gatsby compare / contrast

Question 1

COMPARE:

both were big

Answer 1

alcoholics

Question 2

COMPARE:

both were members of the

Answer 2

ex-patriates or lost generation

Question 3

COMPARE:

both had a

Answer 3

writing slump
Hemingway- Redeemed himself
Fitzgerald- Did not redeem

Question 4

COMPARE:

Both lived

Answer 4

adventurous lives

Question 5

COMPARE:

both of their novels contained

Answer 5

autobiographical elements

Question 6

COMPARE:

they were famous for writing both

Answer 6

short stories and novels

Question 7

CONTRAST:

Hemingway was a _______ man while Fitzgerald was a _____

Answer 7

manly man

ladies man

Question 8

CONTRAST:

In the war, Hemingway _______ and got experience, while Fitzgerald had no ________

Answer 8

drove an ambulance

war experience

Question 9

CONTRAST:
Hemingway’s awards include ______
while Fitzgerald had ______

Answer 9

pulitzer prize and nobel prize

none

Question 10

CONTRAST:

Hemingway’s writing style was ________ while Fitzgerald’s was ______

Answer 10

succinct, straight, journalistic, minimalist

poetic prose

Question 11

CONTRAST:

Hemingway died by ______ and Fitzgerald died by ____

Answer 11

suicide

heart attack

Question 12

CONTRAST:

Hemingway had several _______ while Fitzgerald only had ________

Answer 12

wives

one

Question 13

CONTRAST:
Hemingway saw _______ for his work and was able to ________
while Fitzgerald did not ___________

Answer 13

success/ got to pick actors for his movie
see any success or movie
his fame was left in the 20’s

Question 14

what is the epigram in the front of the book

Answer 14

Then wear the gold hat, if that will move her;
If you can bounce high, bounce for her too,
Till she cry ‘Lover, gold-hatted, high-bouncing lover,
I must have you!