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