Gatsby Test

The action of the book takes place over __________.

• one week
• one summer
• one spring
• one year

At the opening of the story, Nick states that he has become disillusioned by ____________.

• a sense of man’s relative unimportance in an indifferent cosmos

• promises made by Jordan Baker but never kept

• Tom and Daisy’s divorce

• what preyed on Gatsby and floated in the wake of his dreams

In the beginning of the book, how does Nick describe Gatsby?

• brilliant, although somewhat smug and self-centered

• an extraordinary gift for hope, and a romantic readiness

• a big, hulking brute of a man

• outgoing, almost to the point of being obnoxious

Nick has recently moved to _________ Egg. 

• East
• West
• North
• South

Tom and Daisy live on ________ Egg. 

• East
• West
• North
• South

According to Nick, what is Daisy's best feature?

• her eyes
• her voice
• her mouth
• her hair

What is Nick's first impression of Jordan Baker?

• She is ugly, brutish.
• She is shy, insecure.
• She is confident, self-sufficient.
• She is ignorant, uneducated.

What is the “valley of ashes”?

• an area in East Egg where a fire had been many years ago

• a desolate area between West Egg and New York

• a cemetery specializing in cremated remains

• an imaginary place used as a metaphor for Gatsby’s loneliness

The Valley of Ashes represents __________.

• hope of a better tomorrow

• the remnants of the American Dream

• the power of the past

• soldiers killed in WWI

What are the eyes of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg?

• a Jazz song played at Myrtle's party

• a private eye following Tom

• an illustration on a billboard

• a photograph in Myrtle's apartment