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.

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Where did Fitzgerald attend college?

• Boston College

• Harvard College

• Princeton University

• Yale University

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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

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

• Anxiety

• Schizophrenia

• Multiple Personality Disorder

• Depression

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

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