THE GREAT GATSBY UPDATED EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
"Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!" - ✔✔Gatsby
✔✔What is Gatsby's real name? - ✔✔James Gatz
✔✔What did both Gatsby and Carraway participate in? - ✔✔The Great War
✔✔What is "West Egg"? - ✔✔The more fashionable (and tacky) of the two eggs
✔✔Why does Gatsby buy his mansion on the West Egg? - ✔✔To be near Daisy
✔✔Which character invents a false, romantic story about his background? - ✔✔Gatsby
✔✔What kind of evidence does Gatsby show Nick? - ✔✔A medal from the war; picture
of himself at Oxford
✔✔Which character shoots Gatsby? - ✔✔George Wilson
✔✔Who takes the blame for driving the car in the hit-and-run accident? - ✔✔Gatsby
✔✔Who attends Gatsby's funeral? - ✔✔Nick and Gatsby's dad
✔✔What is Gatsby's business? - ✔✔Bootlegging
✔✔What college Nick Carraway attend? - ✔✔Yale
✔✔Does Gatsby want Daisy to admit her part in Myrtle's death? - ✔✔No
✔✔Nick arranges a meeting with which 2 characters? - ✔✔Daisy & Gatsby
✔✔Who is driving the car when Myrtle is hit? - ✔✔Daisy
✔✔What details does Catherine give at the inquest? - ✔✔She claims that Myrtle loved
Wilson and never got into any trouble or extramarital affairs
✔✔Describe the guests at Gatsby's parties - ✔✔They often don't know Gatsby and they
are uninvited. Gatsby spends lots of $$ to entertain his guests
✔✔Why does Gatsby love Daisy? - ✔✔He has preserved a memory of her from when
they were young and in love
, ✔✔What kind of woman is Myrtle Wilson? - ✔✔Poor, simple, desperate to belong to a
different class; selfish
✔✔What is the time period of the story? - ✔✔The "Roaring Twenties"
✔✔What does Nick learn about Jordan and her golfing? - ✔✔She cheats at golf
✔✔What college did Gatsby attend for a short time? - ✔✔Oxford
✔✔When did Daisy meet Gatsby? - ✔✔Before the war, when they were much younger
✔✔When does Nick leave the party in Tom & Myrtle's apartment? - ✔✔After Tom
breaks Myrtle's nose
✔✔Where is the Wilson's garage located? - ✔✔The Valley of Ashes
✔✔Why does Tom tell Myrtle that they cannot be married? - ✔✔Daisy is Catholic- she
doesn't believe in divorce
✔✔How does George Wilson find out about his wife's affair? - ✔✔He finds the dog
collar
✔✔When Myrtle sees Jordan with Tom, what does she assume? - ✔✔That Jordan is
Tom's wife
✔✔How does George react when he learns that Myrtle has been unfaithful? - ✔✔He
wants to take her away
✔✔What color is Gatsby's car? - ✔✔It is yellow and also very unique
✔✔Why is Nick distressed after Gatsby's funeral? - ✔✔Gatsby's friends show their
disregard for him; they don't seem to care that he is dead, or even care to attend the
funeral
✔✔Who calls during the Buchanan dinner? - ✔✔Myrtle
✔✔What does Gatsby look across to in his backyard? - ✔✔Daisy's dock
✔✔When Nick attends his first Gatsby party, what transpires? - ✔✔Nick meets Gatsby
and befriends him; asks Jordan to arrange a meeting with Gatsby & Daisy
✔✔When does Daisy begin to cry? - ✔✔When she tours Gatsby's house
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
"Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!" - ✔✔Gatsby
✔✔What is Gatsby's real name? - ✔✔James Gatz
✔✔What did both Gatsby and Carraway participate in? - ✔✔The Great War
✔✔What is "West Egg"? - ✔✔The more fashionable (and tacky) of the two eggs
✔✔Why does Gatsby buy his mansion on the West Egg? - ✔✔To be near Daisy
✔✔Which character invents a false, romantic story about his background? - ✔✔Gatsby
✔✔What kind of evidence does Gatsby show Nick? - ✔✔A medal from the war; picture
of himself at Oxford
✔✔Which character shoots Gatsby? - ✔✔George Wilson
✔✔Who takes the blame for driving the car in the hit-and-run accident? - ✔✔Gatsby
✔✔Who attends Gatsby's funeral? - ✔✔Nick and Gatsby's dad
✔✔What is Gatsby's business? - ✔✔Bootlegging
✔✔What college Nick Carraway attend? - ✔✔Yale
✔✔Does Gatsby want Daisy to admit her part in Myrtle's death? - ✔✔No
✔✔Nick arranges a meeting with which 2 characters? - ✔✔Daisy & Gatsby
✔✔Who is driving the car when Myrtle is hit? - ✔✔Daisy
✔✔What details does Catherine give at the inquest? - ✔✔She claims that Myrtle loved
Wilson and never got into any trouble or extramarital affairs
✔✔Describe the guests at Gatsby's parties - ✔✔They often don't know Gatsby and they
are uninvited. Gatsby spends lots of $$ to entertain his guests
✔✔Why does Gatsby love Daisy? - ✔✔He has preserved a memory of her from when
they were young and in love
, ✔✔What kind of woman is Myrtle Wilson? - ✔✔Poor, simple, desperate to belong to a
different class; selfish
✔✔What is the time period of the story? - ✔✔The "Roaring Twenties"
✔✔What does Nick learn about Jordan and her golfing? - ✔✔She cheats at golf
✔✔What college did Gatsby attend for a short time? - ✔✔Oxford
✔✔When did Daisy meet Gatsby? - ✔✔Before the war, when they were much younger
✔✔When does Nick leave the party in Tom & Myrtle's apartment? - ✔✔After Tom
breaks Myrtle's nose
✔✔Where is the Wilson's garage located? - ✔✔The Valley of Ashes
✔✔Why does Tom tell Myrtle that they cannot be married? - ✔✔Daisy is Catholic- she
doesn't believe in divorce
✔✔How does George Wilson find out about his wife's affair? - ✔✔He finds the dog
collar
✔✔When Myrtle sees Jordan with Tom, what does she assume? - ✔✔That Jordan is
Tom's wife
✔✔How does George react when he learns that Myrtle has been unfaithful? - ✔✔He
wants to take her away
✔✔What color is Gatsby's car? - ✔✔It is yellow and also very unique
✔✔Why is Nick distressed after Gatsby's funeral? - ✔✔Gatsby's friends show their
disregard for him; they don't seem to care that he is dead, or even care to attend the
funeral
✔✔Who calls during the Buchanan dinner? - ✔✔Myrtle
✔✔What does Gatsby look across to in his backyard? - ✔✔Daisy's dock
✔✔When Nick attends his first Gatsby party, what transpires? - ✔✔Nick meets Gatsby
and befriends him; asks Jordan to arrange a meeting with Gatsby & Daisy
✔✔When does Daisy begin to cry? - ✔✔When she tours Gatsby's house
