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The Great Gatsby Quiz 1

  • 1. When was The Great Gatsby published?
    •     1921
    •     1922
    •     1923
    •     1925

  • 2. Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?
    •     Greek man and neighbor of Wilson who consoles him after Myrtle is killed
    •     A notorious underworld figure involved in organized crime
    •     A wealthy man who gained his fortune from the gold rush
    •     A poor man content in his existence until he suspects that his wife is having an affair

  • 3. Who is Ewing Klipspringer?
    •     A boarder who lives in Gatsby's house
    •     A longtime friend of Daisy
    •     The brother of Myrtle Wilson who lives in New York City
    •     A guest at Gatsby's parties who wrecks his car there

  • 4. Where did Nick Carraway attend school?
    •     Harvard
    •     Yale
    •     Columbia
    •     Princeton

  • 5. Who narrarates the Great Gatsby?
    •     Tom Buchanan
    •     Nick Carraway
    •     George Wilson
    •     Jay Gatsby

  • 6. Which of this things is NOT symbolized by the green light?
    •     optimism
    •     The American Dream
    •     money
    •     nature

  • 7. Who is Dr. Eckleburg?
    •     A guest at Gatsby's party
    •     An eye doctor whose billboard overlooks the road to West Egg
    •     Gatsby's doctor and professional associate
    •     Tom Buchanan's spy and confidante

  • 8. The road between West Egg and East Egg is
    •     A "valley of ashes"
    •     A literary allusion to the mythological River Styx
    •     A literary allusion to the Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot
    •     All of these

  • 9. Myrtle Wilson is
    •     Nick's girlfriend
    •     The plumber's wife
    •     Tom's lover
    •     Daisy's friend and a golf pro

  • 10. Why do Nick and Tom go to the "valley of ashes"?
    •     Tom's car has a transmission problem
    •     Tom and Nick are passing through, on the way to Gatsby's garden party
    •     Tom wants Nick to meet his mistress
    •     None of these

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