The Great Gatsby Introduction Test

Question 1

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born where?

Answer 1

St. Paul, Minneosta

Question 2

When was Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald born?

Answer 2

September 24, 1896

Question 3

Who was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24, 1896?

Answer 3

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

Question 3

His parents, although poor, had some ____________

Answer 3

social status

Question 4

Fitzgerald was named after his second cousin, Francis Scott Key, the author of _____________________

Answer 4

“The Star Spangled Banner”

Question 5

While his family was not prosperous, Fitzgerald’s __________ nurtured ____________ ambitions in her only son.

Answer 5

mother, social

Question 6

How many children did Fitzgerald’s parents have?

Answer 6

1

Question 7

Who helped finance Fitzgerald’s tuition at a private Catholic boarding school in New Jersey?

Answer 7

an elderly aunt

Question 8

What was Fitzgerald’s private Catholic school called?

Answer 8

The Newman School

Question 9

In 1913, what school did Fitzgerald attend?

Answer 9

Princeton University

Question 10

At the time, Princeton University was viewed as a training ground for the American upper class. Coming from a background of ___________________, while at Princeton, Fitzgerald developed a fascination with the ___________.

Answer 10

financial anxiety, very rich

Question 11

While his grades were low, he excelled in his writings for the ________________________________

Answer 11

Princeton Triangle Club Dramatic Society and the Princeton Tiger

Question 12

Fitzgerald’s writing from that time shows that he was self-conscious about _________________________________.

Answer 12

the differences between himself and his wealthy classmates

Question 13

In 1917, during his third year at Princeton, Fitzgerald left school in order to __________________________.

Answer 13

enlist in the United States army

Question 14

After passing a special examination, Fitzgerald was commissioned a _______________________ in the infantry.

Answer 14

Second Liutenant

Question 15

In June 1918, while stationed at Camp Sheridan, near Montgomery, Alabama, twenty-one year old Fitzgerald met and fell madly in love with eighteen-year old _________________.

Answer 15

Zelda Sayre

Question 16

Zelda was a local debutante, the youngest daughter of an __________________________

Answer 16

Alabama Supreme Court Judge

Question 17

After being discharged from the Army in 1919, Fitzgerald went to New York to _______________________________.

Answer 17

seek his fortune so that he could marry Zelda

Question 18

By day Fitzgerald worked _____________________
By night he _________________________-

Answer 18

advertising agency, wrote stories - submitting them to magazines

Question 19

For his efforts, he collected nothing but _________________-

Answer 19

rejection slips

Question 20

Why did Zelda break off their engagement?

Answer 20

Fitzgerald was failing financially as a writer, and she was unwilling to live on his small salary in the advertisement business.

Question 21

Fitzgerald returned to his parents’ house in St. Paul to rewrite his novel, changing the title to

Answer 21

This Side of Paradise

Question 22

This time the novel was accepted by __________ and published in _____________ when Fitzgerald was ________ years old.

Answer 22

Scribner;s, May 1920, twenty-three

Question 23

Fitzgerald called his book the story of _________________.

Answer 23

the youth of our operation

Question 24

Considered daring and intellectual, This Side of Paradise was a smashing success and immediate bestseller. Fitzgerald was perceived as the _____________________ and he achieved _____________________.

Answer 24

style-setter for the times, celebrity status

Question 25

Following his great success, Fitzgerald and Zelda resumed their engagement and were married in ______________________.

Answer 25

St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York in 1920.

Question 26

Fitzgerald's only child, a daughter, was named _________________ and born in ________________.

Answer 26

Frances Scott (Scottie) Fitzgerald, October 1921

Question 27

When was the Great Gatsby published?

Answer 27

1925

Question 28

What is the Great Gatsby frequently nominated as?

Answer 28

the great novel

Question 29

A quintessential story of not only the 1920s, but also of the American experience, the novel chronicles the ______________, as well as the ___________- of the decade, showing hos America's fascination with ______________________ was ____________________-.

Answer 29

exuberance, malaise, material success, eroding values

Question 30

The Great Gatsby received critical praise, but ______________.

Answer 30

sales were mediocre

Question 31

In 1930, Zelda suffered the first of several complete ________________________. She spent the last _________ years of her life in ___________________ in Europe and the U.S.

Answer 31

nervous breakdowns, eighteen, sanatoriums

Question 32

To pay Zelda's high medical bills, Fitzgerald focused on writing short stories for popular magazines, including _______________ and __________. He also worked where as a screenwriter?

Answer 32

The Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, Hollywood

Question 33

While he was in Hollywood, how and when did Fitzgerald die?

Answer 33

heart attack, December 21, 1940

Question 34

How old was Fitzgerald when he died?

Answer 34

44

Question 35

Fitzgerald's early death is often attributed to:

Answer 35

his alcoholism, the pressure to earn money to pay his debts, and the collapse of the decade into the Great Depression.

Question 36

Reaction to the ________/____________/loss of ___________ from WWI (post-war prosperity), gave the 1920s the name of _____________.

Answer 36

death, destruction, innocence, Jazz Age

Question 37

During the Jazz Age, their was a mass migration from _________ areas to ________ where "parties were bigger, the pace was faster, the buildings were higher, the morals looser" (Fitzgerald)

Answer 37

rural, cities

Question 38

Some called the Jazz Age the first truly _________ decade.

