Fitzgerald Facts
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s most famous novel?
The Great Gatsby
This 1920s slang word means excellent or cool?
the bee’s knees
This character narrates The Great Gatsby?
Nick Carraway
Fitzgerald’s wife?
Zelda Fitzgerald
who's the most honest person Nick knows?
himself
Fitzgerald was part of which branch of military?
U.S. Army
Gatsby is described as this, meaning excessively idealistic?
romantic
Gatsby stares at this symbolic object across the bay?
the green light
This jazz music genre defined the era Fitzgerald helped name?
Jazz
This valley represents moral and social decay hidden by the glamour of the rich?
Valley of Ashes
Fitzgerald named his only child this?
Scottie
This word means extravagantly bright or showy
gaudy
Daisy is married to this man?
Tom Buchanan?
Fitzgerald’s early success came with this debut novel?
Side of Paradise
This billboard watches over the Valley of Ashes and is often interpreted as a symbol of God or judgment?
eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg.
author and friend of Fitzgerald?
Ernest Hemingway
A synonym for decadent, often describing 1920s culture?
hedonistic
This woman is hit and killed by a car near the end of the novel?
Myrtle Wilson
Fitzgerald briefly wrote screenplays in this city?
Hollywood
This theme reflects Gatsby’s attempt to recreate the past?
the American Dream
when did Fitzgerald die?
1940
Gatsby's speech is marked by this trait, meaning overly elaborate?
grandiloquence
Gatsby claims to have studied at this prestigious university?
Oxford
This European city was a hub for the Lost Generation and where Fitzgerald spent time?
Paris
Nick refers to Gatsby as this kind of hero?
a tragic hero or romantic hero.