confused Daisy’s dock with another location.
The mist shows that Nick cannot accurately remember the day’s events.
It partly obscures the physical marker of Gatsby’s dream just as reality complicates his idealized vision of Daisy.
It signals that Daisy intends to return home before the weather becomes dangerous.
5. Before the tea, Gatsby offers Nick an opportunity to earn money through a side business. Why does Nick reject it?
Nick senses that the offer is payment for arranging the meeting and does not want the favor treated as a transaction.
Nick has already promised Tom that he will not work with Gatsby.
Nick plans to leave the bond business and return immediately to the Midwest.
Nick knows that Gatsby’s proposal involves selling illegal liquor at the cottage.
6. Nick leaves Gatsby and Daisy alone for a while. What does he observe when he returns?
Daisy has left, and Gatsby is searching the road for her car.
They are still silent and unable to look at one another.
They are arguing about why Gatsby did not contact Daisy sooner.
Gatsby appears radiant with happiness, while Daisy is emotional and tearful.
7. Which song performed during the mansion visit underscores the chapter’s attention to wealth, pleasure, and the passing of time?
“The Sheik of Araby”
“Ain’t We Got Fun”
“Alexander’s Ragtime Band”
“Three O’Clock in the Morning”
8. What directly causes Daisy to bury her face in Gatsby’s shirts and begin crying?
Nick tells her that Gatsby earned his fortune for her sake.
She discovers a letter she wrote to Gatsby before marrying Tom.
Gatsby throws a large pile of his colorful English shirts before her.
She sees that Gatsby has preserved an old military uniform.
9. After the atmosphere at Nick’s cottage improves, where does Gatsby take Daisy and Nick?
To the hotel where Gatsby and Daisy first met
To Gatsby’s mansion for a tour of the house and grounds
To a restaurant in New York run by Meyer Wolfsheim
To the Buchanan home across the bay
10. Who plays the piano for Gatsby, Daisy, and Nick at the mansion?
Ewing Klipspringer, the guest Nick calls Gatsby’s boarder
Ewing Klipspringer’s visiting brother
Owl Eyes
A professional musician hired from one of Gatsby’s parties
11. During the awkward first stage of the reunion, what happens when Gatsby leans back against Nick’s mantelpiece?
A framed photograph of Daisy falls into the fireplace.
He knocks a clock from its place and catches it before setting it back.
He breaks a vase filled with Gatsby’s flowers.
He spills tea over Nick’s table and rug.
12. Daisy is late, and Gatsby becomes increasingly anxious. Which action best reflects his state of mind?
He repeatedly telephones Daisy’s house to demand an explanation.
He asks Nick to postpone the meeting until the following week.
He retreats to his mansion and tells Nick to receive Daisy alone.
He declares that no one is coming and acts as though he may leave just before she arrives.
13. Near the chapter’s end, Nick reflects on Gatsby’s idealized image of Daisy. What concern does the narration raise?
Gatsby has forgotten Daisy’s appearance and no longer recognizes her.
Daisy has deliberately created the green light to deceive Gatsby.
Gatsby cares more about impressing Nick than reconnecting with Daisy.
The real Daisy may not be able to equal the immense dream Gatsby has built around her.
14. Why does Nick invite Daisy to his house for tea and specifically ask her not to bring Tom?
He wants Daisy to advise him about ending his relationship with Jordan.
He is secretly arranging a reunion between Daisy and Gatsby.
He plans to question Daisy about Tom’s behavior in New York.
He wants to discuss selling his cottage to Gatsby.
15. As Daisy explores the mansion, Gatsby watches her reactions closely. What does this suggest about how he views his possessions?
Their value to him is being reassessed according to how Daisy responds to them.
He is deciding which possessions to sell before moving west.
He is worried that Daisy will recognize items stolen from Tom.
Their chief importance is proving to Nick that his war stories are true.
16. Gatsby points out a large photograph of an older man in yachting clothes. How does he identify the man?
As his wealthy father, who taught him to sail
As Meyer Wolfsheim, his current business associate
As Dan Cody, a deceased former friend of his
As an Oxford tutor who sponsored his education