Historical Events
Date range of the modern era in American literature, music, and art
What is 1915-1945
Fitzgerald's full name
What is Francis Scott Fitzgerald
The generation of poets and writers during the modern age
Who was the Lost Generation
What is French
What is a Speak Easy
A term referring to the race riots during the summer of 1919
What is Red Summer
The women Fitzgerald was not rich enough to marry
Who was Ginevra
Who is T.S. Eliot
A French word meaning rebirth
What does Renaissance mean?
The act of selling liquor illegally during Prohibition
The amendment that gave women the right to vote
The age in which The Great Gatsby takes place *not the modern age
What is The Jazz Age or The Golden Age
Who was Gertrude Stein
Who was Langston Hughes
The Amendment that banned the production and sale of alcohol
Formerly thought of as "the war to end all wars"
What was WWI
Gatsby's real name in the novel The Great Gatsby
James Gatz
A form of poetry that is shaped to resemble the topic
What is a calligram
Author of the essay "How It Feels to be Colored Me"
The Charlton...if you miss the answer, you may still earn these points by performing the Charlton with a friend
The district in France where many modern writers of the Lost Generation lived
What is the Latin Quarter or French Riviera
The year The Great Gatsby opens
What is 1922
Another title for the poem "Harlem"
Describes a type of Jazzy, fun girl with a short bob haircut and a classic 1920s party girl dress style
Flapper girl