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The Great Gatsby Introduction Test Flashcards

1
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born where?

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St. Paul, Minneosta

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When was Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald born?

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September 24, 1896

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Who was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24, 1896?

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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

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His parents, although poor, had some ____________

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social status

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Fitzgerald was named after his second cousin, Francis Scott Key, the author of _____________________

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“The Star Spangled Banner”

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While his family was not prosperous, Fitzgerald’s __________ nurtured ____________ ambitions in her only son.

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mother, social

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How many children did Fitzgerald’s parents have?

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1

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Who helped finance Fitzgerald’s tuition at a private Catholic boarding school in New Jersey?

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an elderly aunt

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What was Fitzgerald’s private Catholic school called?

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The Newman School

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9
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In 1913, what school did Fitzgerald attend?

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Princeton University

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At the time, Princeton University was viewed as a training ground for the American upper class. Coming from a background of ___________________, while at Princeton, Fitzgerald developed a fascination with the ___________.

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financial anxiety, very rich

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While his grades were low, he excelled in his writings for the ________________________________

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Princeton Triangle Club Dramatic Society and the Princeton Tiger

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Fitzgerald’s writing from that time shows that he was self-conscious about _________________________________.

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the differences between himself and his wealthy classmates

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In 1917, during his third year at Princeton, Fitzgerald left school in order to __________________________.

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enlist in the United States army

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After passing a special examination, Fitzgerald was commissioned a _______________________ in the infantry.

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Second Liutenant

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In June 1918, while stationed at Camp Sheridan, near Montgomery, Alabama, twenty-one year old Fitzgerald met and fell madly in love with eighteen-year old _________________.

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Zelda Sayre

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Zelda was a local debutante, the youngest daughter of an __________________________

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Alabama Supreme Court Judge

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After being discharged from the Army in 1919, Fitzgerald went to New York to _______________________________.

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seek his fortune so that he could marry Zelda

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18
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By day Fitzgerald worked _____________________
By night he _________________________-

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advertising agency, wrote stories - submitting them to magazines

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19
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For his efforts, he collected nothing but _________________-

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rejection slips

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20
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Why did Zelda break off their engagement?

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Fitzgerald was failing financially as a writer, and she was unwilling to live on his small salary in the advertisement business.

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Fitzgerald returned to his parents’ house in St. Paul to rewrite his novel, changing the title to

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This Side of Paradise

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22
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This time the novel was accepted by __________ and published in _____________ when Fitzgerald was ________ years old.

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Scribner;s, May 1920, twenty-three

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23
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Fitzgerald called his book the story of _________________.

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the youth of our operation

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24
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Considered daring and intellectual, This Side of Paradise was a smashing success and immediate bestseller. Fitzgerald was perceived as the _____________________ and he achieved _____________________.

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style-setter for the times, celebrity status

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25
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Following his great success, Fitzgerald and Zelda resumed their engagement and were married in ______________________.

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St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York in 1920.

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26
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Fitzgerald’s only child, a daughter, was named _________________ and born in ________________.

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Frances Scott (Scottie) Fitzgerald, October 1921

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27
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When was the Great Gatsby published?

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1925

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28
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What is the Great Gatsby frequently nominated as?

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the great novel

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29
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A quintessential story of not only the 1920s, but also of the American experience, the novel chronicles the ______________, as well as the ___________- of the decade, showing hos America’s fascination with ______________________ was ____________________-.

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exuberance, malaise, material success, eroding values

30
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The Great Gatsby received critical praise, but ______________.

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sales were mediocre

31
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In 1930, Zelda suffered the first of several complete ________________________. She spent the last _________ years of her life in ___________________ in Europe and the U.S.

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nervous breakdowns, eighteen, sanatoriums

32
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To pay Zelda’s high medical bills, Fitzgerald focused on writing short stories for popular magazines, including _______________ and __________. He also worked where as a screenwriter?

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The Saturday Evening Post, Esquire, Hollywood

33
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While he was in Hollywood, how and when did Fitzgerald die?

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heart attack, December 21, 1940

34
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How old was Fitzgerald when he died?

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44

35
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Fitzgerald’s early death is often attributed to:

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his alcoholism, the pressure to earn money to pay his debts, and the collapse of the decade into the Great Depression.

36
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Reaction to the ________/____________/loss of ___________ from WWI (post-war prosperity), gave the 1920s the name of _____________.

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death, destruction, innocence, Jazz Age

37
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During the Jazz Age, their was a mass migration from _________ areas to ________ where “parties were bigger, the pace was faster, the buildings were higher, the morals looser” (Fitzgerald)

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rural, cities

38
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Some called the Jazz Age the first truly _________ decade.

