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Junior English
The Great Gatsby—Final Test Study Guide
Part I: Characters—Write a brief description for each character.
Dr. T.J. Eckleburg—
Klipspringer—
Meyer Wolfshiem—
Myrtle Wilson—
George Wilson—
Owl Eyes—
Catherine—
Michaelis—
Dan Cody—
Part II: Fill in the blank—Complete the following sentences by placing the correct term on each blank.
Meyer Wolfshiem was involved in fixing the ______________ _______________.
Gatsby’s yellow car was manufactured by _____________ ______________.
The desolate plain between East and West Egg was called the ______________ of ___________.
Nick and Tom were educated at ______________ while Gatsby once attended ______________.
The 1920’s are often called the _____________ Twenties or the ____________ Age.
On the day that Myrtle Wilson was killed, Nick turned ___________ years old.
As a boy, Jay Gatz wrote a rigid schedule in a copy of _______________ ______________.
The main character is named Nick _________________. Daisy last name is _____________.
Daisy says that the best thing a girl can be in this world is a beautiful little _______________.
Part III: Short Answer—Respond to the following questions in complete sentences.
1. What piece of advice did Nick’s father once give him? Does Nick follow this advice?
2. What’s the major difference between East Egg and West Egg?
3. What was Gatsby looking at when Nick saw him standing by the water late at night?
4. Gatsby’s parties are incredibly lavish. Describe, in detail, one of Gatsby’s parties.
5. What does Myrtle Wilson buy on the way to Tom’s apartment in the city?
6. What does Tom do to Myrtle at the end of the party in the city, and why does he do this?
7. Name at least three separate rumors shared about Gatsby in the novel.
8. Why does Nick feel that Jordan Baker is an immoral person?
9. On the way to the lunch with Wolfshiem, Gatsby tells Nick both truthful elements and lies about his
past. What two pieces of “evidence” does Gatsby produce to prove his story?
10. Why does Gatsby insist on meeting Daisy at Nick’s house rather than someplace else?
11. Describe Gatsby’s actual childhood.
12. Why doesn’t Gatsby drink?
13. Why did Gatsby fire all of his servants?
14. When Tom stops at George Wilson’s garage to put gas in Gatsby’s car, Myrtle Wilson is staring out
the upstairs window. At whom is she staring?
15. According to Tom, what was the purpose of the drugstores that he and Meyer Wolfshiem purchased?
16. Describe Myrtle Wilson’s death. Who was driving the car? Why didn’t they stop? Why did it seem
as though Myrtle “wanted to speak to” the occupants of the car?
17. How did George Wilson know that the yellow car belonged to Gatsby?
18. Where, exactly, did Gatsby die, and what happened to George Wilson?
19. Why does Nick plan Gatsby’s funeral, and who, besides Nick, attends?
20. What is an iconoclast, and how is this an iconoclastic novel?