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F. Scott Fitzgerald - Quiz
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  • 1. When was F. Scott Fitzgerald born?
A) 1896
B) 1920
C) 1888
D) 1900
  • 2. What novel is F. Scott Fitzgerald best known for?
A) Pride and Prejudice
B) 1984
C) To Kill a Mockingbird
D) The Great Gatsby
  • 3. Which one of Fitzgerald's novels was published posthumously?
A) The Last Tycoon
B) Tender Is the Night
C) This Side of Paradise
D) The Beautiful and Damned
  • 4. Where was F. Scott Fitzgerald born?
A) Los Angeles, California
B) St. Paul, Minnesota
C) Chicago, Illinois
D) New York City, New York
  • 5. What is the title of Fitzgerald's first novel?
A) The Beautiful and Damned
B) The Great Gatsby
C) This Side of Paradise
D) Tender Is the Night
  • 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) This Side of Paradise
B) The Great Gatsby
C) Tender Is the Night
D) The Beautiful and Damned
  • 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) Novel
C) Poetry
D) Short Stories
  • 10. Fitzgerald's real first name is?
A) Frederick
B) Francis
C) Fabian
D) Felix
  • 11. Which university did F. Scott Fitzgerald briefly attend but did not graduate from?
A) Harvard University
B) Yale University
C) Stanford University
D) Princeton University
  • 12. In which war did Fitzgerald serve in the military?
A) Civil War
B) Korean War
C) World War I
D) Vietnam War
  • 13. How many novels did F. Scott Fitzgerald publish during his lifetime?
A) Four
B) Five
C) Six
D) Three
  • 14. Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife that struggled with mental health issues?
A) Ginevra King
B) Edith Wharton
C) Zelda Sayre
D) Sheilah Graham
  • 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) Sheilah Graham
B) Edmund Wilson
C) Zelda Sayre
D) Ernest Hemingway
  • 17. What was F. Scott Fitzgerald's financial situation during the Great Depression?
A) Became wealthy
B) Prospered
C) Struggled financially
D) Remained stable
  • 18. What illness did Zelda Sayre suffer from?
A) Alzheimer's disease
B) Bipolar disorder
C) Depression
D) Schizophrenia
  • 19. Which magazine was NOT mentioned as one F. Fitzgerald wrote for?
A) The New Yorker
B) Esquire
C) Collier's Weekly
D) The Saturday Evening Post
  • 20. What was the cause of F. Scott Fitzgerald's death?
A) Alcoholism
B) Heart attack
C) Pneumonia
D) Car accident
  • 21. What was Fitzgerald's mother's name?
A) Anne Fitzgerald
B) Elizabeth Fitzgerald
C) Sarah Fitzgerald
D) Mary 'Molly' McQuillan Fitzgerald
  • 22. Which business did Edward Fitzgerald start after the Civil War?
A) A bank
B) A wicker-furniture manufacturing business
C) A textile mill
D) A grocery store
  • 23. Where was Mary Surratt, related to Fitzgerald's father, executed?
A) During the Civil War
B) For espionage during World War I
C) For conspiring to assassinate Abraham Lincoln
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 was fired from Procter & Gamble
B) He started a new business
C) He won the lottery
D) He retired
  • 26. What school did Fitzgerald attend in Saint Paul after returning there?
A) Buffalo High School
B) St. Paul Academy
C) Newman School
D) Procter & Gamble Academy
  • 27. Where was the first piece of Fitzgerald's fiction published?
A) In a family newsletter
B) In a local magazine
C) In the school newspaper at St. Paul Academy
D) On a national news website
  • 28. Which Catholic prep school did Fitzgerald attend in New Jersey?
A) St. Paul Academy
B) Holy Angels Convent
C) Nardin Academy
D) The Newman School in Hackensack
  • 29. Who recognized Fitzgerald's literary potential at the Newman School?
A) A school teacher
B) His father, Edward Fitzgerald
C) Father Sigourney Fay
D) Fitzgerald's mother
  • 30. In which year did F. Scott Fitzgerald graduate from Newman?
A) 1912
B) 1914
C) 1913
D) 1915
  • 31. Who helped F. Scott Fitzgerald find a home in Delaware?
