The Great Gatsby Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Correct
Jay Gatsby lived in the area of West Egg whereas Daisy and Tom lived in East Egg. - ANSWER
- True
Gatsby and Daisy had not seen one another in over a decade until Nick helped to reunite them.
- ANSWER - False
Gatsby's primary motivation for becoming wealthy was only to win Daisy's affection. - ANSWER
- True
Daisy's husband, Tom, is having an affair with her friend, Jordan Baker. - ANSWER - False
Gatsby lies about his educational background and claims that he has been an Oxford student,
hoping that this will make him fit in further with Daisy's elitist society. - ANSWER - True
To support his lies, Gatsby shows Nick a medal he supposedly earned in the war and also a
picture of him supposedly at Oxford. - ANSWER - True
The green light in the novel acts as a symbol or motif, and Gatsby sees it as a connection from
him to Daisy. - ANSWER - True
The novel is set in the 1950s. - ANSWER - False
Gatsby makes his fortune, in part, from being a bootlegger. This is ironic since the novel is set
during Prohibition. - ANSWER - True
Myrtle, the woman with whom Tom is having an affair, is hit and killed by a car that Gatsby is
driving. - ANSWER - False
Answers 100% Correct
Jay Gatsby lived in the area of West Egg whereas Daisy and Tom lived in East Egg. - ANSWER
- True
Gatsby and Daisy had not seen one another in over a decade until Nick helped to reunite them.
- ANSWER - False
Gatsby's primary motivation for becoming wealthy was only to win Daisy's affection. - ANSWER
- True
Daisy's husband, Tom, is having an affair with her friend, Jordan Baker. - ANSWER - False
Gatsby lies about his educational background and claims that he has been an Oxford student,
hoping that this will make him fit in further with Daisy's elitist society. - ANSWER - True
To support his lies, Gatsby shows Nick a medal he supposedly earned in the war and also a
picture of him supposedly at Oxford. - ANSWER - True
The green light in the novel acts as a symbol or motif, and Gatsby sees it as a connection from
him to Daisy. - ANSWER - True
The novel is set in the 1950s. - ANSWER - False
Gatsby makes his fortune, in part, from being a bootlegger. This is ironic since the novel is set
during Prohibition. - ANSWER - True
Myrtle, the woman with whom Tom is having an affair, is hit and killed by a car that Gatsby is
driving. - ANSWER - False
