Biographical
Historical
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Zelda Sayre
Gatsby
100
This person was Fitzgerald's friend and influenced his writing.
Ernest Hemingway
100
The major economic downfall at the end of the 1920's.
The Great Depression?
100
Where was Fitzgerald born?
St. Paul Minnesota
100
What profession did Zelda want to pursue?
dancing
100
Plans to write the novel began in ______.
1922
200
What is biographically significant about William Shakespeare and the plays that he wrote?
He used to act in his own plays
200
The ban on alcohol put in by the government in the 1920's.
Prohibition
200
Fitzgerald dropped out of college to do what?
join the U.S. Army
200
What did Zelda develop in 1930?
Schizophrenia
200
Nick Carraway moves to New York in order to become what?
A stock broker
300
What is beneficial about learning about the author's life surrounding his or her story?
It is illuminating
300
This business was brought about because of Prohibition and involved a lot of the Mob members.
Bootlegging
300
Fitzgerald died from his second _________.
heart attack
300
Zelda was admitted into what in 1930.
An asylum
300
Is Jay Gatsby's wealth considered old money or new money?
old money
400
What common characteristic do Fitzgerald and Hemingway share in their lives?
They both fought in World War 1
400
The 1920's is commonly known as the age of what?
excess
400
Why did Zelda break the engagement with Fitzgerald?
He was unable to convince her that he could support her.
400
Fitzgerald and Zelda's relationship was fueled mainly by ________.
Alcohol
400
Great Neck = ___________ Manhasset/Cow Neck = __________
New money Old Money
500
The names of the two town in NYC the represent West and East Egg.
Manhasset/Cow Neck and Great Neck
500
The historical perspective shows how a work reflects the _________ and ________ of the time in which they were written.
ideas and attitudes
500
Hemingway urged Fitzgerald to do what to distract from his novels.
Drink (ALCOHOLISM!!!!!!!)
500
Zelda's senior quote read "Why should life be all work, when we can all ________."
borrow
500
One major theme of the Great Gatsby is the decadent downside of what?
The American Dream
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