Forest Hills High School
The Great Gatsby Test Review
English Department
1.
Who cries over Gatsby’s shirts?
2.
Who left Gatsby $25,000 that Gatsby never received?
3.
Who is a gambler friend of Gatsby?
4.
Who offers Nick a job as payment for a favor?
5.
Who buys Daisy with a $350,000 strand of pearls?
6.
Who is disappointed by Gatsby because Gatsby has so little to say?
7.
Who helps Daisy the night before Daisy marries Tom?
8.
Why does Jay Gatsby drop the name James Gatz?
9.
From whom and how did Gatsby receive a most appropriate education?
10. What happens the night before Tom and Daisy’s wedding?
11. When Gatsby tells Nick that he is “trying to forget something very sad that had happened to me long
ago,” why does Nick have to restrain a laugh?
12. In the novel, who fixed the 1919 World Series?
13. With who is Nick is developing a close relationship?
14. Explain this quote, “Now it was again a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had
diminished by one.”
15. Explain this quote, “Even that afternoon Daisy tumbled short if his dreams-not through her own fault. . .”
16. Why James Gatz is is disappointed in his own parents?
17. What does Dan Cody’s yacht symbolizes
18. Who said, “I realize now that under different circumstances that conversation might have been one of
crises of my life. But because the offer was obviously and tactlessly for a service rendered, I had no
choice except to cut him off there.”
19. Who said, “Possibly it had occurred to him that the colossal significance of that light had now vanished
forever. Compared to the great distance that had separated him from Daisy it had seemed very near to her,
almost touching her. It seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was again a green light on a dock.
His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.”
20. Who said, “Even that afternoon Daisy tumbled short if his dreams-not through her own fault. . .”
21. Who said, “By God, I may be old-fashioned in my ideas but women run around too much these days to
suit me.”
22. Who said, “She didn’t like it. She didn’t have a good time.”
23. Who said, “I’m going to fix everything just the way it was before. She’ll see.”
24. Who said, “I don’t want you to get the wrong idea of me from all the stories you hear.”
25. Who said, “My incredulity was submerged in fascination now; it was like skimming hastily though a
dozen magazines.”
26. Who said, “Tell ‘em all Daisy’s change’ her mine. Say ‘Daisy’s change’ her mine!’
27. Who said, “I am trying to forget something very sad that happened to me a long time ago.”
28. Who said, “Then it had not been merely the stars to which he [Gatsby] aspired on that June night.”
29. Who said, “That’s my affair.”
30. Why does Gatsby throw all of his shirts on his table?
31. Why does Gatsby throw his parties?
32. Why does Daisy cry when she is in Gatsby’s house?
33. When does James Gatz use his new name for the first time?
34. How does Daisy feel about Gatsby’s party?
35. What does Gatsby want Daisy to say about Tom?
36. Why does Gatsby leave his parents at age 16?
37. What types of people are from West Egg? What do they do for a living?
38. Who attends Gatsby’ parties?
39. What do the picture from Oxford and the Medal from Montenegro prove to Nick?
40. Who believes that the past cannot be repeated?
41. Who is the author of The Great Gatsby?
42. Why does Daisy attempt to run away to New York?
43. How long after Gatsby is sent to Europe does Daisy meet Tom and marry him?
44. How does Gatsby feel as he waits at Nick’s house for Daisy’s arrival?
45. How does Gatsby answer Nick when Nick asks about Gatsby line of work?
46. Why has Gatsby accumulated all of his wealth?
47. Why can Gatsby not understand why Daisy does not like his party?
48. Who tells the story of what happened the night before Daisy and Tom’s wedding?
49. It is obvious to Nick that Gatsby is involved in illegal activities after he and Gatsby have lunch with
whom?
50. Why does Gatsby feel limited by his pat?
51. What part of Gatsby’s party does Daisy enjoy?
52. From where are the people who have ethnic last names at Gatsby’s party?
1.
Who refuses to attend Gatsby’s funeral because it would be bad for business?
