The Great Gatsby Test Study Guide
Rated A
Nick Carraway ✔✔- grew up in a family of "prominent, well-to-do people"
-lives in west egg
- plain, straightforward, and "honest"
-grew up in chicago
-his family called the
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The Great Gatsby Test Study Guide
Rated A
Nick Carraway ✔✔- grew up in a family of "prominent, well-to-do people"
-lives in west egg
- plain, straightforward, and "honest"
-grew up in chicago
-his family called themselves the descendants of the "Dukes of Buccleuch"
-family got money from the wholesale hardware business
-went to Yale
-doesn't judge people
-likes literature
-considers himself one of those "limited" specialists known as a "well-rounded man"
- fought in WW1
-moved east to work in the bond business
Jay Gatsby ✔✔-grew up in north dakota
-attended oxford but dropped out because he was embarrassed to be a janitor in order to pay
tuition
-fought in WW1
-famously wealthy
-lived in a gothic mansion in west egg
-throws huge parties every saturday night to impress daisy
-his past is a secret to everyone
-in love with daisy who is married to tom but had a relationship with daisy in the past
-changed his name from Jimmy Gatz
Tom ✔✔-wealthy husband of daisy
-arrogant
-racist and sexist
-hypocrite
-abusive and rough to daisy
-having an affair
-strong powerfully built man
Daisy ✔✔- nick's cousin
-married to tom
-the woman gatsby loves
-lives in east egg
-met gatsby in Louisville
-has a need to be loved
-promised gatsby she would wait for him while he went to war
Jordan Baker ✔✔-daisy's friend
-romantically involved with Nick
-competitive golfer
-beautiful
-dishonest
Myrtle Wilson ✔✔-tom's lover/mistress
-married to a man named george
George Wilson ✔✔-oblivious husband of Myrtle
-owns a garage in the valley of ashes
-devastated by his wife's affair with tom
Owl Eyes ✔✔-meets nick at the first party he attends at Gatsby's mansion
klipspringer ✔✔-almost always at gatsby's mansion
-disappears when gatsby dies
-doesn't attend gatsby's funeral
-leaves a pair of tennis shoes at gatsby's mansion
meyer wolfsheim ✔✔-gatsby's friend
-important figure in organized crime
-helped gatsby make his fortune
Chapter 1
-why doesn't nick judge gatsby harshly? ✔✔nick is attracted to gatsby's personality
Chapter 1
-how does nick differ from the other people in his neighborhood? ✔✔nick is well-connected and
went to a prestigious school
Chapter 1
-what is gatsby doing the first time nick sees him? ✔✔looking out over the water
Chapter 2
-who lives in a garage that tom and nick visit? ✔✔myrtle, tom's mistress
Chapter 2
-what sits in the valley between west egg and east egg? ✔✔an ash heap
Chapter 2
-which of the following best describes myrtle?
a) quiet and thoughtful
b)sultry and sophisticated
c)sensuous and desperate
d)meek and mousy ✔✔C) sensuous and desperate
Chapter 2
-why does the party break up? ✔✔tom hits myrtle in the face
Chapter 3
-what reason does nick give for gatsby's popularity? ✔✔he regularly throws lavish parties
Chapter 3
-who does nick find in Gatsby's library? ✔✔Owl eyes
Chapter 3
-gatsby and nick did what together? ✔✔served in WW1
Chapter 4
-what city does gatsby tell nick he is from? ✔✔San Francisco
Chapter 4
-what does gatsby show the police officer when he gets pulled over? ✔✔a white card
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