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modern

39
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which amendment granted women suffrage (right to vote)

A

19th (1920)

40
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new jobs opened up during WWI and the women didn’t want to give their jobs up when the men came back home - so… more women began to _______________

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go to college

41
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modern women of the 1920s - young rebellious, fun-loving, and bold

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Flappers

42
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What did Flappers look like typically?

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short hair, short dresses (to the knees), more makeup (esp. lipstick), and attitude changes - began to smoke and drink in public

43
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which amendment prohibited the making, selling, or transportation of alcohol

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18th (1919)

44
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law passed by Congress to enforce prohibition

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Volstead Act

45
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which cities ignored the Volstead Act

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most of the ones on the East coast

46
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the crime wave that began made most people think the 18th amendment should be ______________

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impealed

47
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organized crime got involved in _______________

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boatlegging (the illegal selling of alcohol)

48
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the most famous gangster of the 1920s was

A

Al Capone from Chicago

49
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______________ jacket design for The Great Gatsby is the most celebrated and widely discriminated jacket art in American Literature.

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Francis Cugat’s

50
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After appearing on the first printing in 1925, the jacket was revised more than a half-century later for the ______________ paperback editions (1979-present)

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“Scribner Library”

51
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Cugat’s painting is iconic: the sad, hypnotic, heavily outlined eyes of a woman beam like ___________ through a cobalt night sky. Their irises are transfigured into reclining female forms. From one of the eyes stream a ___________________; bright rouged _______ complete the sensual triangle. Below, on earth, brightly colored __________ lights blaze before a ________________ skyline.

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headlights, green luminescent tear, lips, carnival, metropolitan

52
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Jay Gatsby: the title character, a former mid-westerner who moved east in order to _____________

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win over Daisy Buchanan, the love he lost 5 years earlier.

53
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Jay Gatsby’s desire to win over Daisy leads him from ____________ to _______________. He is considered ______________.

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poverty, wealth, “new money”

54
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Nick Carraway: the novel’s narrator, also a mid-westerner who moved east. He happens to be _______________. He also happens to move into a small house next to Gatsby’s ___________ in West Egg. His mid-western sensibilities give us an __________________ perspective on how the wealthy societies like the Buchanan’s lead their lives.

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Daisy’s cousin. mansion, outsider’s

55
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Daisy is beautiful and ___________. Gatsby is obsessed with winning her back. She grew up in a ___________ family, and married a wealthy man, Tom Buchanan, who is considered a part of the __________ elite.

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delicate, wealthy and privileged, “old money”

56
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Tom Buchanan - Daisy’s hulking brute of a _____________, who comes from an old, wealthy Chicago family and takes pride in his ____________.

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husband, rough ways

57
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Tom leads a life of luxury in __________, playing polo, riding horses, and driving fast cars.

A

East Egg

58
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Jordan Baker - professional _________, known for her _______________.

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golfer, questionable integrity

59
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Jordan is a friend of Daisy’s and also represents ____________________.

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women of this elite social class

60
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Fitzgerald often wrote about __________ women who played sports such as _______________. This was considered very _________ at the time.

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athletic, golf, tennis, modern

61
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Meyer Wolfsheim - Gatsby’s business ____________ and link to ______________.

A

associate, organized crime

62
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A professional _________, Wolfsheim is attributed with fixing the _______________.

A

gambler, 1919 World Series

63
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George and Myrtle Wilson
George -
Myrtle -

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a local automechanic, wife (Tom’s mistress)

64
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New Money: not as ________ in the 1920s

A

respected

65
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Old Money: money from ____________, born rich, not earned from work done _______________, respected above _____ in the 1920s

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family wealth, by yourself, all

66
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West Egg - where Nick and Gatsby live, represents ___________
East Egg - where Daisy lives, the more _______ area, represents ________

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new money, fashionable, old money

67
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The City - New York City - where the characters escape to for _________.

A

work and play

68
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The Valley of Ashes - an ________________ between the City and West Egg where Wilson’s ________ is located.

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industrial waste area, garage

69
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Green light - at the end of Daisy’s dock and visible from Gatsby’s mansion. Represents _______________.

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Gatsby’s hopes and dreams about Daisy

70
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The Valley of Ashes - the area between West Egg and New York City, it is an area filled with industrial waste. It represents __________________.

A

the social and moral of society during the 1920s; also shows the negative effects of greed

70
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The Eyes of Dr. T. J. Ekleburg - a decaying in the Valley of Ashes with eyes advertising an _____________

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optometrist

71
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There are multiple proposed meeting of the Eyes of Dr T. J. , including the representation of ____________________.

A

God’s moral judgement on society

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