Great Gatsby Quiz

1. Who is the protagonist?

  1. Nick
  2. Gatsby
  3. Daisy
  4. Tom

2. Who wrote The Great Gatsby?

  1. Dickens
  2. Hawthorne
  3. Fitzgerald
  4. Miller

3. Who says “Can’t relive the past? Why of course you can.”

  1. Gatsby
  2. Jordan
  3. Daisy
  4. Nick

4. Where is the green light located?

  1. in  Nick’s door
  2. at the library
  3. at the end of Daisy and Tom’s pier
  4. at Myrtle’s apartment

5. Who is Tom’s mistress?

  1. he doesn’t have one
  2. Myrtle
  3. Jordan
  4. Daisy

6. Who kills Gatsby?

  1. Wilson
  2. Tom
  3. Daisy
  4. Nick

7. What was wrong with the books in Gatsby’s library?

  1. the pages were so old the print was blurred
  2. the pages weren’t cut
  3. they were made of wood
  4. they were blank

 

8. Who threw the parties?

  1. Tom
  2. Nick
  3. Gatsby
  4. Myrtle

9. Why did he throw the parties?

  1. to attract Daisy
  2. to be popular
  3. to show off his shirts
  4. to get rid of his food

10. Who did Gatsby love?

  1. Myrtle
  2. Daisy
  3. Jordan

11. What made Daisy begin to cry?

  1. Gatsby’s death
  2. Jordan’s dishonesty
  3. Tom’s affair
  4. Gatsby’s shirts

12. What was Jordan Baker’s profession?

  1. golfer
  2. model
  3. actress
  4. she was rich and stayed at home

13. Who said, “I hope she’ll be a fool. That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.”

  1. Jordan
  2. Gatsby
  3. Daisy
  4. Tom

14. What were Mr. Wolfsheim’s cufflinks made out of?

  1. human bone
  2. plastic
  3. diamonds
  4. gold

 

 

 

15. The cufflinks may represent

  1. how some use people for their own greed
  2. how new materials were making people rich
  3. the ruthless world of diamond mining
  4. the golden wealth of kings

16. Who ran over Myrtle?

  1. Nick
  2. Gatsby
  3. Daisy
  4. Tom

17. Which of these details is true about Gatsby’s past?

  1. he received a degree from Oxford
  2. he’s the son of wealthy people from the Midwest
  3. he fought in the war
  4. all of these are false

18. Why does Tom hit Myrtle at his apartment in New York City?

  1. because she refuses to see him anymore
  2. because she asks him to divorce his wife
  3. because she taunts him about Daisy
  4. because she flirts with Nick

 

19. Where is Gatsby’s mansion located?

 

  1. East Egg
  2. Park Avenue
  3. West Egg
  4. Brooklyn

 

20. Where does Gatsby’s reunion with Daisy take place?

 

  1. by the pool
  2. at Nick’s house
  3. at the golf tournament
  4. at the yacht race

 

21. How are Daisy and Nick related?

 

  1. They are brother and sister
  2. They are married
  3. They are step-siblings
  4. They are cousins

 

22. Where did Gatsby study after the war?

 

  1. Cambridge
  2. The Sorbonne
  3. Oxford
  4. Yale

23. On the day after the confrontation between Tom and Gatsby in New York City, what does Gatsby instruct his gardener not to do?

 

  1. drain the pool
  2. cut the grass
  3. rake the leaves
  4. plant corn

 

24. At the end of the novel, Daisy chooses to be with

 

  1. Gatsby
  2. Tom
  3. George Wilson
  4. Nick

 

25. What do the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg on the billboard seem to represent?

 

  1. the watchful eyes of the underprivileged
  2. God’s all-seeing eyes
  3. How people just don’t seem to see what’s going on
  4. The working class people moving up in the world

 

26. Why did Nick first move to New York?

 

  1. to become a lawyer
  2. to learn about the bond business
  3. to attend college
  4. to attend medical school

 

27. What is Meyer Wolfshiem’s claim to fame?

 

  1. He made the first batch of bootleg alcohol to be sold in New York.
  2. He once beat Al Capone in a fight.
  3. He is a former violinist with the New York Philharmonic.
  4. He rigged the 1919 World Series.

 

28. Where does Gatsby recognize Nick from?

 

  1. Nick was an undergraduate at Oxford.
  2. Nick works at the bond house where Gatsby does business.
  3. Nick and Gatsby fought in the same battle in World War I.
  4. Gatsby has seen his next door neighbor around.

 

29. Who narrates The Great Gatsby?

 

  1. Tom
  2. Nick
  3. George
  4. Gatsby

30. Which of these things is not symbolized by the green light?

  1. optimism
  2. The American Dream
  3. money
  4. nature