F. Scott Fitzgerald Biography QUIZ

When F. Scott Fitzgerald was just a teenager, he realized that he had a talent for writing. He decided to use this talent to write plays, which he produced at his school. What was his main motivation for creating these plays?

• He wanted to be popular.

• He wanted to excel at the one subject he was good at.

• He wanted to be able to compete with the wealthy kids.

• It helped alleviate his boredom at school.

Where did Fitzgerald attend college?

• Boston College

• Harvard College

• Princeton University

• Yale University

What two activities was Fitzgerald extremely excited about, but he never was able to participate in either one?

• writing for the Princeton Gazette and serving in the army

• Dating Genevra King and marrying Zelda Sayer

• college football and army combat

• college football and college basketball because he was too small

What did Fitzgerald's wife suffer from, causing him pain because he could not help her?

• Anxiety

• Schizophrenia

• Multiple Personality Disorder

• Depression

What was the title of Fitzgerald's first big commercially successful novel and why was it so successful?

• The Great Gatsby; it was emblematic of the Jazz Age of the time. People loved to hear the music and see dances such as The Charleston.

• This Side of Paradise; it showed the behaviors of the rebellious youth that attracted older readers but angered his friends who recognized their debauchery and reckless behavior.

• The Beautiful and Damned; because people wanted to read a story they felt reflected Fitzgerald's life.

• Tender is the Night; because people expected to see romance novels from him and this was his best.

What best describes the Fitzgeralds' marriage?

• It was a loving, but open relationship where both agreed to see other people.

• It was tumultuous, but loving and each stayed with each other until the end.

• It was expensive, intense, and riddled with alcoholism, and jealousy

• They divorced before Zelda ended up dying in a mental institution.

Who was Fitzgerald's drinking buddy and literary rival who warned him that Zelda was no good for him

• John Steinbeck

• Gertrude Stein

• Henry Davis Thoreau

• Ernest Hemingway

What caused Fitzgerald to lose his audience in the mid-to-late 1930's?

• He was too drunk to complete a novel, so people lost interest.

• His time was taken up caring for his ill wife.

• No one wanted to read about rich people during The Great Depression.

• He never lost his audience. He maintained a steady popularity until his death.

What was the cause of Zelda's death?

• She finally succumbed to her illness and died of schizophrenia in a mental institution.

• She died of a broken heart, never being able to reach the level of happiness with Fitzgerald that she once had.

• She died in a hospital fire in Asheville along with several other women.

• She was never able to leave the sanitarium and ended up dying of old age.

What is the name of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel that depicted the brokenness of his marriage to Zelda

• The Beautiful and the Damned

• This Side of Paradise

• The Great Gatsby

• Tender is the Night