Answer 38

modern

Question 39

which amendment granted women suffrage (right to vote)

Answer 39

19th (1920)

Question 40

new jobs opened up during WWI and the women didn't want to give their jobs up when the men came back home - so... more women began to _______________

Answer 40

go to college

Question 41

modern women of the 1920s - young rebellious, fun-loving, and bold

Answer 41

Flappers

Question 42

What did Flappers look like typically?

Answer 42

short hair, short dresses (to the knees), more makeup (esp. lipstick), and attitude changes - began to smoke and drink in public

Question 43

which amendment prohibited the making, selling, or transportation of alcohol

Answer 43

18th (1919)

Question 44

law passed by Congress to enforce prohibition

Answer 44

Volstead Act

Question 45

which cities ignored the Volstead Act

Answer 45

most of the ones on the East coast

Question 46

the crime wave that began made most people think the 18th amendment should be ______________

Answer 46

impealed

Question 47

organized crime got involved in _______________

Answer 47

boatlegging (the illegal selling of alcohol)

Question 48

the most famous gangster of the 1920s was

Answer 48

Al Capone from Chicago

Question 49

______________ jacket design for The Great Gatsby is the most celebrated and widely discriminated jacket art in American Literature.

Answer 49

Francis Cugat's

Question 50

After appearing on the first printing in 1925, the jacket was revised more than a half-century later for the ______________ paperback editions (1979-present)

Answer 50

"Scribner Library"

Question 51

Cugat's painting is iconic: the sad, hypnotic, heavily outlined eyes of a woman beam like ___________ through a cobalt night sky. Their irises are transfigured into reclining female forms. From one of the eyes stream a ___________________; bright rouged _______ complete the sensual triangle. Below, on earth, brightly colored __________ lights blaze before a ________________ skyline.

Answer 51

headlights, green luminescent tear, lips, carnival, metropolitan

Question 52

Jay Gatsby: the title character, a former mid-westerner who moved east in order to _____________

Answer 52

win over Daisy Buchanan, the love he lost 5 years earlier.

Question 53

Jay Gatsby's desire to win over Daisy leads him from ____________ to _______________. He is considered ______________.

Answer 53

poverty, wealth, "new money"

Question 54

Nick Carraway: the novel's narrator, also a mid-westerner who moved east. He happens to be _______________. He also happens to move into a small house next to Gatsby's ___________ in West Egg. His mid-western sensibilities give us an __________________ perspective on how the wealthy societies like the Buchanan's lead their lives.

Answer 54

Daisy's cousin. mansion, outsider's

Question 55

Daisy is beautiful and ___________. Gatsby is obsessed with winning her back. She grew up in a ___________ family, and married a wealthy man, Tom Buchanan, who is considered a part of the __________ elite.

Answer 55

delicate, wealthy and privileged, "old money"

Question 56

Tom Buchanan - Daisy's hulking brute of a _____________, who comes from an old, wealthy Chicago family and takes pride in his ____________.

Answer 56

husband, rough ways

Question 57

Tom leads a life of luxury in __________, playing polo, riding horses, and driving fast cars.

Answer 57

East Egg

Question 58

Jordan Baker - professional _________, known for her _______________.

Answer 58

golfer, questionable integrity

Question 59

Jordan is a friend of Daisy's and also represents ____________________.

Answer 59

women of this elite social class

Question 60

Fitzgerald often wrote about __________ women who played sports such as _______________. This was considered very _________ at the time.

Answer 60

athletic, golf, tennis, modern

Question 61

Meyer Wolfsheim - Gatsby's business ____________ and link to ______________.

Answer 61

associate, organized crime

Question 62

A professional _________, Wolfsheim is attributed with fixing the _______________.

Answer 62

gambler, 1919 World Series

Question 63

George and Myrtle Wilson George - Myrtle -

Answer 63

a local automechanic, wife (Tom's mistress)

Question 64

New Money: not as ________ in the 1920s

Answer 64

respected

Question 65

Old Money: money from ____________, born rich, not earned from work done _______________, respected above _____ in the 1920s

Answer 65

family wealth, by yourself, all

Question 66

West Egg - where Nick and Gatsby live, represents ___________ East Egg - where Daisy lives, the more _______ area, represents ________

Answer 66

new money, fashionable, old money

Question 67

The City - New York City - where the characters escape to for _________.

Answer 67

work and play

Question 68

The Valley of Ashes - an ________________ between the City and West Egg where Wilson's ________ is located.

Answer 68

industrial waste area, garage

Question 69

Green light - at the end of Daisy's dock and visible from Gatsby's mansion. Represents _______________.

Answer 69

Gatsby's hopes and dreams about Daisy

Question 70

The Valley of Ashes - the area between West Egg and New York City, it is an area filled with industrial waste. It represents __________________.

Answer 70

the social and moral of society during the 1920s; also shows the negative effects of greed

Question 70

The Eyes of Dr. T. J. Ekleburg - a decaying in the Valley of Ashes with eyes advertising an _____________

Answer 70

optometrist

Question 71

There are multiple proposed meeting of the Eyes of Dr T. J. , including the representation of ____________________.

Answer 71

God's moral judgement on society