Who's Who?
This person created "Home to Harlem"
Who is Claude McKay?
This person describes himself as “One of the few honest people that [he has] ever known”
Who is Nick Carraway?
In “I, being born a woman and distressed,” an octet consists of this many metrical feet
What is 5 metrical feet containing an unstressed and then stressed syllables?
This term is defined as "a literary technique in which an author’s meaning is distinct from their actual expression"
What is irony?
In the 1920s, immigrants awaited examination at this place
Where is Ellis Island?
This man owned and operated a wicker factory in Minnesota
Who is Edward Fitzgerald?
James H. Meredith described this man's writing as a "skeptical depiction of American progress"
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
The U.S. Census defined an urban area as any place with a population over this number
This term is defined as "the need to spend money on objects and experiences that are obvious, bold, and undeniable"
What is conspicuous consumption?
Edna St. Vincent Millay was offered scholarships to attend these two universities
Where are Barnard and Vassar?
This person played George Wilson in the 1926 silent film production of The Great Gatsby
Who is William Powell?
In “I, being born a woman and distressed,” this feeling is not denied
What is the “frenzy” of physical desire?
"This Side of Paradise" sold this many copies in its first year
How many is 40,000 copies?
This term is defined as "a way of thinking about the purpose of art"
What is musical ethos?
This place was part of the inspiration for Jay Gatsby's mansion
Where are the now-demolished Beacon Towers?
A commemorative magazine published by this sorority held "The Ten Commandments of Charm" by Zora Neale Hurston
What is the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority?
Sterling Brown believed in this simple idea
What is the power of writing to challenge orthodoxies and prompt radical social and personal shifts?
$19,000 in 2024 dollars is equivalent to this amount of money
This term is defined as the repetition of words in reverse grammatical order for emphasis
What is an antimetabole? (e.g. "with my mind on my money and my money on my mind" - Snoop Dogg)
In “Echoes of the Jazz Age,” this place supposedly allowed the gay elements of society to flower
Where is the Summer Riviera?
Edna St. Vincent Millay was similar to this man in that they both were masters in meter and verse
Who is Robert Frost?
This person claimed that F. Scott. Fitzgerald "made literary capital out of the dirty little secret in American culture that social class matters even--or especially-- in a society that denies that it does"
Who is Scott Donaldson?
This is the third commandment in "The Ten Commandments of Charm"
What is “Forget not the first law of conversation, which is, Thou shalt not talk about thyself; nor the last law, which is, Help every man to express himself brilliantly! Thus shalt thou be accounted a ‘fascinating conversationalist,’ though thou utterest not a single word"
This term is defined as "rhetorical balance in which the second part is syntactically balanced against the first, but with the parts reversed"
What is a chiasmus? (e.g. "Charm is a woman's strength, strength is a man's charm")
F. Scott Fitzgerald attended these three prestigious schools
What are St. Paul Academy, Newman School in New Jersey, and Princeton University?