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Gatsby Background Quiz
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11th Grade
04/14/2013

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Who is the author of The Great Gatsby?
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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When was Fitzgerald born?
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September 24, 1896
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What is Fitzgerald's full name?
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
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What was Fitzgerald's education like?
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Grew up going to Catholic schools, then attended Princeton University
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What major organization was Fitzgerald part of at Princeton University?
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Triangle Club
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What friendships grew from Fitzgeralds time at Princeton?
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Edmund Wilson and John Peale Bishop
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What caused Fitzgerald to leave Princeton?
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he flunked out
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When did Fitzgerald leave Princeton? What did he do afterwards?
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November 1917

joined the army
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Between Princeton and the army, who did Fitzgerald become acquainted with?
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Genirva Queen
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What was the relationship between Fitzgerald and Queen like?
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exchanged letters (he kept all the letters until his death)

she becomes engaged to another man
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What character does Genirva Queen resemble in Gatsby?
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Daisy Buchanon
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Where was Fitzgerald stationed while in the army?
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near Montgomery, Alabma
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Who did Fitzgerald meet while he was stationed near Montgomery, Alabama?
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Zelda Sayre
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What was Fitzgerald's first novel?
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This Side of Paradise
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When was This Side of Paradise published?
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March 26, 1920
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When was The Beautiful and the Damned published?
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1922
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What was the name of Fitzgeralds and Zeldas daughter?
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Frances Scott Fitzgerald
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When was Frances Scott Fitzgerald born?
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1921
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What year did the Fitzgerald family move to the French Rivera?
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1924
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What did Fitzgerald do in the Riviera?
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became part of a group of wealthy American expatriates
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in what book did Fitzgerald describe his inner circle in the Rivera?
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Tender is the Night
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When did Fitzgerald complete his most respected novel?
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shortly after he relocated to France. Published in1925
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How was the Great Gatsby described?
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the most profoundly American novel of its time
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What was the group of short stories that Fitzgerald wrote a year after Gatsby?
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All the Sad Young Men
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What marked the end of the most productive period of Fitzgerald's life?
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All the Sad Young Men
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How was the great depression for Fitzgerald
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chaotic and miserable
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What happened to Zelda in the GD?
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began a slow descent into madness
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What was the last book Fitzgerald ever completed?
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Tender is the Night
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What reputation has Tender is the Night gotten?
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Fitzgerald's most moving novel
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When was Tender is the Night published?
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1934
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What was Fitzgerald's last novel?
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The Last Tycoon
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When did Fitzgerald start to write The Last Tycoon?
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1939
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When did Fitzgerald die?
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December 21, 1940
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How did Fitzgerald die?
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heart attack
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