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