QUIZ-“ Great Gatsby”-Chap. 1/2-3B
Name:_________________________Blk:________
1. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City?
a) Because she refuses to see him anymore.
b) Because she asks him to divorce his wife.
c) Because she taunts him about Daisy.
d) Because she flirts with Nick.
2. Where is Gatsby’s mansion located?
a) East Egg.
b) Park Avenue.
c) West Egg.
d) Brooklyn.
3. In what year is the Great Gatsby set?
a) 1925.
b) 1924.
c) 1923.
d) 1922.
4. Where were Nick and Tom educated?
a) Yale.
b) Harvard.
c) Princeton.
d) Duke.
5. What is Jordan Baker’s occupation?
a) Softball pitcher.
b) Secretary.
c) Philanthropist.
d) Golfer.
6. What is Nick’s home state?
a)
b)
c)
d)
North Dakota.
Minnesota.
Wisconsin.l
Florida.
7.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Which woman is Tom’s extramarital lover?
Daisy.
Ellen.
Myrtle.
Jordan.
8.
a)
b)
c)
d)
How are Daisy and Nick related?
They are brother and sister.
They are married.
They are step-siblings.
They are cousins.
9.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Why does Nick move to New York?
To become a lawyer.
To learn about the bond business.
To attend college.
To attend medical school.
10, What did Fitzgerald call the 1920’s?
a)
b)
c)
d)
The Roaring Twenties.
The Gay Twenties.
The Jazz Age.
The Lost Generation.
Write an 11-sentence paragraph reflection on each of these questions:
Society in “The Great Gatsby” is strictly divided between the old and the
new. How does Fitzgerald illustrate this?
What might the green light represent to Nick’s neighbor, the mysterious
Gatsby?