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Nick, he attended Yale University
F. Scott Fitzgerald enrolled at Princeton in 1913, which "The Great Gatsby" character also attended an Ivy League University? Which University was it?
100
At Gatsby's house
Fitzgerald got a first look at the elite upper class living while at parties in Long Island during the 1920’s, this is similar to how Nick was suddenly introduced to the extreme 1920’s lifestyle. Where were most of the extravagant parties thrown in "The Great Gatsby"?
100
Minnesota
Fitzgerald was born in the same state as Nick, which state was that?
100
Tom and Myrtle
Zelda had an affair with a French naval aviator, which two characters had an affair in The Great Gatsby?
200
West Egg
F. Scott Fitzgerald attended a party at Lands’ End Mansion on Long Island’s Gold Coast. This mansion is thought to be the inspiration for Gatsby’s mansion. Did Gatsby live on West Egg or East Egg?
200
Jay Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald had his engagement with Zelda broke off because he was too poor at the time. What character did Daisy not marry due to him not having enough money at the time?
200
Camp Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky
Fitzgerald had his share of academic struggles and left college to join the military. Jay Gatsby also did this when he left Oxford for the military. Where was the military camp that Gatsby was stationed at?
200
Myrtle Wilson
Fitzgerald stood by and supported Zelda when she had a mental illness, Daisy’s own mental illness becomes fragile after running over which character?
300
Professional Golfer
Fitzgerald told someone that Jordan Baker was inspired by previous love interest Ginerva King’s friend Edith Cummings. What did both Jordan Baker and Edith Cummings do for a living?
300
Tom Buchannan
In the years leading up to writing "The Great Gatsby", Fitzgerald struggled with alcoholism and even abused his wife at times. What character can be used to reflect these troubled times?
300
Alcohol Bootlegger
Fitzgerald used multiple people as an inspiration for the character Gatsby including an acquaintance named Max Gerlach, he and Gatsby shared an illegal profession. What was this profession?
300
Jay Gatsby did not personally drink, despite being a bootlegger and throwing many parties
Fitzgerald drank often and was considered an alcoholic, how is this different from Jay Gatsby?
400
The best thing a girl can be is a beautiful little fool
Fitzgerald wrote a line in "The Great Gatsby" that his wife actually said during the birth of their daughter. What line does Daisy say about the birth of her daughter in the novel?
400
He read a book, "The Rise of the Colored Empires"
Fitzgerald was believed to hate his past lover Ginerva King’s father, who was a white supremacist. Tom was similar since he too had some white supremecist views. What opened Tom’s eyes to this way of thinking?
400
Dan Cody's fortune
Fitzgerald had a friend who once rowed out to help a rich yachtsman in a storm. Gatsby is told in the story to do the same thing with a man named Dan Cody. What did Cody’s mistress take from Gatsby after Cody died?
400
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past
After Fitzgerald died, he had the very famous final lines from “The Great Gatsby” put on his tombstone, what were the final lines of the novel?






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