A) Max Perkins
B) Edmund Wilson
C) John Biggs Jr.
D) John Peale Bishop
  • 32. Which of the following characters was inspired by Ginevra King in 'This Side of Paradise'?
A) Daisy Buchanan
B) Jordan Baker
C) Amory Blaine
D) Isabelle Borgé
  • 33. Which military rank did F. Scott Fitzgerald achieve in the United States Army?
A) Major
B) Second lieutenant
C) Sergeant
D) Captain
  • 34. Who was the commanding officer of the training camp where Fitzgerald was stationed?
A) Captain Dwight D. Eisenhower
B) Colonel George Patton
C) General Douglas MacArthur
D) Major Richard Nixon
  • 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 Great Gatsby
D) The Romantic Egotist
  • 36. Which publisher rejected 'The Romantic Egotist'?
A) Harper & Brothers
B) Penguin Books
C) Random House
D) Scribner's
  • 37. Who praised Fitzgerald's writing after rejecting 'The Romantic Egotist'?
A) Max Perkins
B) John Peale Bishop
C) Dwight D. Eisenhower
D) Edmund Wilson
  • 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) An editor for a newspaper
B) Ginevra
C) His mother
D) Zelda
  • 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) F. Scott Fitzgerald
B) T. S. Eliot
C) Maxwell Perkins
D) Édouard Jozan
  • 43. What was Fitzgerald's job in New York City?
A) Writing advertising copy
B) Teaching at a university
C) Working as a journalist
D) Serving as an editor for a magazine
  • 44. Which literary style did 'The Beautiful and Damned' emulate?
A) Willa Cather's lyrical prose
B) H. G. Wells' science fiction
C) Thomas Hardy's ironical-pessimistic style
D) Joseph Conrad's narrative style
  • 45. What contributed to The Great Gatsby's later acclaim and popularity?
A) A Broadway play
B) A film adaptation in the 1930s
C) The popular dust-jacket art named Celestial Eyes.
D) A television series based on the novel
  • 46. Which story did Fitzgerald describe as his first attempt at the Gatsby idea?
A) Winter Dreams
B) The Great Gatsby
C) Babylon Revisited
D) The Vegetable
  • 47. How many copies did 'This Side of Paradise' sell in its first year?
A) 5,000 copies
B) 100,000 copies
C) Approximately 40,000 copies
D) 10,000 copies
  • 48. What year was 'Tales of the Jazz Age' released?
A) 1922
B) 1921
C) 1924
D) 1923
  • 49. How many short stories did F. Scott Fitzgerald write?
A) 200
B) 150
C) 164
D) 175
  • 50. What did Fitzgerald send Zelda in March 1919?
A) A bouquet of flowers
B) His mother's ring
C) A book he wrote
D) A letter of apology
  • 51. What phrase did Fitzgerald's neighbor Max Gerlach frequently use?
A) "The bee's knees"
B) "Old sport"
C) "Top of the morning"
D) "Gentlemen prefer blondes"
  • 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) Writer Dorothy Parker
C) Cartoonist Rube Goldberg
D) Actor Lew Fields
  • 54. Who criticized Fitzgerald's short stories in 1933?
A) Budd Schulberg
B) Journalist Matthew Josephson
C) H. L. Mencken
D) Harold Ober
  • 55. What type of film was F. Scott Fitzgerald invited to write in Hollywood?
A) A silent drama
B) A flapper comedy
C) A romantic musical
D) A war documentary
  • 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) Industrial revolution
D) Post-war reconstruction
  • 57. In which year did the Fitzgeralds return to America after their time in Europe?
A) 1924
B) 1926
C) 1928
D) 1930
  • 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) Old Stock American ancestry
C) Established class status
D) Clear ethno-religious identity
  • 60. Who was Fitzgerald's final companion before his death?
A) Ginevra King
B) Zelda Fitzgerald
C) Harold Ober
D) Sheilah Graham
  • 61. Which of these literary figures praised The Great Gatsby upon its release?
A) Ernest Hemingway
B) Virginia Woolf
C) Willa Cather
D) James Joyce
  • 62. How many rejection letters did Fitzgerald receive for his early writings?
