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