F. Scott Fitzgerald
This is Fitzgerald's most popular novel written. Hint: we watched the trailer of this movie in class.
The Great Gatsby
Who is the main character in the story?
Benjamin Button
What is the condition Benjamin Button lives with?
He ages backwards
What is Benjamin's father's name?
Roger Button
What does the word stupefied mean?
"Mr. Button stood there upon the sidewalk, stupefied and trembling from head to foot."
Astonish and shock
What was F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife's first name?
Zelda
Who is Benjamin's love interest in the story? First AND last name
Hildegarde Moncrief
What was a main reason Benjamin stopped finding Hildegarde attractive?
She was getting older, but he was getting younger.
What battle did Benjamin get injured in?
Hint: it's also a large Puerto Rican city
San Juan Hill
What does the word placidly mean?
"The old man looked placidly from one to the other for a moment, and then suddenly spoke in a cracked and ancient voice."
In a calm or peaceful manner; tranquilly
In a way that shows a lack of energy or concern
How did F. Scott Fitzgerald die?
Heart attack
What is Benjamin's son's first name?
Roscoe
Where did Roscoe Button attend college?
Harvard University
After joining the army, what war did Benjamin join?
Spanish-American War
What does the word apparition mean?
"...a picture of himself walking through the crowded streets of the city with this appalling apparition stalking by his side."
A supernatural appearance of a person or thing, especially a ghost.
What was the mental illness F. Scott's Fitzgerald's wife had?
Schizophrenia
What is the last name of the doctor who delivered Benjamin?
Keene
What store does Mr. Roger Button shop at for Benjamin's clothes when he's first born?
Chesapeake Dry Goods Company
When Benjamin was playing football at Harvard, how many touchdowns did he get playing against Yale?
Seven
What does the phrase "three score and ten" mean?
"There was no mistake—he was gazing at a man of threescore and ten—a baby of seventy years old, a baby whose feet hung over the sides of the crib in which it was sitting."
Three score and ten is the nominal span of a human life. In the days that this expression was coined that span was considered to be seventy years.
What was the time period called which F. Scott Fitzgerald was most popular?
The Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties
What was the first name Mr. Button gave Benjamin when he was born (before he was named Benjamin)
Methuselah
What is Roger Button's company called? Must provide the exact name!
Hint:
__________ _________ & Co., _________ _________
Roger Button & Co., Wholesale Hardware
Who was the assassin Benjamin was allegedly in disguise?
It was said that Benjamin was really the father of Roger Button, that he was his brother who had been in prison for forty years, that he was __________ _________ __________ in disguise
John Wilkes Booth
What does the word anachronism mean?
"Whether this anachronism had any bearing upon the astonishing history I am about to set down will never be known."
Something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time.