#7 The Great Gatsby Historical Context (Blog #7)

The Jazz Age

1. What time period in history is referred to as The Jazz Age? Click here for help

2. Who came up with the name "The Jazz Age"? Click here for help

3. List some activities associated with The Jazz Age. Click here for help

4. List some key people and events from The Jazz Age Click here for help

5. Why did jazz music become so popular during this time? Click here for help (scroll down and skim the whole article). 

6. Read the lyrics from this Jazz Age song. What attitudes and ideas are expressed in the lyrics? Click for song lyrics

About the Author

1. What is his full name? click here for help
2. List his birth and death years. Click here for help

3. List some places that he lived. Click here for help

4. How does F. Scott Fitzgerald's life contain elements of "The American Dream"? Click here for help

5. Describe the complications surrounding Zelda and F. Scott's marriage. Click here for help

6. What did Zelda Fitzgerald end up doing near the end of her life? Click here for help

Book Preview

1. Who narrates most of the novel? Click here 
2. List some of the narrator's traits. Click here
3. Where and when does the novel take place? Click here
4. List five major topics that are explored in the novel. Click here
5. Look at the map of East Egg and West Egg. What places and things are labeled on this map? click here