F. Scott Fitzgerald - Quiz
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  • 1. When was F. Scott Fitzgerald born?
A) 1900
B) 1920
C) 1888
D) 1896
  • 2. What novel is F. Scott Fitzgerald best known for?
A) Pride and Prejudice
B) To Kill a Mockingbird
C) The Great Gatsby
D) 1984
  • 3. Which one of Fitzgerald's novels was published posthumously?
A) Tender Is the Night
B) The Beautiful and Damned
C) The Last Tycoon
D) This Side of Paradise
  • 4. Where was F. Scott Fitzgerald born?
A) New York City, New York
B) Los Angeles, California
C) St. Paul, Minnesota
D) Chicago, Illinois
  • 5. What is the title of Fitzgerald's first novel?
A) This Side of Paradise
B) Tender Is the Night
C) The Beautiful and Damned
D) The Great Gatsby
  • 6. Which writer was a close friend of Fitzgerald and influenced his writing?
A) William Faulkner
B) Edith Wharton
C) Virginia Woolf
D) Ernest Hemingway
  • 7. What is the last completed novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
A) Tender Is the Night
B) The Beautiful and Damned
C) This Side of Paradise
D) The Great Gatsby
  • 8. What is the protagonist's name in 'The Great Gatsby'?
A) Atticus Finch
B) Nick Carraway
C) Holden Caulfield
D) Jay Gatsby
  • 9. 'Tales of the Jazz Age' is a collection of?
A) Poetry
B) Novel
C) Essays
D) Short Stories
  • 10. Fitzgerald's real first name is?
A) Francis
B) Fabian
C) Felix
D) Frederick
  • 11. Which university did F. Scott Fitzgerald briefly attend but did not graduate from?
A) Stanford University
B) Yale University
C) Harvard University
D) Princeton University
  • 12. In which war did Fitzgerald serve in the military?
A) Korean War
B) Vietnam War
C) Civil War
D) World War I
  • 13. How many novels did F. Scott Fitzgerald publish during his lifetime?
A) Three
B) Six
C) Four
D) Five
  • 14. Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife that struggled with mental health issues?
A) Edith Wharton
B) Zelda Sayre
C) Sheilah Graham
D) Ginevra King
  • 15. What was F. Scott Fitzgerald's occupation in Hollywood?
A) Producer
B) Actor
C) Screenwriter
D) Director
  • 16. Who edited and published 'The Last Tycoon' after Fitzgerald's death?
A) Ernest Hemingway
B) Zelda Sayre
C) Edmund Wilson
D) Sheilah Graham
  • 17. What was F. Scott Fitzgerald's financial situation during the Great Depression?
A) Became wealthy
B) Prospered
C) Struggled financially
D) Remained stable
  • 18. What illness did Zelda Sayre suffer from?
A) Depression
B) Bipolar disorder
C) Alzheimer's disease
D) Schizophrenia
  • 19. Which magazine was NOT mentioned as one F. Fitzgerald wrote for?
A) The New Yorker
B) The Saturday Evening Post
C) Collier's Weekly
D) Esquire
  • 20. What was the cause of F. Scott Fitzgerald's death?
A) Alcoholism
B) Heart attack
C) Pneumonia
D) Car accident
  • 21. What was Fitzgerald's mother's name?
A) Elizabeth Fitzgerald
B) Mary 'Molly' McQuillan Fitzgerald
C) Anne Fitzgerald
D) Sarah Fitzgerald
  • 22. Which business did Edward Fitzgerald start after the Civil War?
A) A wicker-furniture manufacturing business
B) A grocery store
C) A textile mill
D) A bank
  • 23. Where was Mary Surratt, related to Fitzgerald's father, executed?
A) For conspiring to assassinate Abraham Lincoln
B) For theft
C) During the Civil War
D) For espionage during World War I
  • 24. Which school did Fitzgerald attend in Buffalo from 1905 to 1908?
A) Procter & Gamble School
B) Holy Angels Convent
C) Nardin Academy
D) Buffalo High School
  • 25. What happened to Fitzgerald's father in March 1908?
A) He retired
B) He won the lottery
C) He was fired from Procter & Gamble
D) He started a new business
  • 26. What school did Fitzgerald attend in Saint Paul after returning there?
A) St. Paul Academy
B) Procter & Gamble Academy
C) Buffalo High School
D) Newman School
  • 27. Where was the first piece of Fitzgerald's fiction published?
