The Great Gatsby- Test Review Honors
English 11 Questions and All Answers.
F. Scott Fitzgerald - Answer Who is the author of The Great Gatsby?
others didn't have the advantages that he had and this teaches him not to judge others -
Answer What was the advice given to Nick by his father? How, do you suppose, this makes
him a good person to tell this story?
mid/upper class
his family owns a hardware store - Answer What is Nick's social class/background? How did
his family make its money?
he didn't know where his life was going and was looking for excitement - Answer When Nick
returns from the war, why does he decide to go East?
West Egg- new money, worked hard for it, and are show offs
East Egg- old money, always had that money - Answer How is West Egg different from East
Egg?
they went to school together at Yale and Tom was a well-known football player - Answer
Before meeting him, what does Nick tell us about Tom Buchanan?
White- daisies are white, pure, and innocent - Answer What would be a color you could use
to describe Daisy Buchanan and why?
she's careless about people's feelings; she's nosy and a gossip - Answer We find out that Tom
Buchanan has "some woman in New York." What unflattering feature of Jordan Baker's
personality is revealed in this scene?
Rise of the Colored; Tom is a racist - Answer What is the name of the book that Tom wants to
discuss at dinner? What does this book's content show us about Tom?
she's emotionally unstable; she is upset over Tom's affair - Answer What is the reader left to
think about Daisy's emotional state and her relationship with Tom?
, she's a professional golfer and is known for moving the ball and lying about it - Answer Who
is Jordan Baker? What has Nick heard about her?
Nick is content being alone and Gatsby seems to be in need of something (reaching toward the
green light) - Answer At the end of chapter one, Nick sees Gatsby on the lawn and is about
to call to him and introduce himself, but he doesn't. What stops Nick? What does Gatsby's
"trembling" suggest?
money or being green with envy - Answer The green light that Gatsby is staring at will
become an important symbol in the book. What symbolic associations can be made with the
color green?
dark, creepy mood describing the Valley of Ashes in between West and East Egg representing
corruption - Answer What is conveyed in the highly descriptive opening paragraph of
chapter 2?
the eyes on a billboard; the eyes of God looking over waste and corruption - Answer What
are the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg and what do they represent?
Tom's mistress Myrtle - Answer Who does Nick meet that he really doesn't want to?
her relationship/affair with Mr. Buchanan - Answer Evaluate Myrtle's talk of her unhappy
marriage. What does she seem to be trying to justfiy?
a puppy - Answer What object does Myrtle want?
shes simple-minded, materialistic, and wants to pursue her own dreams at the expense of
others - Answer How does Myrtle's speech reveal her character?
Tom- short temper and violent
Myrtle- selfish, self-absorbed, and petty - Answer What does this scene in this New York
apartment reveal about Tom? Myrtle?
No - he feels sick by what he just saw. He couldn't believe the life these people were living and
how his cousin's husband was having an affair - Answer Does Nick enjoy the afternoon at the
apartment in New York? Why or why not?
Daisy can run her mouth all she wants but she'll never get divorced because she's Catholic -
Answer What does Myrtle say about Daisy?
English 11 Questions and All Answers.
F. Scott Fitzgerald - Answer Who is the author of The Great Gatsby?
others didn't have the advantages that he had and this teaches him not to judge others -
Answer What was the advice given to Nick by his father? How, do you suppose, this makes
him a good person to tell this story?
mid/upper class
his family owns a hardware store - Answer What is Nick's social class/background? How did
his family make its money?
he didn't know where his life was going and was looking for excitement - Answer When Nick
returns from the war, why does he decide to go East?
West Egg- new money, worked hard for it, and are show offs
East Egg- old money, always had that money - Answer How is West Egg different from East
Egg?
they went to school together at Yale and Tom was a well-known football player - Answer
Before meeting him, what does Nick tell us about Tom Buchanan?
White- daisies are white, pure, and innocent - Answer What would be a color you could use
to describe Daisy Buchanan and why?
she's careless about people's feelings; she's nosy and a gossip - Answer We find out that Tom
Buchanan has "some woman in New York." What unflattering feature of Jordan Baker's
personality is revealed in this scene?
Rise of the Colored; Tom is a racist - Answer What is the name of the book that Tom wants to
discuss at dinner? What does this book's content show us about Tom?
she's emotionally unstable; she is upset over Tom's affair - Answer What is the reader left to
think about Daisy's emotional state and her relationship with Tom?
, she's a professional golfer and is known for moving the ball and lying about it - Answer Who
is Jordan Baker? What has Nick heard about her?
Nick is content being alone and Gatsby seems to be in need of something (reaching toward the
green light) - Answer At the end of chapter one, Nick sees Gatsby on the lawn and is about
to call to him and introduce himself, but he doesn't. What stops Nick? What does Gatsby's
"trembling" suggest?
money or being green with envy - Answer The green light that Gatsby is staring at will
become an important symbol in the book. What symbolic associations can be made with the
color green?
dark, creepy mood describing the Valley of Ashes in between West and East Egg representing
corruption - Answer What is conveyed in the highly descriptive opening paragraph of
chapter 2?
the eyes on a billboard; the eyes of God looking over waste and corruption - Answer What
are the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg and what do they represent?
Tom's mistress Myrtle - Answer Who does Nick meet that he really doesn't want to?
her relationship/affair with Mr. Buchanan - Answer Evaluate Myrtle's talk of her unhappy
marriage. What does she seem to be trying to justfiy?
a puppy - Answer What object does Myrtle want?
shes simple-minded, materialistic, and wants to pursue her own dreams at the expense of
others - Answer How does Myrtle's speech reveal her character?
Tom- short temper and violent
Myrtle- selfish, self-absorbed, and petty - Answer What does this scene in this New York
apartment reveal about Tom? Myrtle?
No - he feels sick by what he just saw. He couldn't believe the life these people were living and
how his cousin's husband was having an affair - Answer Does Nick enjoy the afternoon at the
apartment in New York? Why or why not?
Daisy can run her mouth all she wants but she'll never get divorced because she's Catholic -
Answer What does Myrtle say about Daisy?
