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
Scottie

Annabel

Lucy

Jewel
2 In "Bernice Bobs Her Hair", Marjorie Harvey is infamous for livening up a party by
turning five cartwheels in a row

drinking bourbon

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

damning

everything

pointless
4 Bernice's reticence in "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" is said to result from
her Indian blood

her parents

her physical unattractiveness

her nerves
5 Bernice's haircut in "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" is revealed as
'ugly as sin'

'boyish'

'fiercely flattering'

'thoroughly modern'
6 In "The Offshore Pirate", Ardita is reading
The Revolt of the Angels

Moby Dick

Jane Eyre

the Bible
7 As a metaphor for her sour attitude, Ardita in "The Offshore Pirate" is
drinking nettle tea

sulking below deck

biting her nails

sucking a lemon
8 In "The Offshore Pirate", Ardita is asked to meet
Colonel and Toby Moreland

her parents

a swing band

her doom
9 Ardita in "The Offshore Pirate" shows her rudeness to her uncle by
throwing a book at him

leaving the yacht

slapping him

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

the coastguard

an admiral

Babe Divine
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
'take me at your peril'

'lie to me with conviction'

'treat me softly'

'lie to me by moonlight'
13 In "The Offshore Pirate", Carlyle has grandiose plans with his haul of booty, saying he wants to be
president

a movie star

a playboy

a rajah
14 Carlyle decides he loves Ardita in "The Offshore Pirate" when
she gets arrested

she dives forty feet into the sea

they get married

they swim through sharks
15 The story, "The Ice Palace" is set in
Ashburton

Tarleton

Boston

Lincoln
16 Sally Carrol in "The Ice Palace" is bored with the South and wants to move where 'things happen...
on a big scale'

every day'

to young women'

without warning'
17 Sally Carrol in "The Ice Palace" is profoundly moved when she visits
the doctor

her sister

a church

a Confederate graveyard
18 In "The Ice Palace", Sally Carrol is engaged to a Northern man called
Harry Bellamy

Jerry Jones

Charles Wales

Ned Kelly
19 In "The Ice Palace", Sally Carrol finds Northern women
miserable

brutal

dull

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

eating candy

proposing marriage

playing poker
21 In "The Jelly-bean", Jim Powell meets up with his friend
Clark Kent

Clark Darrow

Jake Powell

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

slapping her escort

helping her get gum off her shoe

fixing her car
23 Jim Powell in "The Jelly-bean" resolves to leave town and become
an actor

a soldier

a gentleman

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

Nancy has got married

he has inherited a fortune

he has a new job
25 In "May Day", Gordon Sterrett is described as
a returned soldier

a playboy

an alcoholic

a farmer

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