Fitzgerald short stories Flashcards
The ‘Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ details the story of a man getting…
Younger
The protagonist of ‘The Sensible Thing’ is called…
George O’Kelly
‘The Jelly Bean’ is a short satirical piece about the price of candy in urban America, true or false?
False
‘The Diamond as Big as the Ritz’ is a stupid nonsense story, and Fitzgerald was almost certainly smoking something when he wrote it. True or false?
Probably true, let’s be honest
Where was the eponymous Diamond that was as Big as the Ritz hidden
The Mountains of Montana
Which key historical event was altered by Fitzgerald in ‘The Diamond as big as the Ritz’
The Civil War/Liberation of the Slaves
Fiztegald story ‘The Woman from Twenty-One’ contains a character by the name of ‘Book.’ What gender is this character?
Male
How many of these are real names of Fitzgerald characters: Tudor, Royal, Brick, Book, Musidora, Vienna, Roscoe, Jeb, Oates, John.
8 out of 10 are real. The fake ones are Jeb and John.
Fitzgerald collection ‘Flappers and Philosophers’ contains how many short stories?
8
‘Tales of the Jazz Age’ contains how many short stories?
11
Fitzgerald’s first published short story shares a name with what shampoo brand?
Head and Shoulders
How many plays did Fitzgerald write?
1
Fitzgerald was how old when his first short story was published?
24
Of those published in his lifetime, what (approximate) percentage of Fitzgerald stories were set in New York
75%
The final Fitzgerald short story before his death was called what?
‘Boil some Water - Lots of it’