A) On a national news website
B) In a family newsletter
C) In a local magazine
D) In the school newspaper at St. Paul Academy
  • 28. Which Catholic prep school did Fitzgerald attend in New Jersey?
A) Holy Angels Convent
B) St. Paul Academy
C) The Newman School in Hackensack
D) Nardin Academy
  • 29. Who recognized Fitzgerald's literary potential at the Newman School?
A) Father Sigourney Fay
B) His father, Edward Fitzgerald
C) A school teacher
D) Fitzgerald's mother
  • 30. In which year did F. Scott Fitzgerald graduate from Newman?
A) 1912
B) 1915
C) 1913
D) 1914
  • 31. Who helped F. Scott Fitzgerald find a home in Delaware?
A) Edmund Wilson
B) John Biggs Jr.
C) John Peale Bishop
D) Max Perkins
  • 32. Which of the following characters was inspired by Ginevra King in 'This Side of Paradise'?
A) Daisy Buchanan
B) Amory Blaine
C) Jordan Baker
D) Isabelle Borgé
  • 33. Which military rank did F. Scott Fitzgerald achieve in the United States Army?
A) Sergeant
B) Major
C) Second lieutenant
D) Captain
  • 34. Who was the commanding officer of the training camp where Fitzgerald was stationed?
A) Major Richard Nixon
B) General Douglas MacArthur
C) Colonel George Patton
D) Captain Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • 35. What was the title of the manuscript F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote before World War I?
A) The Great Gatsby
B) The Romantic Egotist
C) Tender Is the Night
D) This Side of Paradise
  • 36. Which publisher rejected 'The Romantic Egotist'?
A) Harper & Brothers
B) Random House
C) Scribner's
D) Penguin Books
  • 37. Who praised Fitzgerald's writing after rejecting 'The Romantic Egotist'?
A) Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Max Perkins
C) John Peale Bishop
D) Edmund Wilson
  • 38. What did Max Perkins encourage Fitzgerald to do after rejecting 'The Romantic Egotist'?
A) Resubmit it after further revisions
B) Abandon the manuscript
C) Submit it to another publisher immediately
D) Give up writing
  • 39. Where was Fitzgerald garrisoned with the 45th and 67th Infantry Regiments?
A) Camp Mills, Long Island
B) Chicago
C) Camp Sheridan near Montgomery, Alabama
D) New York City
  • 40. What did Fitzgerald continue writing to after meeting Zelda?
A) His mother
B) Ginevra
C) An editor for a newspaper
D) Zelda
  • 41. What did the Fitzgeralds accuse each other of as their quarrels worsened?
A) Poor parenting
B) Marital infidelities
C) Lack of ambition
D) Financial mismanagement
  • 42. Who was Zelda infatuated with during their time on the French Riviera?
A) Édouard Jozan
B) F. Scott Fitzgerald
C) Maxwell Perkins
D) T. S. Eliot
  • 43. What was Fitzgerald's job in New York City?
A) Teaching at a university
B) Working as a journalist
C) Writing advertising copy
D) Serving as an editor for a magazine
  • 44. Which literary style did 'The Beautiful and Damned' emulate?
A) Thomas Hardy's ironical-pessimistic style
B) Joseph Conrad's narrative style
C) H. G. Wells' science fiction
D) Willa Cather's lyrical prose
  • 45. What contributed to The Great Gatsby's later acclaim and popularity?
A) A Broadway play
B) A film adaptation in the 1930s
C) A television series based on the novel
D) The popular dust-jacket art named Celestial Eyes.
  • 46. Which story did Fitzgerald describe as his first attempt at the Gatsby idea?
A) Babylon Revisited
B) The Vegetable
C) The Great Gatsby
D) Winter Dreams
  • 47. How many copies did 'This Side of Paradise' sell in its first year?
A) 5,000 copies
B) Approximately 40,000 copies
C) 100,000 copies
D) 10,000 copies
  • 48. What year was 'Tales of the Jazz Age' released?
A) 1921
B) 1924
C) 1922
D) 1923
  • 49. How many short stories did F. Scott Fitzgerald write?
A) 200
B) 164
C) 175
D) 150
  • 50. What did Fitzgerald send Zelda in March 1919?
A) A letter of apology
B) A bouquet of flowers
C) A book he wrote
D) His mother's ring
  • 51. What phrase did Fitzgerald's neighbor Max Gerlach frequently use?
