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Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
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Test your knowledge over the great F. Scott Fitzgerald!
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1
Besides being an author, he also worked as a _____________.
Hollywood Screenwriter
Musician
Editor for Local Newspaper
English Language Arts Teacher
2
In 1930, Zelda was diagnosed with what mental illness?
schizophrenia
postpartum depression
obsessive compulsive disorder
Zelda was never diagnosed with a mental illness.
3
He was named after what famous ancestor?
Francis Bean
Francis Scott Keifer
Scott Hamilton
Francis Scott Key
4
Where did F. Scott Fitzgerald live?
New York City
He lived in all of these places, among others.
Minnesota
France
5
He had a rocky friendship with the famous author _______________.
Emily Dickinson
Edgar Allan Poe
Ernest Hemingway
William Shakespeare
6
What kind of student was F. Scott Fitzgerald?
He was a very poor student and an atrocious speller.
He was a literary prodigy.
He dropped out of high school.
Amazing! He was considered a high honor student.
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Which one of his novels was considered a "flop" during his lifetime?
The Jazz Age
The Love of the Last Tycoon
The Great Gatsby
This Side of Paradise
8
How many children did Scott and Zelda have?
1
4
2
3
9
Between 1919 and 1937, Fitzgerald obsessively wrote about __________.
Prohibition
His Life
The effects of alcoholism
Zelda
10
His wife named _________ was considered the quintessential 1920s “flapper.”
Samantha Zeldini
Marjorie Howard
Virginia Hemingway
Zelda Sayre
11
What novel made F. Scott Fitzgerald an instant success?
This Side of the Mississippi
This Side of Paradise
This Side of the Rainbow
This Side of Harlem
12
What war did F. Scott Fitzgerald serve in?
World War II
He did not serve in the armed forces.
Vietnam War
World War I
13
What college did F. Scott Fitzgerald attend but not complete?
Princeton University
Yale University
Harvard University
Columbia University
14
Why didn't he finish his final novel,
The Love of the Last Tycoon
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He died.
He ran out of money.
Zelda burned his manuscript.
He never wrote anymore books after The Great Gatsby.
15
F. Scott Fitzgerald suffered from...
writer's block
all of the above
alcoholism
depression
