Fitzgerald info and historical context

Fitzgerald's father was

• a sailor who Fitzgerald barely saw.

• washed up in the stock market crash of 1929.

• a self made millionaire.

• mostly unsuccessful in work.

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Fitzgerald attended school with many kids from wealthier families. He...

• always felt like he did not fit in.

• liked the association with the wealthy.

• knew he would be more wealthy someday.

• envied those he saw as more well off.

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Fitzgerald first real love was...

• Sally Hayes

• Gertrude Davis

• Ginervra King

• Francis Childs

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Fitzgerald called Ginervra his

• sweetheart

• lost love

• pretty girl

• golden girl

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Ginevra father told Fitzgerald that:

• He would be famous one day.

• Poor boys do not marry rich girls.

• to take care of Ginevra.

• Ginevra was interested in someone else.

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Fitzgerald attended Princeton University and

• failed out.

• joined student government.

• hung around with the wealthy kids again.

• graduated with a degree in English.

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Fitzgerald signed up for the military during the WWI and...

• never saw battle.

• made a name for himself.

• rescued men trapped by enemy fire.

• left the miliary in disgrace.

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Fitzgerald met and married...

• Margaret Pisque

• Ginevra King

• Rachel Thompson

• Zelda Sayer

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Zelda was...

• From the same social strata as Fitzgerald.

• Wealther than Fitzgerald; her father was a judge.

• Poorer tha Fitzgerald; her father could not find work.

• more balanced in her behavior than Fitzgerald.

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The Fitzgeralds were said to represent the Jazz Age because they...

• ran their own theater company.

• travel overseas to many contries.

• threw lavish parties and lived extravagantly.

• had a number of children who were musically inclined.

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