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  • 1. When was F. Scott Fitzgerald born?
A) 1888
B) 1896
C) 1900
D) 1920
  • 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 Beautiful and Damned
B) This Side of Paradise
C) Tender Is the Night
D) The Last Tycoon
  • 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) Tender Is the Night
B) The Great Gatsby
C) The Beautiful and Damned
D) This Side of Paradise
  • 6. Which writer was a close friend of Fitzgerald and influenced his writing?
A) Edith Wharton
B) Virginia Woolf
C) William Faulkner
D) Ernest Hemingway
  • 7. What is the last completed novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
A) The Beautiful and Damned
B) This Side of Paradise
C) The Great Gatsby
D) Tender Is the Night
  • 8. What is the protagonist's name in 'The Great Gatsby'?
A) Atticus Finch
B) Jay Gatsby
C) Nick Carraway
D) Holden Caulfield
  • 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) Felix
B) Fabian
C) Frederick
D) Francis
  • 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) Vietnam War
B) World War I
C) Civil War
D) Korean War
  • 13. How many novels did F. Scott Fitzgerald publish during his lifetime?
A) Four
B) Six
C) Five
D) Three
  • 14. Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife that struggled with mental health issues?
A) Zelda Sayre
B) Sheilah Graham
C) Edith Wharton
D) Ginevra King
  • 15. What was F. Scott Fitzgerald's occupation in Hollywood?
A) Actor
B) Director
C) Screenwriter
D) Producer
  • 16. Who edited and published 'The Last Tycoon' after Fitzgerald's death?
A) Edmund Wilson
B) Ernest Hemingway
C) Zelda Sayre
D) Sheilah Graham
  • 17. What was F. Scott Fitzgerald's financial situation during the Great Depression?
A) Became wealthy
B) Remained stable
C) Struggled financially
D) Prospered
  • 18. What illness did Zelda Sayre suffer from?
A) Schizophrenia
B) Alzheimer's disease
C) Bipolar disorder
D) Depression
  • 19. Which magazine was NOT mentioned as one F. Fitzgerald wrote for?
A) The Saturday Evening Post
B) Collier's Weekly
C) The New Yorker
D) Esquire
  • 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) Mary 'Molly' McQuillan Fitzgerald
C) Anne Fitzgerald
D) Sarah Fitzgerald
  • 22. Which business did Edward Fitzgerald start after the Civil War?
A) A bank
B) A textile mill
C) A grocery store
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) For conspiring to assassinate Abraham Lincoln
C) During the Civil War
D) For theft
  • 24. Which school did Fitzgerald attend in Buffalo from 1905 to 1908?
A) Nardin Academy
B) Procter & Gamble School
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 started a new business
C) He retired
D) He was fired from Procter & Gamble
  • 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) In a local magazine
B) In the school newspaper at St. Paul Academy
C) On a national news website
D) In a family newsletter
  • 28. Which Catholic prep school did Fitzgerald attend in New Jersey?
A) Nardin Academy
B) St. Paul Academy
C) Holy Angels Convent
D) The Newman School in Hackensack
  • 29. Who recognized Fitzgerald's literary potential at the Newman School?
A) Fitzgerald's mother
B) His father, Edward Fitzgerald
C) A school teacher
D) Father Sigourney Fay
  • 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) 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) Amory Blaine
C) Isabelle Borgé
D) Daisy Buchanan
  • 33. Which military rank did F. Scott Fitzgerald achieve in the United States Army?
A) Captain
B) Sergeant
C) Major
D) Second lieutenant
  • 34. Who was the commanding officer of the training camp where Fitzgerald was stationed?
A) Colonel George Patton
B) Captain Dwight D. Eisenhower
C) Major Richard Nixon
D) General Douglas MacArthur
  • 35. What was the title of the manuscript F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote before World War I?
A) This Side of Paradise
B) The Great Gatsby
C) Tender Is the Night
D) The Romantic Egotist
  • 36. Which publisher rejected 'The Romantic Egotist'?
A) Harper & Brothers
B) Scribner's
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) Give up writing
B) Abandon the manuscript
C) Resubmit it after further revisions
D) Submit it to another publisher immediately
  • 39. Where was Fitzgerald garrisoned with the 45th and 67th Infantry Regiments?
