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The Great Gatsby Practice Quiz
Forty multiple-choice questions on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, grouped by chapter, with a final round on the whole book. Click an answer to check it, or open “Show answer” for the explanation. Each section links to the full chapter so you can reread anything you miss.
Spoiler warning: these questions cover the entire plot, including the ending.
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Chapter 1 Questions
Read or review Chapter 1.
1. Where does Nick Carraway rent his house?
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B. West Egg Nick rents a small house in West Egg, the less fashionable of the two villages, next door to Gatsby. (Chapter 1)
2. How much rent does Nick pay for his house?
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A. Eighty dollars a month Nick enjoys the “consoling proximity of millionaires—all for eighty dollars a month.” (Chapter 1)
3. What business has Nick come East to learn?
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C. The bond business Nick explains that he decided to go East and learn the bond business. (Chapter 1)
4. From which city did Nick graduate in 1915?
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A. New Haven Nick graduated “from New Haven” in 1915, where Yale is, a quarter of a century after his father. (Chapter 1)
5. At the end of Chapter 1, what does Nick see Gatsby reaching toward?
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C. A single green light Gatsby stretches out his arms toward “a single green light, minute and far away.” (Chapter 1)
Chapter 2 Questions
Read or review Chapter 2.
6. What looks down over the valley of ashes?
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B. The eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg The giant eyes on an oculist’s old billboard brood over the ash heaps. (Chapter 2)
7. What does Myrtle insist on buying on the way to the apartment?
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B. A puppy Myrtle wants “one of those dogs” for the apartment, and Tom pays for it. (Chapter 2)
8. How does the apartment party end?
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B. Tom breaks Myrtle’s nose When Myrtle shouts Daisy’s name, Tom breaks her nose with his open hand. (Chapter 2)
Chapter 3 Questions
Read or review Chapter 3.
9. What astonishes Owl Eyes in Gatsby’s library?
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B. The books are real He expected cardboard but finds real books, calling Gatsby “a regular Belasco.” (Chapter 3)
10. How does Nick first meet Gatsby?
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B. The man he is chatting with turns out to be Gatsby Nick tells a stranger he hasn’t met the host; the man replies, “I’m Gatsby.” (Chapter 3)
11. What rumour about Jordan Baker does Nick remember?
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B. She moved her ball in a golf tournament There was a suggestion she had moved her ball from a bad lie in a semifinal round. (Chapter 3)
Chapter 4 Questions
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12. What are Meyer Wolfshiem’s cuff buttons made of?
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C. Human molars Wolfshiem proudly describes his cuff buttons to Nick as “Finest specimens of human molars.” (Chapter 4)
13. Gatsby says Wolfshiem is “the man who fixed” what?
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A. The 1919 World’s Series Gatsby says Wolfshiem fixed the World’s Series back in 1919. (Chapter 4)
14. Where does Gatsby claim he was educated?
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B. Oxford He says he was “educated at Oxford, because all my ancestors have been educated there.” (Chapter 4)
15. According to Jordan, why did Gatsby buy his house?
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B. So Daisy would be just across the bay “Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay.” (Chapter 4)
Chapter 5 Questions
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16. What is the weather on the day of Gatsby’s reunion with Daisy?
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B. Pouring rain “The day agreed upon was pouring rain.” The sun comes out later. (Chapter 5)
17. What makes Daisy cry during the tour of Gatsby’s house?
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A. His shirts Gatsby throws his shirts before her and she sobs, “They’re such beautiful shirts.” (Chapter 5)
18. Who plays the piano for Gatsby and Daisy?
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C. Klipspringer Klipspringer, “the boarder,” plays “The Love Nest” and “Ain’t We Got Fun?” (Chapter 5)
Chapter 6 Questions
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19. What is Gatsby’s real name?
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A. James Gatz He was born James Gatz of North Dakota and changed his name at seventeen. (Chapter 6)
20. Who was Dan Cody?
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B. A millionaire whose yacht Gatsby joined Gatsby rowed out to Cody’s yacht on Lake Superior and worked for him for five years. (Chapter 6)
21. What does Gatsby insist when Nick says you can’t repeat the past?
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B. “Why of course you can!” “Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can!” (Chapter 6)
Chapter 7 Questions
Read or review Chapter 7.
22. What drinks does Tom bring in on the hot afternoon?
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B. Four gin rickeys Tom brings “four gin rickeys that clicked full of ice.” (Chapter 7)
23. Where does the big confrontation between Tom and Gatsby take place?
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A. The Plaza Hotel They take a suite at the Plaza Hotel in New York. (Chapter 7)
24. According to Tom, how did Gatsby make money with Wolfshiem?
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B. Selling grain alcohol over the counter in drugstores Tom says they “bought up a lot of side-street drug-stores” and sold grain alcohol. (Chapter 7)
25. Who is driving the car that kills Myrtle?
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C. Daisy Gatsby admits Daisy was driving, but says he will take the blame. (Chapter 7)
26. What does Nick realise on the day of the Plaza scene?
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B. It is his thirtieth birthday “I just remembered that to-day’s my birthday.” Nick is thirty. (Chapter 7)
27. What is the name of Tom and Daisy’s daughter?
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A. Pammy Daisy calls in her little girl, Pammy, who is then taken away by her nurse. (Chapter 7)
Chapter 8 Questions
Read or review Chapter 8.
28. Where is Gatsby when he is shot?
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B. On a mattress in his swimming pool He takes a pneumatic mattress to the pool, where Wilson finds him. (Chapter 8)
29. What does George Wilson say while staring at the billboard eyes?
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A. “God sees everything” Michaelis tells him “That’s an advertisement.” (Chapter 8)
30. What are Nick’s last words to Gatsby?
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B. “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together” Nick shouts across the lawn: “They’re a rotten crowd,” then “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.” (Chapter 8)
Chapter 9 Questions
Read or review Chapter 9.
31. Who arrives from Minnesota after Gatsby’s death?
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B. His father, Henry C. Gatz A telegram signed Henry C. Gatz arrives, followed by Gatsby’s father himself. (Chapter 9)
32. What does Gatsby’s father show Nick?
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B. A boyhood schedule written in a Hopalong Cassidy book It lists young Jimmy’s daily schedule and “General Resolves.” (Chapter 9)
33. Why does Klipspringer phone after Gatsby’s death?
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B. To ask for his tennis shoes He wants the butler to send on “a pair of shoes I left there.” (Chapter 9)
34. What does Tom admit when he meets Nick on Fifth Avenue?
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B. That he told Wilson the truth about the car “I told him the truth,” Tom says, meaning that he told Wilson the yellow car was Gatsby’s. (Chapter 9)
35. How does the novel end?
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B. With boats against the current “So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” (Chapter 9)
Whole-Book Questions
36. Who narrates The Great Gatsby?
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C. Nick Carraway Nick tells the story in the first person, looking back on the summer of 1922.
37. In what year was The Great Gatsby first published?
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B. 1925 Scribner published the novel in April 1925; the story is set in 1922.
38. When did The Great Gatsby enter the US public domain?
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C. January 1, 2021 Its 95-year US copyright term expired, and it entered the public domain on January 1, 2021.
39. What is Daisy’s hometown?
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A. Louisville Daisy grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, where she met Gatsby in 1917.
40. What sport does Jordan Baker play?
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B. Golf Jordan is a tournament golfer.
Keep Studying
Review the plot in our summary and study guide, explore the themes or look up unfamiliar words in the glossary.