A) "Top of the morning"
B) "Gentlemen prefer blondes"
C) "The bee's knees"
D) "Old sport"
  • 52. What did Edmund Wilson believe Fitzgerald lacked in his early works?
A) Imagination
B) Engagement with socio-political issues
C) Intellectual substance
D) Narrative skill
  • 53. Who first encountered the Fitzgeralds riding on the roof of a taxi?
A) Cartoonist Rube Goldberg
B) Writer Dorothy Parker
C) Actor Lew Fields
D) Comedian Ed Wynn
  • 54. Who criticized Fitzgerald's short stories in 1933?
A) Journalist Matthew Josephson
B) Budd Schulberg
C) Harold Ober
D) H. L. Mencken
  • 55. What type of film was F. Scott Fitzgerald invited to write in Hollywood?
A) A silent drama
B) A war documentary
C) A flapper comedy
D) A romantic musical
  • 56. What was the societal transition that defined the lives of the Jazz Age generation according to Fitzgerald?
A) Industrial revolution
B) Reversion to traditional values
C) Transition towards modernity
D) Post-war reconstruction
  • 57. In which year did the Fitzgeralds return to America after their time in Europe?
A) 1930
B) 1926
C) 1924
D) 1928
  • 58. What did Fitzgerald do while revising his novel?
A) Performed in jazz clubs
B) Wrote articles for newspapers
C) Worked a job repairing train car roofs
D) Taught English at a local school
  • 59. What is a key characteristic of Jay Gatsby that reflects Fitzgerald's own sense of otherness?
A) Old Stock American ancestry
B) Obscure origins
C) Established class status
D) Clear ethno-religious identity
  • 60. Who was Fitzgerald's final companion before his death?
A) Ginevra King
B) Harold Ober
C) Sheilah Graham
D) Zelda Fitzgerald
  • 61. Which of these literary figures praised The Great Gatsby upon its release?
A) Willa Cather
B) Ernest Hemingway
C) Virginia Woolf
D) James Joyce
  • 62. How many rejection letters did Fitzgerald receive for his early writings?
A) 200 rejection letters
B) 50 rejection letters
C) Over 122 rejection letters
D) 100 rejection letters
  • 63. Who successfully petitioned to move Fitzgerald and Zelda's remains to the family plot?
A) Scottie
B) Maxwell Perkins
C) Edmund Wilson
D) Harold Ober
  • 64. When was 'This Side of Paradise' first published?
A) December 25, 1918
B) March 26, 1920
C) January 15, 1919
D) July 4, 1921
  • 65. Where did Zelda undergo treatment for her mental illness in Switzerland?
A) A private sanatorium
B) A clinic
C) A university hospital
D) A general hospital
  • 66. Which critic hailed 'This Side of Paradise' as the best American novel of the year?
A) T.S. Eliot
B) Gertrude Stein
C) H. L. Mencken
D) Ernest Hemingway
  • 67. What profession did Max Gerlach have after World War I?
A) A banker
B) A gentleman bootlegger
C) An actor
D) A professor
  • 68. Which magazine did Fitzgerald often write stories for?
A) The Saturday Evening Post
B) Reader's Digest
C) Time Magazine
D) Vogue
  • 69. What did Fitzgerald mock himself as through the character of Pat Hobby?
A) An influential writer.
B) A Hollywood hack.
C) A talented actor.
D) A successful director.
  • 70. How did Hemingway describe the changes Fitzgerald made to his stories for magazines?
A) Enhancing
B) Elaborating
C) Simplifying
D) Whoring
  • 71. What was the primary impetus for Fitzgerald writing short stories?
A) Personal satisfaction
B) Artistic expression
C) Money
D) Critical acclaim
  • 72. Which F. Scott Fitzgerald short story was adapted into a 1921 film?
A) "May Day"
B) "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"
C) "The Off-Shore Pirate"
D) "Winter Dreams"
  • 73. Where did the Fitzgeralds spend time after wintering in Italy?
A) Spain
B) Germany
C) France
D) England
  • 74. Where did Fitzgerald and his family sojourn when he faced a marital crisis?
A) Rome
B) French Riviera
C) London
D) Paris
  • 75. Where was 'The Beautiful and Damned' first serialized?
A) Scribner's
B) Metropolitan Magazine
C) The New Yorker
D) Vanity Fair
  • 76. What societal status did F. Scott Fitzgerald feel he lacked during his upbringing?
