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F. Scott Fitzgerald's full name is...
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
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F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on [date]...
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September 24, 1896
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F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in [city, state]...
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St. Paul, Minnesota
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F. Scott Fitzgerald is the second cousin three times removed of [person]...
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Francis Scott Key, the author of the National Anthem of the USA
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's father's name was...
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Edward Fitzgerald
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F. Scott's Fitgerald's mother's name was...
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Mary (Mollie) McQuillan
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's father was from [state]...
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Maryland
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F. Scott's Fitgerald's mother's was the daughter of a(n) [nationality] immigrant.
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Irish
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Both of F. Scott Fitzgerald's parents were [religion name]...
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Catholics
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F. Scott Fitzgerald attended [public/private] schools.
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private
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In 1913, F. Scott Fitzgerald entered [university]...
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Princeton
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Edward Fitzgerald failed as a manufacturer of wicker furniture in St. Paul, and he became a salesman for Procter & Gamble in...[state]
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New York
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After F. Scott Fitzgerald's father was fired in 1908, the family moved back to St. Paul and lived off of...
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Mollie Fitzgerald's inheritance
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F. Scott Fitzgerald attended...[grammar school name]
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the St. Paul Academy
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his first writing to appear in print was a [kind of story] in the school newspaper when he was thirteen.
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detective story
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During 1911-1913 he attended [high school name], a Catholic prep school in New Jersey.
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the Newman School
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While in New Jersey at school, F. Scott Fitzgerald met Father [first and last name] who encouraged his ambitions for personal distinction and achievement.
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Sigourney Fay
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As a member of the [college class], F. Scott Fitzgerald neglected his studies for his literary apprenticeship.
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Princeton Class of 1917
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F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the scripts and lyrics for the Princeton [club name] musicals.
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Triangle Club
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F. Scott Fitzgerald was a contributor to the [magazine name] humor magazine and the [literary magazine name].
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"Princeton Tiger"; "Nassau Literary Magazine"
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His college friends included [American critic and author] and [contributor to American letters].
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Edmund Wilson; John Peale Bishop
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Fitzgerald's college friends included [American critic and author] and [contributor to American letters].
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Edmund Wilson; John Peale Bishop
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On academic probation and unlikely to graduate, Fitzgerald joined the army in [year]...
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1917
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Fitzgerald was commissioned as a [army rank] in the infantry.
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second lieutenant
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Convinced that he would die in the war, Fitzgerald rapidly wrote his novel [novel name]...
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"The Romantic Egotist"
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In a letter of [acceptance/rejection] the publisher Charles Scribner’s Sons praised the novel’s originality.
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rejection
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In June 1918 Fitzgerald was assigned to Camp Sheridan, near [city, state]...
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Montgomery, Alabama
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While in Camp Sheradin, Fitzgerald fell in love with the celebrated 18-year-old belle [first and last name]...
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Zelda Sayre
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Zelda was the youngest daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court [Supreme Court position].
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judge
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Being in love with Zleda intensified Fitzgerald’s hopes for the success of his novel, but it was rejected by [publisher name] for a second time.
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Charles Scribner’s Sons
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The war ended just before Fitzgerald was to be sent overseas; after his discharge in 1919 he went to [city] to seek his fortune in order to marry Zelda.
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New York City
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Unwilling to wait while Fitzgerald succeeded in the advertisement business and live on his small salary, Zelda broke [not his heart]...
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their engagement
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Fitzgerald quit his job in July 1919 and returned to St. Paul to rewrite "The Romantic Egotist" as [novel name]...
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"This Side of Paradise"
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It was accepted by editor [first and last name] of Charles Scribner’s Sons.
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Maxwell Perkins
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"This Side of Paradise" is set mainly at [school name]...
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Princeton
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Fitzgerald described "This Side of Paradise" as a [kind of novel]...
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"quest novel"
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This Side of Paradise traces the career aspirations and love disappointments of [main character name].
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Amory Blaine
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Fitzgerald's new agent in 1919 was [first and last name]...
