The Great Gatsby Exam Review
Your exam will consist of the following:
Matching/Character Identification (12) - You will need to match a person or item to its description.
Who Said It? (5) - You will need to know who said what and in what context.
Short Answer (10) - I will choose ten of the following questions:
Chapter 1
1. Compare and contrast the East and West Egg.
2. What could the green light at the end of Daisy's dock symbolize?
Chapter 2
3. Describe the Valley of the Ashes.
4. Describe Myrtle Wilson and the nature of her relationship with Tom.
Chapter 3
5. Who is Owl Eyes, and what does he represent?
6. What does Nick see as his "cardinal virtue"? Do you agree? Why is this important?
7. What do we learn about Jordan Baker in this chapter?
Chapter 4
8. Gatsby tells Nick a sketchy half-truth about his past. What does he tell him? Why does Gatsby reinvent himself?
9. Explain the significance of "the letter" and Daisy's response to it.
Chapter 5
10. Explain the significance of the broken mantelpiece clock. What can you conclude about the nature of time, especially as it relates to Gatsby?
11. What makes Daisy cry at Gatsby's house? Why?
Chapter 6
12. How and why does James Gatz become Jay Gatsby?
Chapter 7
13. Why is Tom in a panic in this chapter?
14. Describe the intense confrontation between Tom and Gatsby. What happens?
15. Why does Tom refer to the relationship between Daisy and Gatsby in terms of intermarriage?
Chapter 8
16. What is the significance of the large eyes of T.J. Eckleburg in this chapter?
Chapter 9
17. Explain the final line in the novel, "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
Matching/Character Identification (12) - You will need to match a person or item to its description.
Who Said It? (5) - You will need to know who said what and in what context.
Short Answer (10) - I will choose ten of the following questions:
Chapter 1
1. Compare and contrast the East and West Egg.
2. What could the green light at the end of Daisy's dock symbolize?
Chapter 2
3. Describe the Valley of the Ashes.
4. Describe Myrtle Wilson and the nature of her relationship with Tom.
Chapter 3
5. Who is Owl Eyes, and what does he represent?
6. What does Nick see as his "cardinal virtue"? Do you agree? Why is this important?
7. What do we learn about Jordan Baker in this chapter?
Chapter 4
8. Gatsby tells Nick a sketchy half-truth about his past. What does he tell him? Why does Gatsby reinvent himself?
9. Explain the significance of "the letter" and Daisy's response to it.
Chapter 5
10. Explain the significance of the broken mantelpiece clock. What can you conclude about the nature of time, especially as it relates to Gatsby?
11. What makes Daisy cry at Gatsby's house? Why?
Chapter 6
12. How and why does James Gatz become Jay Gatsby?
Chapter 7
13. Why is Tom in a panic in this chapter?
14. Describe the intense confrontation between Tom and Gatsby. What happens?
15. Why does Tom refer to the relationship between Daisy and Gatsby in terms of intermarriage?
Chapter 8
16. What is the significance of the large eyes of T.J. Eckleburg in this chapter?
Chapter 9
17. Explain the final line in the novel, "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."