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The Ultimate The Great Gatsby Quiz | Authors

This quiz goes in detail on 'The Great Gatsby'. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by Lanire. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Lanire

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
81,652

Updated
Sep 18 23

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
11 / 15

Plays
4505

Last 3 plays: angostura (15/15), Guest 199 (15/15), Guest 167 (11/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Whom does Nick meet when he visits Daisy the first time? Hint

Myrtle Williams

Mr. McKee

George Williams

Jordan Baker

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Question 2 of 15

2. What flower does Daisy compare Nick to? Hint

Violet

Rose

Tulip

Daisy

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Question 3 of 15

3. Whose nose did Tom Buchanan break in the book? Hint

Myrtle's nose

Daisy's nose

Nick's nose

Jay's nose

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Question 4 of 15

4. What car of Gatsby's became an omnibus every weekend? Hint

Volkswagen

Rolls-Royce

Mercedes

Renault

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Question 5 of 15

5. What division were Jay and Nick in during World War I? Hint

Third Division

Fourth Division

Fifth Division

Seventh Division

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Question 6 of 15

6. What does Jordan ask from Nick on behalf of Gatsby? Hint

To invite Tom to his party

To invite Tom for tea

To invite Daisy for tea

To invite Daisy to his party

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Question 7 of 15

7. What does Nick do to earn money? Hint

He sells bonds

He is a company representative

He owns a drug business

He is rich and does not need to earn money

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Question 8 of 15

8. Who did Gatsby ask to play piano when he brought Daisy in his house for the first time? Hint

Mr. McKee

Mr. Klipspringer

Mr. Wolfshiem

Mr. Leech

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Question 9 of 15

9. What was Jay Gatsby's real name?

Answer: (First and last name or last name only)

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Question 10 of 15

10. True or False : Tom never came to any of Jay Gatsby's parties.

True

False

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Question 11 of 15

11. Tom was a football player, but Jay intentionally introduced him as a player of a different sport. What sport did Gatsby say Tom plays? Hint

Soccer

Polo

Tennis

Cricket

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Question 12 of 15

12. In which hotel does the final confrontation between Jay and Tom happen? Hint

Ritz

Hilton

Plaza

Soho

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Question 13 of 15

13. What color is Tom Buchanan's car? Hint

Black

Yellow

Blue

Red

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which book character often uses the expression 'old sport'? Hint

Tom Buchanan

Jay Gatsby

Nick Carraway

George Wilson

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Question 15 of 15

15. What happens in the end of the book? Hint

Nick marries Jordan Baker

Jay Gatsby marries Daisy

Jay Gatsby and Mr. Wilson die

Mr. Wilson kills Tom Buchanan

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Whom does Nick meet when he visits Daisy the first time?

Answer: Jordan Baker

When Nick first meets Jordan, he describes that her chin is raised a bit as if she were balancing an object on it.

2. What flower does Daisy compare Nick to?

Answer: Rose

'You remind me of a rose, an absolute rose.' In his mind, Nick does not agree to the comparison at all.

3. Whose nose did Tom Buchanan break in the book?

Answer: Myrtle's nose

Tom breaks Mrs. Wilson's nose in the New York apartment where they meet because he thinks that she has no right to mention Daisy's name and they get in an argument over it.

4. What car of Gatsby's became an omnibus every weekend?

Answer: Rolls-Royce

It was used to bring guests to the party and drive them back, so it went back and forth from the morning till night.

5. What division were Jay and Nick in during World War I?

Answer: Third Division

Nick was in Ninth Machine-Gun Battalion and Jay Gatsby was in the Seventh Infantry.

6. What does Jordan ask from Nick on behalf of Gatsby?

Answer: To invite Daisy for tea

Nick invites Daisy over where she meets Jay for the first time in five years.

7. What does Nick do to earn money?

Answer: He sells bonds

Since Nick helps Jay to meet Daisy, Gatsby offers Nick a position in one of his businesses that would bring him quick money. However, Nick feels that he does not want to receive money for anything other than his honest work.

8. Who did Gatsby ask to play piano when he brought Daisy in his house for the first time?

Answer: Mr. Klipspringer

Ewing Klipspringer was woken up to play piano and was trying to tell them that he did not have practice and could not play well but was forced to play anyway.

9. What was Jay Gatsby's real name?

Answer: James Gatz

The narrator tells the story of how James Gatz meets Dan Cody and then changes his name and his life.

10. True or False : Tom never came to any of Jay Gatsby's parties.

Answer: False

Tom Buchanan heard from Gatsby that his wife came to his parties before and decided that she should not go there alone anymore. Tom was only present on this one final party.

11. Tom was a football player, but Jay intentionally introduced him as a player of a different sport. What sport did Gatsby say Tom plays?

Answer: Polo

At the Gatsby's party that Tom attends, Jay introduces him to everyone at 'a polo player' even though Tom denies it.

12. In which hotel does the final confrontation between Jay and Tom happen?

Answer: Plaza

That is where Jay tells Tom that Daisy loves only him and always loved him, but finds himself not supported by her. She is unwilling to leave tom Buchanan because she loves him as well.

13. What color is Tom Buchanan's car?

Answer: Blue

Tom is afraid that someone will suspect him as a killer of Mrs. Wilson because he drove Gatsby's yellow car before. That's why he intentionally tells Mr. Wilson that he drives a blue car and the other car did not belong to him and he did not drive it later.

14. Which book character often uses the expression 'old sport'?

Answer: Jay Gatsby

It annoys Tom Buchanan to no end when Jay Gatsby refers to him in that manner.

15. What happens in the end of the book?

Answer: Jay Gatsby and Mr. Wilson die

Mr. Wilson kills Jay Gatsby and then himself because he goes crazy with grief and believes that Jay Gatsby drove over his wife. Jordan Baker tells Nick that she is engaged to another man. Daisy and Tom move away from the West Egg.

Source: Author Lanire

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