A) Over 122 rejection letters
B) 50 rejection letters
C) 100 rejection letters
D) 200 rejection letters
  • 63. Who successfully petitioned to move Fitzgerald and Zelda's remains to the family plot?
A) Harold Ober
B) Edmund Wilson
C) Scottie
D) Maxwell Perkins
  • 64. When was 'This Side of Paradise' first published?
A) July 4, 1921
B) January 15, 1919
C) March 26, 1920
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 university hospital
D) A general hospital
  • 66. 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
  • 67. What profession did Max Gerlach have after World War I?
A) An actor
B) A banker
C) A professor
D) A gentleman bootlegger
  • 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) A successful director.
B) A talented actor.
C) An influential writer.
D) A Hollywood hack.
  • 70. How did Hemingway describe the changes Fitzgerald made to his stories for magazines?
A) Simplifying
B) Whoring
C) Enhancing
D) Elaborating
  • 71. What was the primary impetus for Fitzgerald writing short stories?
A) Artistic expression
B) Critical acclaim
C) Personal satisfaction
D) Money
  • 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) France
C) Spain
D) England
  • 74. Where did Fitzgerald and his family sojourn when he faced a marital crisis?
A) Paris
B) Rome
C) French Riviera
D) London
  • 75. Where was 'The Beautiful and Damned' first serialized?
A) Metropolitan Magazine
B) Vanity Fair
C) The New Yorker
D) Scribner's
  • 76. What societal status did F. Scott Fitzgerald feel he lacked during his upbringing?
A) Cultural knowledge
B) Education
C) Popularity
D) Wealth
  • 77. What did the Fitzgeralds consume at every outing during the Jazz Age?
A) Gin-and-fruit concoctions
B) Wine and cheese
C) Tea and biscuits
D) Coffee and pastries
  • 78. Which literary work is the initial title 'Trimalchio' an allusion to?
A) Satyricon
B) The Aeneid
C) Metamorphoses
D) The Odyssey
  • 79. What was the title of Zelda Fitzgerald's fictionalized version of their experiences published in 1932?
A) Save Me the Waltz
B) This Side of Paradise
C) "Tender Is the Night"
D) The Beautiful and Damned
  • 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) $100
B) $10
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 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 time of political stability and peace
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
  • 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) $200
C) $1000
D) $80
  • 88. When was Fitzgerald discharged from the army?
A) February 14, 1919
B) December 1918
C) September 1918
D) November 1918
  • 89. In which year did F. Scott Fitzgerald move abroad to Europe?
A) 1923
B) 1926
C) 1924
D) 1925
  • 90. Which novel did Gertrude Cather influence with its portrayal of a wealthy socialite?
A) A Lost Lady
B) The Beautiful and Damned
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) occlusive coronary arteriosclerosis
B) pulmonary embolism
C) lung cancer
D) stroke
  • 93. In which decade did F. Scott Fitzgerald become a cult figure in American culture?
A) By the 1940s
B) By the 1950s
C) By the 1970s
D) By the 1960s
  • 94. What was the initial title of The Great Gatsby?
A) The Parvenu's Dream
B) Trimalchio
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) Warner Bros.
B) MGM Studios
C) United Artists
D) Paramount Pictures
  • 96. What was the name of the short story F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about Lois Moran?
A) "Save Me the Waltz"
B) "Magnetism"
C) "Tender Is the Night"
D) "The Great Gatsby"
  • 97. What was the name of F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel?
A) This Side of Paradise
B) Tender Is the Night
C) The Great Gatsby
D) The Beautiful and Damned
  • 98. Which author wrote that Gatsby was the only flawless novel in American literature?
A) Edward Newhouse
B) Charles Jackson
C) John O'Hara
D) Budd Schulberg
  • 99. Which F. Scott Fitzgerald short story was adapted into a 1926 film?
A) "May Day"
B) "Winter Dreams"
C) "The Rich Boy"
D) "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"
  • 100. Who observed that Fitzgerald showed a constantly growing mastery as an American novelist?
A) Edith Wharton
B) John V. A. Weaver
C) Burke Van Allen
D) T. S. Eliot
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