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The Great Gatsby
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How does Nick Carraway first meet Jay Gatsby?
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How are West Egg and East Egg different?
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Why does Tom insist on switching cars with Gatsby when they go to the city?
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When do the events described in this novel take place?
During World War I
At the beginning of the Great Depression
In the early 1920s
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TRUE or FALSE: Nick comes from "old money."
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What does Nick compare the green light of the Buchanan's dock to?
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America
Gatsby's dreams
Money
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What does George Wilson believe the Dr. Eckleburg billboard represents?
The eyes of God
His wife's lover
The human soul
Death
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What does Nick find the upper classes, as represented by Jordan, Tom, and Daisy, to be?
Tasteless
Conservative
Hollow
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