The Great Gatsby Quizzes

1. When was The Great Gatsby published?

• 1921
• 1922
• 1923
• 1925

2. Who is Meyer Wolfsheim?

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

3. Who is Ewing Klipspringer?

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

4. Where did Nick Carraway attend school?

• Princeton
• Yale
• Harvard
• Columbia

5. Who narrarates the Great Gatsby?

• Jay Gatsby
• Nick Carraway
• George Wilson
• Tom Buchanan

6. Which of this things is NOT symbolized by the green light?

• nature
• The American Dream
• money
• optimism

7. Who is Dr. Eckleburg?

• A guest at Gatsby's party
• Gatsby's doctor and professional associate
• An eye doctor whose billboard overlooks the road to West Egg
• Tom Buchanan's spy and confidante

8. The road between West Egg and East Egg is

• A literary allusion to the mythological River Styx
• A "valley of ashes"
• A literary allusion to the Waste Land, by T.S. Eliot
• All of these

9. Myrtle Wilson is

• Daisy's friend and a golf pro
• Tom's lover
• Nick's girlfriend
• The plumber's wife

10. Why do Nick and Tom go to the "valley of ashes"?

• Tom wants Nick to meet his mistress
• Tom and Nick are passing through, on the way to Gatsby's garden party
• Tom's car has a transmission problem
• None of these