The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925

Ten questions on plot, characters and themes. Take it free. Pass 7 of 10 to ace it.

Question 1 of 10

Who narrates the novel?

Jay Gatsby himselfNick Carraway, a young man from the Midwest who moves eastTom Buchanan, the wealthy husbandDaisy Buchanan, looking back on her youth

Question 2 of 10

Where is most of the novel set?

Manhattan and BrooklynChicago and its suburbsTwo communities on Long Island, called East Egg and West EggA small Midwestern town outside St. Paul

Question 3 of 10

What is Gatsby's connection to Daisy before the novel begins?

They are distant cousinsThey went to college together in New YorkThey had a brief romance in Louisville before he left for the warThey met at one of his parties the previous summer

Question 4 of 10

Tom Buchanan is having an affair with Myrtle, who is married to:

Meyer Wolfshiem, a gamblerGeorge Wilson, who runs a garage in the valley of ashesA wealthy banker Tom does business withA friend of Jordan Baker's

Question 5 of 10

What does the green light at the end of Daisy's dock represent for Gatsby?

His business success on Wall StreetHis longing for Daisy and the future he imagines with herThe wealth of East Egg, which he resentsA signal between him and Wolfshiem

Question 6 of 10

How did Gatsby become wealthy?

He inherited a fortune from his family in North DakotaHonest banking and a Wall Street job he took after the warHe worked his way up through legitimate oil investmentsBootlegging and other shady dealings, in business with Meyer Wolfshiem

Question 7 of 10

Who is driving the car when Myrtle is struck and killed?

Tom BuchananNick CarrawayDaisy BuchananJordan Baker

Question 8 of 10

Who shoots Gatsby at the end of the novel?

Tom Buchanan, in a confrontationMeyer Wolfshiem, over a business disputeDaisy, in a panicGeorge Wilson, who believes Gatsby was driving the car that killed Myrtle

Question 9 of 10

Who attends Gatsby's funeral?

Hundreds of his former party guestsDaisy, Tom, and a small circle of close friendsAlmost no one — Nick, Gatsby's father, the minister, and one or two othersThe whole of West Egg, in a public ceremony

Question 10 of 10

The famous closing line of the novel is about:

The promise of the American Dream finally fulfilledBoats being borne back ceaselessly into the pastThe endless parties of West EggNick's decision to return to the Midwest

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