The Great Gatsby Book Quiz
Eight multiple-choice questions on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925) — plot, characters and the moments everyone quotes. Two minutes, instant score, every answer explained below. For the full mixed-classics version, take the original book quiz — 15 questions across the whole canon.
All 8 questions and answers
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- Who narrates? — Nick Carraway. The Midwestern bond salesman in the cottage next door.
- What was Gatsby's real name? — James Gatz. 'James Gatz — that was really, or at least legally, his name.'
- The green light Gatsby reaches toward is at the end of whose dock? — Daisy's. Across the bay in East Egg — the visible form of his dream.
- Who is Myrtle Wilson? — Tom's mistress, married to a garage mechanic. Locked above the garage in the valley of ashes; she runs out under the yellow car.
- What do the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg look down on? — The valley of ashes. A fading optometrist's billboard that George Wilson mistakes for God.
- Who is driving the death car that kills Myrtle? — Daisy, with Gatsby taking the blame. Gatsby's yellow Rolls-Royce, driven by Daisy — Wilson is told, wrongly, that Gatsby was at the wheel.
- Who kills Gatsby? — George Wilson, then himself. The bodies in the pool: Gatsby on his air mattress, Wilson in the grass.
- What is Gatsby's business, as far as anyone can tell? — Bootlegging and shady bond schemes with Wolfsheim. The man who fixed the 1919 World Series is his partner — that is the company he keeps.
About The Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald's 1925 Jazz Age novel: mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby throws lavish parties on West Egg, Long Island, all to win back Daisy Buchanan, who married money while he was at war. Narrated by Nick Carraway, the neighbor who sees everything. The novel runs about 47,000 words (roughly 180 pages in a standard paperback) — about 3 hours and 17 minutes of reading at an average pace. Before you commit, see the full breakdown in how long it takes to read The Great Gatsby or calculate reading time for any other book.
Easy — short, lyric, and tightly plotted; the quickest great American novel. If you get 6 or more of the eight questions right, the book clearly stuck.
What this quiz covers
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby sits in our american classics shelf, and the eight questions follow the book the way a reader experiences it: how the story opens, the turn in the middle, the characters who carry it, and the ending people still argue about. You will not be asked for page numbers or publication trivia — but three or four questions are built to separate people who read the book from people who read a summary. If a question stumps you, that gap is your reading list talking.
Fair warning for the ambitious: readers who clear this quiz often move straight to the reading-time breakdown for The Great Gatsby to plan the reread, then test the rest of their shelf against the mixed classic literature quiz.
More book quizzes
To Kill a Mockingbird quiz, The Scarlet Letter quiz, Of Mice and Men quiz, The Grapes of Wrath quiz, 1984 quiz, Animal Farm quiz, Brave New World quiz — or browse every book quiz on the site. For scale, The Great Gatsby is the 104th longest of the 133 classics timed here — shorter than The Outsiders but longer than Holes.
Doing the whole author? Our F. Scott Fitzgerald books in order guide lists every book with the best entry point.
Frequently asked questions
How many questions are in the Great Gatsby quiz?
Eight multiple-choice questions covering F. Scott Fitzgerald's plot, characters and most famous moments. The quiz takes about two minutes and your score is instant.
Is the Great Gatsby book quiz free?
Yes — no signup, no email, nothing to install. Answer the eight questions and get your score immediately.
What score should I aim for?
8/8 means you know the book cold; 6+ is a solid score. Below 4, the book is calling you back for a reread.
Is the Great Gatsby quiz hard?
Easy — short, lyric, and tightly plotted; the quickest great American novel. The questions themselves stick to famous, load-bearing moments — the scenes and lines the book is remembered for — so a genuine read usually scores 6+.
How long is the Great Gatsby reading itself?
About 47,000 words — roughly 180 pages, or about 3 hours and 17 minutes at an average pace. The full pace breakdown is in how long it takes to read The Great Gatsby. It runs 9 chapters, averaging 5,222 words each; see the book-count guide for its full structure.