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A&E Biography – F. Scott Fitzgerald
1. F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald were hailed king and queen of what Age?
2. Fitzgerald was named after a distant relative, Francis Scott Key, who wrote what
famous song?
3. What talent helped Fitzgerald fit in at prep school?
4. Where did Fitzgerald go to college? Did he graduate?
5. What war did Fitzgerald participate in?
6. When Fitzgerald proposed to Zelda, she accepted but later broke it off. Why?
7. What was Fitzgerald’s first novel?
8. How would you characterize Zelda and Fitzgerald’s lifestyle?
9. Where did Zelda and Fitzgerald live abroad?
10. What couldn’t Fitzgerald forgive Zelda for?
11. True/False: The Great Gatsby did better than Fitzgerald’s first two novels.
12. What type of people did Fitzgerald have an obsession with?
13. Who was diagnosed as schizophrenic and institutionalized?
14. Why did Fitzgerald’s fourth novel, Tender is the Night, not sell?
15. True/False: Fitzgerald portrayed his own life, hopes, and dreams in his novels.
16. What job did Fitzgerald go to Hollywood for?
17. Why did Fitzgerald get fired from this job?
18. What serious problem did Fitzgerald struggle with throughout his life?
19. How did Fitzgerald die? How old was he?
20. How and where did Zelda die?