A) Chicago
B) Camp Sheridan near Montgomery, Alabama
C) Camp Mills, Long Island
D) New York City
  • 40. What did Fitzgerald continue writing to after meeting Zelda?
A) Ginevra
B) Zelda
C) His mother
D) An editor for a newspaper
  • 41. 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
  • 42. When was Fitzgerald discharged from the army?
A) September 1918
B) December 1918
C) November 1918
D) February 14, 1919
  • 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. How much did Fitzgerald earn for selling his first story?
A) $30
B) $100
C) $10
D) $50
  • 45. What did Fitzgerald send Zelda in March 1919?
A) His mother's ring
B) A letter of apology
C) A bouquet of flowers
D) A book he wrote
  • 46. What did Fitzgerald do while revising his novel?
A) Performed in jazz clubs
B) Taught English at a local school
C) Wrote articles for newspapers
D) Worked a job repairing train car roofs
  • 47. When was 'This Side of Paradise' first published?
A) March 26, 1920
B) December 25, 1918
C) January 15, 1919
D) July 4, 1921
  • 48. How many copies did 'This Side of Paradise' sell in its first year?
A) Approximately 40,000 copies
B) 100,000 copies
C) 5,000 copies
D) 10,000 copies
  • 49. 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
  • 50. 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 Ritz-Carlton
C) The Waldorf Astoria
D) The Plaza Hotel
  • 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) Comedian Ed Wynn
C) Actor Lew Fields
D) Cartoonist Rube Goldberg
  • 53. What did Fitzgerald liken the Jazz Age to in terms of societal behavior?
A) A period of economic depression and hardship
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 time of political stability and peace
  • 54. 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
  • 55. What did the Fitzgeralds accuse each other of as their quarrels worsened?
A) Marital infidelities
B) Poor parenting
C) Financial mismanagement
D) Lack of ambition
  • 56. Where was 'The Beautiful and Damned' first serialized?
A) Scribner's
B) Vanity Fair
C) The New Yorker
D) Metropolitan Magazine
  • 57. What year was 'Tales of the Jazz Age' released?
A) 1921
B) 1923
C) 1922
D) 1924
  • 58. Which story did Fitzgerald describe as his first attempt at the Gatsby idea?
A) The Vegetable
B) The Great Gatsby
C) Babylon Revisited
D) Winter Dreams
  • 59. What phrase did Fitzgerald's neighbor Max Gerlach frequently use?
A) "Top of the morning"
B) "Old sport"
C) "The bee's knees"
D) "Gentlemen prefer blondes"
  • 60. What profession did Max Gerlach have after World War I?
A) A professor
B) A banker
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) Gatsby's Rise
C) Trimalchio
D) The Parvenu's Dream
  • 63. Which literary work is the initial title 'Trimalchio' an allusion to?
A) Metamorphoses
B) The Odyssey
C) The Aeneid
D) Satyricon
  • 64. Where did Fitzgerald and his family sojourn when he faced a marital crisis?
A) Paris
B) Rome
C) French Riviera
D) London
  • 65. 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
  • 66. Which of these literary figures praised The Great Gatsby upon its release?
A) Ernest Hemingway
B) Willa Cather
C) James Joyce
D) Virginia Woolf
  • 67. What contributed to The Great Gatsby's later acclaim and popularity?
A) A Broadway play
B) The popular dust-jacket art named Celestial Eyes.
C) A television series based on the novel
D) A film adaptation in the 1930s
  • 68. Where did the Fitzgeralds spend time after wintering in Italy?
A) France
B) Germany
C) England
D) Spain
  • 69. Which magazine did Fitzgerald often write stories for?
A) Vogue
B) Reader's Digest
C) The Saturday Evening Post
D) Time Magazine
  • 70. How did Hemingway describe the changes Fitzgerald made to his stories for magazines?
A) Whoring
B) Simplifying
C) Enhancing
D) Elaborating
  • 71. In which year did the Fitzgeralds return to America after their time in Europe?
A) 1926
B) 1928
C) 1924
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 romantic musical
D) A flapper comedy
  • 73. Which studio did John W. Considine Jr. represent when he invited Fitzgerald to Hollywood?
