Chapter 4 Quiz — The Great Gatsby

What does Gatsby claim as his hometown when Nick asks what part of the Midwest he is from?

• Chicago
• San Francisco
• Minneapolis
• St. Louis

What inscription appears on the medal Gatsby shows Nick?

• For Distinguished Service
• For Valour Extraordinary
• For Heroic Conduct
• For Military Excellence

What are Meyer Wolfsheim's cuff buttons made of?

• Ivory tusks
• Human molars
• Mother of pearl
• Polished bone

According to Gatsby, what did Meyer Wolfsheim do in 1919?

• Robbed a bank in Manhattan
• Fixed the World Series
• Assassinated a political figure
• Smuggled liquor from Canada

How does Gatsby react when Nick introduces him to Tom Buchanan at the restaurant?

• He confidently shakes Tom's hand and makes small talk
• He becomes visibly embarrassed and then vanishes
• He pretends not to hear and walks away slowly
• He confronts Tom about his treatment of Daisy

According to Jordan Baker, where did Gatsby and Daisy first meet?

• New York City
• Louisville, Kentucky
• Chicago, Illinois
• West Egg, Long Island

What did Daisy try to do the night before her wedding to Tom Buchanan?

• Run away to New York to find Gatsby
• Return Tom's pearl necklace and call off the wedding
• Write a letter to Gatsby confessing her love
• Confront Tom about his infidelity

Why did Gatsby buy his mansion in West Egg?

• It was the most prestigious address available
• Meyer Wolfsheim recommended it for business purposes
• It was directly across the bay from Daisy's home in East Egg
• Nick Carraway was already living next door

Gatsby shows Nick a photograph of himself at Oxford holding a cricket bat.

Meyer Wolfsheim tells Nick that he personally shot Rosy Rosenthal at the old Metropole.

In the sentence 'Mr. Wolfshiem swallowed a new sentence he was starting and lapsed into a somnambulatory abstraction,' what does 'somnambulatory' most closely mean?

• Angry and confrontational
• Sleepwalking-like and dreamy
• Deeply sorrowful
• Extremely focused

When Nick describes Gatsby's 'punctilious manner,' he means Gatsby is:

• Rude and dismissive
• Nervously talkative
• Carefully formal and correct in behavior
• Physically aggressive

Nick says he managed to restrain his 'incredulous laughter' during Gatsby's story. 'Incredulous' means:

• Uncontrollable
• Polite and measured
• Disbelieving and skeptical
• Nervous and anxious