Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald Quizzes

Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald Quiz 1

1 The story, "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" was conceived from F. Scott Fitzgerald writing advice to his sister
Jewel

Scottie

Annabel

Lucy
2 In "Bernice Bobs Her Hair", Marjorie Harvey is infamous for livening up a party by
drinking bourbon

turning five cartwheels in a row

smoking cigars

dancing on a table
3 When Marjorie in "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" discusses the value of cheap popularity, she says it is
cruel

everything

pointless

damning
4 Bernice's reticence in "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" is said to result from
her parents

her Indian blood

her nerves

her physical unattractiveness
5 Bernice's haircut in "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" is revealed as
'fiercely flattering'

'boyish'

'thoroughly modern'

'ugly as sin'
6 In "The Offshore Pirate", Ardita is reading
Moby Dick

The Revolt of the Angels

Jane Eyre

the Bible
7 As a metaphor for her sour attitude, Ardita in "The Offshore Pirate" is
biting her nails

sulking below deck

drinking nettle tea

sucking a lemon
8 In "The Offshore Pirate", Ardita is asked to meet
her doom

her parents

Colonel and Toby Moreland

a swing band
9 Ardita in "The Offshore Pirate" shows her rudeness to her uncle by
slapping him

leaving the yacht

throwing a book at him

embarrassing him
10 In "The Offshore Pirate", the yacht is approached by a rowboat of men led by
Babe Divine

the coastguard

an admiral

Curtis Carlyle
11 In "The Offshore Pirate", the yacht name is changed from Narcissus to
Vanity

Hula Hula

Charleston

Luxury
12 Ardita in "The Offshore Pirate" foreshadows the ending of the story by telling Carlyle
'lie to me with conviction'

'treat me softly'

'lie to me by moonlight'

'take me at your peril'
13 In "The Offshore Pirate", Carlyle has grandiose plans with his haul of booty, saying he wants to be
a movie star

a playboy

president

a rajah
14 Carlyle decides he loves Ardita in "The Offshore Pirate" when
they swim through sharks

they get married

she dives forty feet into the sea

she gets arrested
15 The story, "The Ice Palace" is set in
Boston

Tarleton

Ashburton

Lincoln
16 Sally Carrol in "The Ice Palace" is bored with the South and wants to move where 'things happen...
without warning'

on a big scale'

every day'

to young women'
17 Sally Carrol in "The Ice Palace" is profoundly moved when she visits
a Confederate graveyard

a church

the doctor

her sister
18 In "The Ice Palace", Sally Carrol is engaged to a Northern man called
Jerry Jones

Charles Wales

Ned Kelly

Harry Bellamy
19 In "The Ice Palace", Sally Carrol finds Northern women
dull

joyful

brutal

miserable
20 In "The Jelly-bean", a Jelly-bean is defined as 'one who spends his life
conjugating the verb 'to idle'

proposing marriage

playing poker

eating candy
21 In "The Jelly-bean", Jim Powell meets up with his friend
Jake Powell

Clark Darrow

Darrel Clark

Clark Kent
22 Jim Powell in "The Jelly-bean" helps Nancy Lamar by
flattering her mother

slapping her escort

fixing her car

helping her get gum off her shoe
23 Jim Powell in "The Jelly-bean" resolves to leave town and become
an actor

a gentleman

a soldier

a banker
24 Jim Powell in "The Jelly-bean" changes his mind about leaving when he finds out
he is dying

he has a new job

Nancy has got married

he has inherited a fortune
25 In "May Day", Gordon Sterrett is described as
a playboy

a returned soldier

an alcoholic

a farmer

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