2.
Who killed Jay Gatsby and then killed himself?
3.
Who is jealous of Jordan Baker because of a case of mistaken identity?
4.
Who realizes that the Mid-West is a place of stability and continuity?
5.
Who cares more about his tennis shoes and a picnic than Gatsby’s funeral?
6.
Who is proud of his son’s accomplishments?
7.
Who drove the car that killed Myrtle?
8.
Who creates a dream for himself that no one can live up to?
9.
Who is concerned about the way she was treated the night Myrtle died?
10. Who is the Greek who stayed with Wilson the night Myrtle was killed?
11. Who told George Wilson who owned the yellow car?
12. Who swore that her sister loved her husband and that her sister was never into any mischief?
13. How does Tom first find out that there is a love affair between Gatsby and Daisy?
14. What does the scene in which Nick observes Tom and Daisy through the kitchen window reveal about an
important theme in this novel?
15. Why does the relationship between Nick and Jordan fall apart?
16. By the end of the novel, how does Nick feel about the Mid-West?
17. By the end of the novel, what realization has Nick come to in regards to Tom and Daisy?
18. Who represents the arrogance and immorality of the rich?
19. Who is alarmed by the changes he perceives are taking place in society?
20. How does Daisy react when she hears how Gatsby made his money?
21. Why does Nick stop seeing Jordan?
22. Why does Tom finally allow Wilson to have the car?
23. Why are Myrtle eyes “jealous with terror”?
24. Why does Myrtle get killed by the car?
25. Who is the only person other than Nick and Henry Gatz to attend Gatsby’s funeral?
26. Who said, “Her voice is full of money.”
27. Who said, “You’re revolting. Do you know why we left Chicago? I’m surprised that they didn’t
treat you to the story of that little spree.”
28. Who said, “Jimmy was bound to get ahead. He always had some resolves like this or something
Do you notice what he’s got for improving his mind? He was always great for that.”?
29. Who said, “Let us learn to show our friendships for a man when he is alive and not after he is dead.”?
30. Who said, “I have a way of finding out.”?
31. Who said, “They’re a rotten crowd. You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.”?
32. Who said, “You weren’t so nice to me last night.”?
33. Who said, “I spoke to her, I told her she might fool me but she couldn’t fool God.”?
34. Who said, “He told it to me because ‘jay Gatsby’ had broken up like glass against Tom’s hard malice.”?
35. Who said, “What if I did tell him? That fellow had it coming to him.”?
36. Who said, “So we beat on, boats against the current borne back carelessly into the past.”?
37. Who said, “He couldn’t possibly leave Daisy until he knew what she was going to do. He was clutching at
some last hope and I couldn’t bear to shake him free”?
38.
What does Gatsby tell his gardener about the pool and why does Gatsby say this?
39.
What is the specific setting when Tom discovers the affair between his wife and Gatsby?
40.
When driving to the city, Who travels in Gatsby’s yellow car?
41.
Symbolically what are Dr. T.J. Eckleburg’s eyes?
42.
Who feels responsibility for organizing Gatsby’s funeral?
43.
How does Henry Gatz learn of his son’s death?
44.
What does Nick’s dream that involves El Greco confirm about Nick’s belief about the East?
45.
What does Gatsby want Daisy to say about Tom?
46.
How does Daisy feel about Tom?
47.
What is Tom’s reaction to Myrtle’s death?
48.
What does Nick realize when he observes Tom and Daisy is the kitchen?
49.
Why is young Gatsby drawn to Daisy?
50.
What is the result of Gatsby believing in his own dream for too long?
51.
What does the green light comes to symbolize at the end of the novel?
52.
By the end of the novel, what does Nick come to believe about our past dreams?
53.
Nick says, “The transition from libertine to prig was so complete. About whom is Nick speaking?
What does Nick mean?
54.
Why does Tom send Gatsby and Daisy back from the city alone together?
55.
When does Daisy decide that she will not have any more contact with Gatsby?