LIT 1 TERMS
Define Ancedote.
Brief story illustrating a point or character.
The U.S. defines an urban area as a place with a population over what?
2,500
What is the full name of Fitzgerald's mom, Mollie?
Mary McQuillan.
What rumor does Catherine tell about Gatsby?
That he is a nephew or cousin of Kaiser Wilhelm.
In The Weary Blues, what is the specific color of the keys of the piano?
Ivory.
Define Vernacular.
Language spoken in a specific locality.
Who is the author of Passing (1929)?
Nella Larsen
Who portrayed Fitzgerald as a "washed-up drunk" in a New York Post interview?
Michael Mok.
What about Nick is unreliable?
His interpretations and evaluations.
In Echoes of the Jazz Age, when did the Jazz Age start, according to Fitzgerald?
With the 1919 May Day riots.
Define Extended Metaphor.
Metaphor developed extensively by the writer.
In 1920, what percentage of the U.S. population was an immigrant or a child of an immigrant?
45%
What novel did Fitzgerald begin writing in Connecticut?
The Beautiful and the Damned (1922)
The valley of ashes is modeled after what?
The Corona neighborhood in Queens.
In The Ten Commandments of Charm, a woman who sends a man many letters will be called what?
a pest.
Define Synecdoche.
Figure of speech where a part represents the whole.
Lois Long (Lipstick) wrote for what newly created magazine?
The New Yorker
What did Therese Anne Fowler write in 2013?
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald (fictional)
Arnold Rothstein enticed players on what team to purposefully lose to win bets in the 1919 World Series?
Chicago Black Sox
What is Georgia Johnson's most famous play?
A Sunday Morning in the South.
Define Epistrophe.
Repetition of a word or phrase at the end of lines.
Who described the modernist period as a "skeptical depiction of American Progress?"
James H. Meredith
Who noted that Fitzgerald could create characters representing the most moral concerns of the nation?
Lionel Trilling.
Gatsby's car is an example of what?
conspicucous consumption.
In Salutamus, Hotspur is speaking to his soldiers before they attempt the overthrow King Henry IV at what battle?
Battle of Shrewsbury