A) Paramount Pictures
B) MGM Studios
C) Warner Bros.
D) United Artists
  • 74. What was the name of the short story F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about Lois Moran?
A) "The Great Gatsby"
B) "Magnetism"
C) "Tender Is the Night"
D) "Save Me the Waltz"
  • 75. 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
  • 76. 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"
  • 77. What was the title of Zelda Fitzgerald's fictionalized version of their experiences published in 1932?
A) "Tender Is the Night"
B) Save Me the Waltz
C) This Side of Paradise
D) The Beautiful and Damned
  • 78. Who criticized Fitzgerald's short stories in 1933?
A) Journalist Matthew Josephson
B) H. L. Mencken
C) Harold Ober
D) Budd Schulberg
  • 79. How much were Fitzgerald's book royalties by 1936?
A) $1000
B) $200
C) $80
D) $500
  • 80. Who was Fitzgerald's final companion before his death?
A) Sheilah Graham
B) Ginevra King
C) Harold Ober
D) Zelda Fitzgerald
  • 81. What did Fitzgerald mock himself as through the character of Pat Hobby?
A) A Hollywood hack.
B) A talented actor.
C) A successful director.
D) An influential writer.
  • 82. What health issue caused F. Scott Fitzgerald's death?
A) occlusive coronary arteriosclerosis
B) lung cancer
C) pulmonary embolism
D) stroke
  • 83. Who successfully petitioned to move Fitzgerald and Zelda's remains to the family plot?
A) Scottie
B) Edmund Wilson
C) Harold Ober
D) Maxwell Perkins
  • 84. 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 1950s
D) By the 1960s
  • 85. How many rejection letters did Fitzgerald receive for his early writings?
A) 100 rejection letters
B) 50 rejection letters
C) Over 122 rejection letters
D) 200 rejection letters
  • 86. Which novel did Gertrude Cather influence with its portrayal of a wealthy socialite?
A) This Side of Paradise
B) A Lost Lady
C) The Beautiful and Damned
D) Tender Is the Night
  • 87. Which literary style did 'The Beautiful and Damned' emulate?
A) Joseph Conrad's narrative style
B) Thomas Hardy's ironical-pessimistic style
C) H. G. Wells' science fiction
D) Willa Cather's lyrical prose
  • 88. Who observed that Fitzgerald showed a constantly growing mastery as an American novelist?
A) T. S. Eliot
B) Burke Van Allen
C) John V. A. Weaver
D) Edith Wharton
  • 89. How many short stories did F. Scott Fitzgerald write?
A) 200
B) 164
C) 150
D) 175
  • 90. What was the primary impetus for Fitzgerald writing short stories?
A) Artistic expression
B) Money
C) Critical acclaim
D) Personal satisfaction
  • 91. What was the societal transition that defined the lives of the Jazz Age generation according to Fitzgerald?
A) Post-war reconstruction
B) Transition towards modernity
C) Reversion to traditional values
D) Industrial revolution
  • 92. What societal status did F. Scott Fitzgerald feel he lacked during his upbringing?
A) Cultural knowledge
B) Wealth
C) Education
D) Popularity
  • 93. 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
  • 94. What did Edmund Wilson believe Fitzgerald lacked in his early works?
A) Intellectual substance
B) Engagement with socio-political issues
C) Imagination
D) Narrative skill
  • 95. 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
  • 96. Which author wrote that Gatsby was the only flawless novel in American literature?
A) Budd Schulberg
B) Edward Newhouse
C) John O'Hara
D) Charles Jackson
  • 97. 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"
  • 98. Which F. Scott Fitzgerald short story was adapted into a 1921 film?
A) "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"
B) "Winter Dreams"
C) "May Day"
D) "The Off-Shore Pirate"
  • 99. Which F. Scott Fitzgerald short story was adapted into a 1920 film titled 'The Chorus Girl's Romance'?
A) "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"
B) "May Day"
C) "Winter Dreams"
D) "The Ice Palace"
  • 100. Which F. Scott Fitzgerald short story was adapted into a 1926 film?
A) "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"
B) "The Rich Boy"
C) "Winter Dreams"
D) "May Day"
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