A) Wealth
B) Cultural knowledge
C) Popularity
D) Education
  • 77. What did the Fitzgeralds consume at every outing during the Jazz Age?
A) Tea and biscuits
B) Gin-and-fruit concoctions
C) Wine and cheese
D) Coffee and pastries
  • 78. Which literary work is the initial title 'Trimalchio' an allusion to?
A) Metamorphoses
B) The Aeneid
C) Satyricon
D) The Odyssey
  • 79. What was the title of Zelda Fitzgerald's fictionalized version of their experiences published in 1932?
A) "Tender Is the Night"
B) This Side of Paradise
C) The Beautiful and Damned
D) Save Me the Waltz
  • 80. Which short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald was adapted into episodes of anthology television series?
A) "The Ice Palace"
B) "Absolution"
C) "Winter Dreams"
D) "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"
  • 81. How much did Fitzgerald earn for selling his first story?
A) $100
B) $50
C) $10
D) $30
  • 82. From whom did Fitzgerald borrow biographical incidents for 'The Rich Boy'?
A) Ludlow Fowler
B) Max Perkins
C) John V. A. Weaver
D) Ginevra King
  • 83. Where did F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda relocate after being asked to leave the Biltmore Hotel?
A) The Waldorf Astoria
B) The Commodore Hotel on 42nd Street
C) The Ritz-Carlton
D) The Plaza Hotel
  • 84. What was the name of the estate in Maryland where Fitzgerald rented a place to work on his novel?
A) "Pickfair"
B) "La Paix"
C) "Towson Manor"
D) "Ellerslie"
  • 85. What did Fitzgerald liken the Jazz Age to in terms of societal behavior?
A) An era of strict moral codes and traditional values
B) A morally permissive time when Americans became disillusioned with prevailing social norms and obsessed with self-gratification
C) A period of economic depression and hardship
D) A time of political stability and peace
  • 86. Which F. Scott Fitzgerald short story was adapted into a 1920 film titled 'The Chorus Girl's Romance'?
A) "Winter Dreams"
B) "The Ice Palace"
C) "May Day"
D) "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"
  • 87. How much were Fitzgerald's book royalties by 1936?
A) $200
B) $1000
C) $80
D) $500
  • 88. When was Fitzgerald discharged from the army?
A) September 1918
B) November 1918
C) December 1918
D) February 14, 1919
  • 89. In which year did F. Scott Fitzgerald move abroad to Europe?
A) 1925
B) 1926
C) 1924
D) 1923
  • 90. Which novel did Gertrude Cather influence with its portrayal of a wealthy socialite?
A) A Lost Lady
B) This Side of Paradise
C) Tender Is the Night
D) The Beautiful and Damned
  • 91. What did Fitzgerald and Zelda engage in during his Montgomery sojourn?
A) Writing poetry together
B) Sexual recklessness
C) Competing in sports
D) Volunteering at a local hospital
  • 92. What health issue caused F. Scott Fitzgerald's death?
A) stroke
B) occlusive coronary arteriosclerosis
C) pulmonary embolism
D) lung cancer
  • 93. In which decade did F. Scott Fitzgerald become a cult figure in American culture?
A) By the 1950s
B) By the 1970s
C) By the 1960s
D) By the 1940s
  • 94. What was the initial title of The Great Gatsby?
A) Gatsby's Rise
B) Trimalchio
C) The Parvenu's Dream
D) The Long Island Story
  • 95. Which studio did John W. Considine Jr. represent when he invited Fitzgerald to Hollywood?
A) Warner Bros.
B) Paramount Pictures
C) MGM Studios
D) United Artists
  • 96. What was the name of the short story F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about Lois Moran?
A) "Magnetism"
B) "The Great Gatsby"
C) "Tender Is the Night"
D) "Save Me the Waltz"
  • 97. What was the name of F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel?
A) Tender Is the Night
B) The Beautiful and Damned
C) The Great Gatsby
D) This Side of Paradise
  • 98. Which author wrote that Gatsby was the only flawless novel in American literature?
A) Charles Jackson
B) Edward Newhouse
C) Budd Schulberg
D) John O'Hara
  • 99. Which F. Scott Fitzgerald short story was adapted into a 1926 film?
A) "Winter Dreams"
B) "May Day"
C) "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"
D) "The Rich Boy"
  • 100. Who observed that Fitzgerald showed a constantly growing mastery as an American novelist?
A) Edith Wharton
B) John V. A. Weaver
C) Burke Van Allen
D) T. S. Eliot
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