The Great Gatsby (2013 Film) Quizzes

The Great Gatsby (2013 Film) Quiz 1

1 Where is Nick at the beginning of the film?
In New York City

In Paris, living as an ex-pat

At a sanatarium

In East Egg, enjoying lunch
2 Who directed the film?
Tim Burton

Todd Haynes

Baz Luhrmann

Terry Gilliam
3 Who plays Nick Carraway?
James Franco

Tobey Maguire

Elijah Wood

Andrew Garfield
4 Where does Nick live?
Brooklyn

East Egg, on Long Island

West Egg, on Long Island

The Upper West Side
5 Who wrote the novel on which the film is based?
James Joyce

William Faulkner

Ernest Hemingway

F. Scott Fitzgerald
6 What profession does Nick pursue in New York?
A job on Wall Street

Painting

Bootlegging

Writing
7 Who plays Jay Gatsby?
Tom Hardy

Leonardo DiCaprio

Johnny Depp

Matt Damon
8 How does the doctor recommend that Nick recover from his anxiety and mental illness?
Take medication

Call Gatsby

Read a self-help book

Write down what happened
9 Who produced the soundtrack?
Beyonce

Jay-Z

Kanye West

Lana Del Rey
10 What is Tom doing when we first see him?
Swimming

Playing polo

Reading Shakespeare

Seducing a waitress at a restaurant
11 Who plays Tom Buchanan?
Christopher Abbott

Christian Bale

Tom Hardy

Joel Edgerton
12 Who plays Daisy Buchanan?
Michelle Williams

Carey Mulligan

Keira Knightley

Helena Bonham Carter
13 What is Daisy's relation to Nick?
They met at a party

They are friends from college

They are siblings

They are cousins
14 What is Jordan Baker's profession?
Novelist

Skier

Golfer

Actress
15 What does Tom want to discuss at dinner?
The rise of non-white races

The weather

Nick's writing career

Gatsby
16 Why does Daisy get upset when Tom answers the telephone during dinner?
She knows it's a woman with whom Tom is having an affair

She hates having dinner interrupted

She was just about to give a toast to Nick

She wishes someone would call her for a change
17 Who plays Jordan Baker?
Carey Mulligan

Elizabeth Debicki

Margot Robbie

Alicia Vikander
18 Where does Tom want to take Nick?
The Bronx Zoo

A baseball game

The Yale Club

A Broadway show
19 The best thing a girl in this world can be:
Savvy and self-reliant

A beautiful little fool

Fun-loving and happy

A wife
20 What does Nick see Gatsby reaching towards on his dock?
A photograph on Daisy

The moon

The green light across the harbor

The light on the water
21 Where does Myrtle Wilson live?
Brooklyn

The Bronx

Manhattan

The Valley of Ashes
22 Who plays Myrtle?
Isla Fisher

Scarlett Johansson

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Amy Adams
23 What does Tom do when Myrtle says Daisy's name?
Threaten to leave

Laugh, and say "Daisy who?"

Order her to go home

Slap her
24 How does Gatsby get Nick to come to his house?
Getting Jordan to lure him over to a party

Inviting him in person

Sending him an invitation

Leaving clues to his identity in Nick's driveway
25 "Large parties are so __________"
Private

Awful

Fun

Boring

The confrontation between Gatsby, Tom and Dailey at the hotel shows Daisy's essential weakness. What is it?

Daisy is superficial and really only out for herself to maintain the lifestyle that she has become accustomed to.

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As the film continues, Nick and the audience learn more about Jay Gatsby's background. How does his history help viewers understand the man we see in the mansion on West Egg?

Gatsby is supposed to be an enigma yet the narrative slowly gives up clues to the audience that Gatsby perhaps is not so complicated. By the end of the book/film we can see that Gatsby is an intelligent bootlegger with a talent for dealing with...

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Earlier than Gatsby, the audience meets Tom Buchanan and his wife Daisy. What does the director want viewers to see about Tom?

I think that Baz Luhrmann, the director, wants audiences to experience Tom's incredible wealth as well as his domineering control and manipulations over all aspects of his life. Tom is essentially a filthy rich belligerent blowhard who likes the...

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