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Harold Ober
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In 1919, Fitzgerald interrupted work on his novels to write [not personal meaningful writing] for the rest of his life.
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popular moneymaking fiction
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[Newspaper name] became Fitzgerald’s best story market.
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"The Saturday Evening Post"
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Fitzgerald became known as a [related to his best story market] writer.
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"Post"
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Fitzgerald's early commercial stories about young love introduced a new character: the independent, determined young American woman who appeared in [short story name] and [short story name].
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"The Offshore Pirate"; "Bernice Bobs Her Hair."
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Fitzgerald’s more ambitious stories, such as "May Day" and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," were published in [magazine name], which had a small circulation.
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"The Smart Set"
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The publication of [novel name] on March 26, 1920, made the 24-year-old Fitzgerald famous almost overnight.
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"This Side of Paradise"
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A week after the extremely successful publication of "This Side of Paradise," Fitzgerald [did something he had wanted to do since being stationed in Camp Sheradin]...
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married Zelda Sayre
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Fitzgerald and his new wife embarked on a(n) [kind of lifestyle] as young celebrities.
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extravagant
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After marrying Zelda, Fitzgerald endeavored to earn a [kind of] reputation.
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solid literary
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However, Fitzgerald's [Hugh Hefner??] image impeded the proper assessment of his work.
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playboy
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After a riotous summer in Westport, Connecticut, the Fitzgeralds took an apartment in [city]...
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New York City
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While in New York City, Fitzgerald wrote his second novel, [novel name]...
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"The Beautiful and Damned"
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"The Beautiful and Damned" is a naturalistic chronicle of the dissipation of [husband and wife character names]...
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Anthony and Gloria Patch
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When Zelda Fitzgerald became pregnant they took their first trip to [continent] in 1921.
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Europe
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The Fitzgeralds settled in [town name] for the birth of their only child.
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St. Paul
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The name of the Fitzgeralds' only child was [full name]...
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Frances Scott (Scottie) Fitzgerald
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Fitzgerald's son was born in[month, year]...
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October 1921
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Fitzgerald expected to become very rich from his play, [play name]...
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"The Vegetable"
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In the fall of 1922 the Fitzgeralds moved to Great Neck, Long Island, in order to be near [place in New York]...
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Broadway
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"The Vegetable" was a political satire that was subtitled [subtitled play name]...
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"From President to Postman"
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"The Vegetable" [succeeded/failed] at its tryout in November 1923.
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failed
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Fitzgerald wrote his way out of debt with [type of literature]...
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short stories
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The distractions of Great Neck and New York prevented Fitzgerald from making progress on his [first, second, third, etc., literary work]...
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third novel
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During this time, Fitzgerald began to [destructive behaviour]...
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drink heavily
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Zelda Fitzgerald regularly drank but she was not a(n) [addict] like her husband.
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alcoholic
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Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald often had domestic fights triggered by [destructive behaviour]...
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drinking bouts
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[Opinion makers] were reluctant to give Fitzgerald full marks as a serious writer.
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Literary critics
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Fitzgerald's reputation as a drinker inspired the myth that he was a(n) [negative adjective] writer.
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irresponsible
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Fitzgerald was a painstaking reviser whose fiction went through layers of [practice versions]...
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drafts
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The chief theme of Fitzgerald’s work is the aspiration of the idealism he regarded as defining [Jay Gatsby]...
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American character
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As a social historian Fitzgerald became identified with the Age of [type of music]...
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Jazz
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Seeking tranquility for his work the Fitzgeralds went to [country] in the spring of 1924.
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France
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Fitzgerald wrote [novel name] during the summer and fall in Valescure near St. Raphael.
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"The Great Gatsby"
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The marriage between Fitzgerald and Zelda was damaged by her relationship with
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a French aviator
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In the late 1920's Fitzgerald tried his hand at
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filmmalking and was not successful
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Fitzgerald wrote short stories in Switzerland to pay for
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psychiatric treatment for Zelda
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Zelda Fitzgerald suffered a relapse in February 1932 and entered
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Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore
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