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F. Scott Fitzgerald - Biography
F. Scott Fitzgerald - Biography
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1
Why didn't she want to marry him?
bad attitude
bad temper
bad financial prospects
bad breath
2
A number of great American writers lived in ___ during the 1920's.
Toronto
Berlin
London
Paris
3
What name for the 1920s did Fitzgerald invent?
the Jazz Age
the Flapper age
the Middle Age
the 2 Dash 0's
4
What bad habit did he develop at university?
drinking
picking his nose in public
texting while driving
nail-biting
5
Alcoholism fueled his early death (heart attack) at the age of
19
34
44
54
6
A speakeasy was a place where people could get
alcohol
nice long chats with friends
shark soup made in Chinatown
ESL lessons
7
His comfortable lifestyle growing up was due to:
dealing drugs on the side
his mom's inheritance
his dad's successful furniture business
nobody really knows
8
What great disappointment did he encounter while still young?
not fighting in the war
having his girlfriend cheat on him
having his novel rejected five times
all of these things happened to the poor shmuck
9
During the Depression, the public's taste for literature involved a
social message
socialist economic philosophy
socialite lifestyle
so, so, suck your toe
10
What was the name of the love of his life?
Geneviève
Thelma
Zelda
Roxanne
11
What happened to Zelda shortly have the stock market crash?
she had a nervous breakdown
she learned about investing stocks
none of the above
her hair went grey
12
This was an era dominated by
modernism
individualism
all of the above
prosperity
13
A popular American ideal during his era was:
getting your whites whiter than white
the self-made man
none of the above
equality for all
14
Which prestigious school did he attend?
Cambridge
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
15
What happened to Zelda shortly have the stock market crash?
she learned about investing stocks
none of the above
she had a nervous breakdown
her hair went grey
16
What happened to Zelda shortly have the stock market crash?
none of the above
she learned about investing stocks
her hair went grey
she had a nervous breakdown
17
In what year was
The Great Gatsby
published.
1925
1929
1927
1923
18
He always felt ___ toward the wealthy leisure class.
admiration
distrust and animosity
gassy
jealousy
19
In what year was he born?
1886
1916
1906
1896
20
More popular than books, ___ became the next area for him to try out.
fishing
the art of pastry making
movies
beat-boxing
