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The Great Gatsby Test 2017

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Question 1
1.

Answer the following questions in complete sentences. (25 Points) Explain the following quote and how it connects to the idea or vision that Gatsby has for the past and the future. How does this relate to the image of the green light? “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And then one fine morning—So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

Question 2
2.

Explain how the following quote relates to the central theme of the novel. (20 points) “He talked a lot about the past, and I gathered that he wanted to recover something, some idea of himself perhaps, that had gone into loving Daisy. His life had been confused and disordered since then, but if he could once return to a certain starting place and go over it all slowly, he could find out what that thing was. . . .” (110 Fitzgerald)

Question 3
3.

Is Gatsby's love for Daisy real? Does he love her, or his conception of her? Explain your answer. (10 Points)

Question 4
4.

Explain the main conflict between old and new money? How does it relate to the story? (15 Points)

Question 5
5.

Do you like Daisy? Defend your answer. (5 Points)

Question 6
6.

Do you trust Nick as a narrator? Explain your answers. (5 Points)

Question 7
7.

Explain the symbol of the eyes of T. J. Eckleburg? (10 Points)

Question 8
8.

Who are the three people that attend Gatsby's funeral? (10 points)

Question 9
9.

Who is Pammy?

Question 10
10.

Who is Owleyes?

Question 11
11.

Who is Dan Cody?

Question 12
12.

Who is George Wilson?

Question 13
13.

Where is Gatsby's mansion located?

Question 14
14.

Where does Nick live?

Question 15
15.

At the end of the novel, who does Daisy choose to be with?

Question 16
16.

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

Question 17
17.

When Gatsby renews his relationship with Daisy at Nick's house, what does Gatsby knock of the mantle?

Question 18
18.

What is Meyer Wolfsheim's claim to fame?

Question 19
19.

Where has most of Gatsby's money come from?

Question 20
20.

Why did Gatsby through all those huge parties?

Question 21
21.

Why didn't Gatsby return to Daisy immediately after the war?

Question 22
22.

When Myrtle saw Jordan with Tom, she thought Jordan was:

Question 23
23.

How long did Gatsby stay in college?

Question 24
24.

George Wilson says “You may fool me, but you can’t fool god”? To whom is he referring?

Question 25
25.

The Great Gatsbytakes place during what time period?

Question 26
26.

Who said, “Her voice is full of money.”

Question 27
27.

Who is this quote about?

Question 28
28.

Who said, "They’re a rotten crowd," ... You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together."

Question 29
29.

How much time has passed since Gatsby and Daisy were together?

Question 30
30.

Who is James Gatz?

Question 31
31.

What does Nick Carraway do for a living?

Question 32
32.

Who is the focus of this novel?

Question 33
33.

Why does Gatsby stop throwing parties?

Question 34
34.

Who runs over Myrtle?

Question 35
35.

Where is Myrtle killed?

Question 36
36.

What is Tom's biig regret in all of this?