F. Scott Fitzgerald Exam 2025
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Date of Birth - Date of Death - ✔✔1896-1940
Where was he born? - ✔✔St. Paul, Minnesota (Midwestern - like Nick)
His father, Edward, ad an allegiance to... - ✔✔the Old South and its vaues
His mother, Mary "Mollie" McQuillan, was the daughter of... - ✔✔an Irish immigrant
who became wealthy as a wholesale grocer in St. Paul
What religion were his parents? - ✔✔Catholic - considered outsiders
From 1911-1913, he attended a... - ✔✔Catholic Prep School in New Jersey
What college did he go to? - ✔✔Princeton - however, he neglected his studies for his
literary apprenticeship
What did he do when it was unlikely he would graduate due to the fact that he was on
academic probation? - ✔✔He joined the army in 1917 and was commissioned a second
lieutenant in the infantry
What did he write when he thought he would die in war? - ✔✔The Romantic Egotist
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, The letter of rejection from Charles Scribner's Sons praised the novel's originality and
asked that it be resubmitted when revised
Who was Zelda Sayre? - ✔✔An 18 year old girl (when he met her) and the youngest
daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court judge
When and where did Fitzgerald meet Zelda Sayre? - ✔✔June 1918, when he was
assigned to Camp Sheridan, near Montgomery, Alabama
Why did Zelda break their engagement? - ✔✔He had gone to NYC to seek his fortune
in order to marry, but his success in the advertisement business produced only a small
salary which Zelda was unwilling to live with
What novel did he write when he returned to St. Paul in 1919, after quitting his job? -
✔✔This Side of Paradise
When did he commence his career as a writer of stories for the mass-circulation
magazines? - ✔✔Fall-Winter of 1919
What made Fitzgerlad famous? - ✔✔The publication of This Side of Paradise on March
26, 1920
He was 24 years old and became famous overnight, and a week later, he married Zelda
in NY
What was his second novel? - ✔✔The Beautiful and Damned - a naturalistic chronicle of
the dissipation of Anthony & Gloria Patch
What did Zelda and Fitzgerlad do when Zelda first got pregnant? - ✔✔They took their
first trip to Europe in 1921 and settled in St. Paul for the birth of their only child,
Frances Scott (Scottie) Fitzgerald
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Date of Birth - Date of Death - ✔✔1896-1940
Where was he born? - ✔✔St. Paul, Minnesota (Midwestern - like Nick)
His father, Edward, ad an allegiance to... - ✔✔the Old South and its vaues
His mother, Mary "Mollie" McQuillan, was the daughter of... - ✔✔an Irish immigrant
who became wealthy as a wholesale grocer in St. Paul
What religion were his parents? - ✔✔Catholic - considered outsiders
From 1911-1913, he attended a... - ✔✔Catholic Prep School in New Jersey
What college did he go to? - ✔✔Princeton - however, he neglected his studies for his
literary apprenticeship
What did he do when it was unlikely he would graduate due to the fact that he was on
academic probation? - ✔✔He joined the army in 1917 and was commissioned a second
lieutenant in the infantry
What did he write when he thought he would die in war? - ✔✔The Romantic Egotist
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, The letter of rejection from Charles Scribner's Sons praised the novel's originality and
asked that it be resubmitted when revised
Who was Zelda Sayre? - ✔✔An 18 year old girl (when he met her) and the youngest
daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court judge
When and where did Fitzgerald meet Zelda Sayre? - ✔✔June 1918, when he was
assigned to Camp Sheridan, near Montgomery, Alabama
Why did Zelda break their engagement? - ✔✔He had gone to NYC to seek his fortune
in order to marry, but his success in the advertisement business produced only a small
salary which Zelda was unwilling to live with
What novel did he write when he returned to St. Paul in 1919, after quitting his job? -
✔✔This Side of Paradise
When did he commence his career as a writer of stories for the mass-circulation
magazines? - ✔✔Fall-Winter of 1919
What made Fitzgerlad famous? - ✔✔The publication of This Side of Paradise on March
26, 1920
He was 24 years old and became famous overnight, and a week later, he married Zelda
in NY
What was his second novel? - ✔✔The Beautiful and Damned - a naturalistic chronicle of
the dissipation of Anthony & Gloria Patch
What did Zelda and Fitzgerlad do when Zelda first got pregnant? - ✔✔They took their
first trip to Europe in 1921 and settled in St. Paul for the birth of their only child,
Frances Scott (Scottie) Fitzgerald
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