Great Gatsby Test UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What effect did Fditzergerald most likely intended with the letter from Wolfshiem on page 166? -
CORRECT ANSWER - To build sympathy for Gatsby
"If he'd of livid, he'd of been a great man. A man like James J. Hill. He'd of helped build up the
country.' 'That's true, 'I said, uncomfortably"
Why does Nick use the word "uncomfortably" to describe his response? - CORRECT
ANSWER - He knows it is a lie, but does not want to hurt Mr. Gatz.
How is the conservation between Nick and Klipspringer on pages 169-169 important to the
chapter as a whole? - CORRECT ANSWER - It emphasizes Gatsby's lack of true friends.
"Even when the East excited me most, even when I was most keenly aware of its superiority to
the bored, sprawling, swollen towns beyond the Ohio, with their interminable inquisitions which
spread only the children and the very old-even then it had always for me a quality of distortion."
What does this passage reveal about Nick's ultimate view of the East? - CORRECT
ANSWER - It is corrupt
"I carry on a little business on the side, a sort of side line, you understand. And I thought that if
you don't make very much-You're selling bonds, aren't you, old sport?...Well, this would interest
you. It wouldn't tKe up much of your time and you might pick up a nice bit of money. It happens
to be a rather confidential sort of thing."
Why does Gatsby tell Nick that his "side line" is "rather confidential"? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Gatsby is involved in something illegal.
What character trait is Gatsby trying to project with his "white flannel suit, silver shirt, and gold-
colored tie" - CORRECT ANSWER - Wealth
When Daisy talks to Gatsby on page 89, she calls him "Jay."
, What is Fitzgerald suggesting with this word choice? - CORRECT ANSWER - Daisy is in
a more intimate relationship with Gatsby than anyone else it.
"With enchanting murmurs Daisy admired this aspect or that of the federal silhouetted against
the sky, admired the gardens, the sparkling odor of jonquils and the frothy odor of hawthorn and
plum blossoms and the pale gold odor of kiss-me-at-the-gate."
What mood does Fitzgerald create with this imagery? - CORRECT ANSWER - The mood
is romantic
"He had passed visibly through two states and was entering upon a third. After his
embarrassment and his unreasoning joy he was consumed with wonder at her presence. He has
been full of the idea so long, dreamed it right through to the end, waited with his teeth set, so to
speak, at an inconceivable pitch of intensity. Now, in the reaction, he was running down like an
overwound clock"
What does this suggest for Gatsby's future? - CORRECT ANSWER - He will be lost
without his ambition
How does learning about Ella Kaye's treatment of Gatsby (pages 100-101) affect readers' view of
him? - CORRECT ANSWER - It makes readers sympathetic towards Gatsby.
"I felt an unpleasantness in the air, a pervading harshness that hasn't been there before. Or
perhaps I had merely grown used to it, grown to accept West Egg as a world complete in itself,
with its own standards and its own great figures, second to nothing because it had no
consciousness of being so, and now I was looking at it again, through Daisy's eyes."
What does Nick imply in this passage? - CORRECT ANSWER - Daisy sees West Egg as
inferior to East Egg.
"I knew that except for the half-hour she'd been alone with Gatsby [Daisy] wasn't having a good
time. We were at a particularly tipsy table. That was my fault- Gatsby has been called to the
phone, and I'd enjoyed these same people only two weeks before. But wha t had amused me then
turned septic on the air now." In this sentence, the word "septic" most closely means... -
CORRECT ANSWER - Disgusting
On page page 107, Tom says, "A lot of these newly rich people are just bootleggers, you know."
Questions and CORRECT Answers
What effect did Fditzergerald most likely intended with the letter from Wolfshiem on page 166? -
CORRECT ANSWER - To build sympathy for Gatsby
"If he'd of livid, he'd of been a great man. A man like James J. Hill. He'd of helped build up the
country.' 'That's true, 'I said, uncomfortably"
Why does Nick use the word "uncomfortably" to describe his response? - CORRECT
ANSWER - He knows it is a lie, but does not want to hurt Mr. Gatz.
How is the conservation between Nick and Klipspringer on pages 169-169 important to the
chapter as a whole? - CORRECT ANSWER - It emphasizes Gatsby's lack of true friends.
"Even when the East excited me most, even when I was most keenly aware of its superiority to
the bored, sprawling, swollen towns beyond the Ohio, with their interminable inquisitions which
spread only the children and the very old-even then it had always for me a quality of distortion."
What does this passage reveal about Nick's ultimate view of the East? - CORRECT
ANSWER - It is corrupt
"I carry on a little business on the side, a sort of side line, you understand. And I thought that if
you don't make very much-You're selling bonds, aren't you, old sport?...Well, this would interest
you. It wouldn't tKe up much of your time and you might pick up a nice bit of money. It happens
to be a rather confidential sort of thing."
Why does Gatsby tell Nick that his "side line" is "rather confidential"? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Gatsby is involved in something illegal.
What character trait is Gatsby trying to project with his "white flannel suit, silver shirt, and gold-
colored tie" - CORRECT ANSWER - Wealth
When Daisy talks to Gatsby on page 89, she calls him "Jay."
, What is Fitzgerald suggesting with this word choice? - CORRECT ANSWER - Daisy is in
a more intimate relationship with Gatsby than anyone else it.
"With enchanting murmurs Daisy admired this aspect or that of the federal silhouetted against
the sky, admired the gardens, the sparkling odor of jonquils and the frothy odor of hawthorn and
plum blossoms and the pale gold odor of kiss-me-at-the-gate."
What mood does Fitzgerald create with this imagery? - CORRECT ANSWER - The mood
is romantic
"He had passed visibly through two states and was entering upon a third. After his
embarrassment and his unreasoning joy he was consumed with wonder at her presence. He has
been full of the idea so long, dreamed it right through to the end, waited with his teeth set, so to
speak, at an inconceivable pitch of intensity. Now, in the reaction, he was running down like an
overwound clock"
What does this suggest for Gatsby's future? - CORRECT ANSWER - He will be lost
without his ambition
How does learning about Ella Kaye's treatment of Gatsby (pages 100-101) affect readers' view of
him? - CORRECT ANSWER - It makes readers sympathetic towards Gatsby.
"I felt an unpleasantness in the air, a pervading harshness that hasn't been there before. Or
perhaps I had merely grown used to it, grown to accept West Egg as a world complete in itself,
with its own standards and its own great figures, second to nothing because it had no
consciousness of being so, and now I was looking at it again, through Daisy's eyes."
What does Nick imply in this passage? - CORRECT ANSWER - Daisy sees West Egg as
inferior to East Egg.
"I knew that except for the half-hour she'd been alone with Gatsby [Daisy] wasn't having a good
time. We were at a particularly tipsy table. That was my fault- Gatsby has been called to the
phone, and I'd enjoyed these same people only two weeks before. But wha t had amused me then
turned septic on the air now." In this sentence, the word "septic" most closely means... -
CORRECT ANSWER - Disgusting
On page page 107, Tom says, "A lot of these newly rich people are just bootleggers, you know."
