The Great Gatsby Test Questions

What types of fruits arrived from a fruiterer in New York to Gatsby's house?

Oranges and lemons

What college did the narrator graduate from?

Yale

Who is Tom's lover?

Myrtle Wilson

What is Gatsby's first name?

Jay

What business does the narrator's father run?

wholesale hardware

Which Egg did Gatsby live on?

West

What is Carraway's first name?

Nick

What secret about tom does Miss Jordan tell Nick?

He has a mistress in New York

Who is Carraway's second cousin once removed?

Daisy Buchanan

What book by Goddard does Tom ask Nick if he's read?

The Rise of the Colored Empires

Name four types of instruments that show up as part of an orchestra for Gatsby's party.

oboes, trombones, saxophones, viols

Who have the Carraways descended from?

The Dukes of Bucleic

What point of view is the novel written?

1st person

Who did Carraway describe as having a "cruel body"?

Tom

Who once tore their gown on a chair and Gatsby replaced it?

Lucille

What did Tom do to Mrs. Wilson?

Tom breaks her nose because she keeps saying Daisy's name

How much money in rent did the narrator pay for his house each month?

$80

Who do people say that Gatsby is a nephew or cousin of?

Kaiser Wilhelm

Who was Daisy's family secret about?

The butler

Why is the man in Gatsby's library so impressed?

He discovers that all the books in the library are real

Who watches over everything in the "valley of ashes"?

Doctor T.J. Eckleburg

Who was a golf champion?

Jordan Baker

What were Gatsby and Carraway going to do at nine o'clock in the morning?

Go up in the hydro-plane

What word does Tom hate?

hulking

Whose garage did Tom and Nick enter?

George Wilson's

What is Mr. McKee's occupation?

photographer

In what part of New York does this story take place?

The East & West Egg

Who does Nick spot while having lunch with Gatsby?

Tom Buchanan

Why did a man show up at Nick's door the day it was raining?

Gatsby sent him over to cut Nick's grass, so it would look good for Daisy

What instrument does Ewing Klipspringer play?

piano

What was the name of Dan Cody's yacht?

Tuolomee

Who did Gatsby refer to as "the polo player"?

Tom

How was Gatsby able to get out of getting a ticket from the police officer?

Gatsby shows the officer a card that the police commissioner gave him after he did him a favor

What is the name of Daisy's chauffeur?

Ferdie

In what place would Mr. Wolfshiem have preferred to eat?

the old metropole

Who drowned last summer up in Maine?

Doctor Webster Civet

Who is Gatsby speaking with when Nick meets him for lunch?

Mr. Wolfshiem

How long did Gatsby stay with and learn from Dan Cody?

5 years

What does Gatsby tell Nick about Meyer Wolfshiem?

He's a gambler; he's the man who fixed the World Series in 1919

Who was Gatsby's best friend years ago?

Dan Cody

What ranked officer did Gatsby start off as in the war?

First lieutenant

What are Mr. Wolfshiem's cuff buttons made out of?

Human teeth

Gatsby told Nick he was in which 2 businesses?

Drug and oil

Who did Clarence Endive have a fight with in the garden?

Etty

What government gave Gatsby the medal that he showed to Nick?

Montenegro

What was Gatsby's given name?

James Gatz

Who does Tom suspect killed Myrtle?

Gatsby

What was the only compliment that Nick gave to Gatsby?

Nick told Gatsby he was better than Daisy and Tom

Tom accuses Gatsby of being a ____.

bootlegger

How old is Nick?

30

What does Gatsby say he hasn't used all summer?

his pool

Who did Gatsby fire?

All of his servants

What is the name of Daisy's daughter?

Pammy

When Nick answered the phone at Gatsby's place, who was at the other end of the line?

Slagle

How was Myrtle Wilson killed?

She was hit by a car

To whom did Nick sell his car?

the grocer

What is the name of Jay Gatsby's father?

Henry C. Gatz

Who said, "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall"?

Jordan Baker

What book does Gatsby's father pull out that has Jay's childhood schedule?

Hopalong Cassidy

Carraway says that this has been a story of _____.

The West

What hotel did Nick, Gatsby, Tom, Jordan, and Daisy go to?

Plaza Hotel

What did Michaelis find in the drawer?

a dog leash/collar

Where is Gatsby's father from?

Minnesota

What did Klipspringer tell Nick that he lost?

Tennis shoes

Who passed out at Daisy and Tom's wedding?

Biloxi

Who was driving the car that killed Myrtle?

Daisy

Where and when did Daisy and Tom get married?

Louisville in June

Gatsby tells Tom that Daisy did not marry him because _____.

Gatsby was poor and Daisy was tired of waiting for him

What happened to Gatsby while he was in the swimming pool?

He was shot and killed by Mr. Wilson

What was said about Wilson in order that the case against him remained in simplest form?

Wilson was deranged by grief

Who does Nick visit that does not want to attend the funeral?

Meyer Wolfshiem