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