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The Lost Generation in Paris Trivia Quiz

After World War I many American writers moved to Paris. They were known as "The Lost Generation".

A multiple-choice quiz by Englizzie. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Englizzie

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
311,120

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. Why did so many great American writers move to Paris in the 1920s? Hint

Paris was in the avant-garde for all areas of creativity: art, music, literature, philosophy.

All of these reasons.

Escape from the austere materialism of American Cities.

Prohibition was introduced in the US on July 16, 1920.

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which great literary figure first coined the phrase "The Lost Generation"? Hint

Henry Miller

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Gertrude Stein

Ernest Hemingway

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which American writer did Getrude Stein particularly take under her wing, and introduced him to the great artists and writers of the day.

Answer: (six-toed cats first and last name, or last name only)

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which art movement at the time had the greatest influence on Gertrude Stein's writing? Hint

Dadaism

Expressionism

Surrealism

Cubism

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Question 5 of 10

5. Sylvia Beach, an American originally from New Jersey, had spent much of her youth in Paris. After WWI she returned to Paris and opened a bookshop. What was it named? Hint

Shakespeare & Co.

America in Paris

James Joyce and Friends

What the Dickens?

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was Hemingway's first published full-length novel, the inspiration for which came from his friendships in France? Hint

The Sun Also Rises

Death in the Afternoon

A Farewell to Arms

For Whom the Bell Tolls

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which leading American writer of this generation described Paris in 1924 as "the summer of a thousand parties"?

Answer: (Three Words or last name only)

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Question 8 of 10

8. During this time, which of his most famous novels did Fitzgerald complete?

Answer: (Epitome of the Jazz Age)

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Question 9 of 10

9. In addition to the bookshop, Sylvia Beach also helped certain writers get their work published. Which writer in particular is she famous for getting published? Hint

James Joyce

Ezra Pound

Henry Miller

D.H. Lawrence

10. Which American poet stayed on in Europe, eventually moving to Italy. He became involved in Fascist politics and was arrested on charges of treason on his return to the States in 1945. He was accused of broadcasting Fascist propoganda to the US during WWII? Hint

Ezra Pound

T.S. Eliot

Robert Frost

e.e. Cummings

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Why did so many great American writers move to Paris in the 1920s?

Answer: All of these reasons.

Despite the growth of industry in the US after the war, and an exhuberant, thriving stock market, the political atmosphere was changing. The Ku Klux Klan was at the height of its power, and prohibition brought nothing but violence and corruption in cities such as New York and Chicago. The US economy, based more and more on credit, gradually became more tenuous.

Paris, for many, offered a more relaxed, bohemian lifestyle, open to new forms of creativity, including Surrealism, Dadaism, Modernism, Cubism and Expressionism.

2. Which great literary figure first coined the phrase "The Lost Generation"?

Answer: Gertrude Stein

In a conversation with Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein said "All of you young people who served in the war...you are all a lost generation". The phrase depicted a generation, characterized by doomed youth, hedonism and creativity, that had been severely wounded by their experiences and horrors of the war.

3. Which American writer did Getrude Stein particularly take under her wing, and introduced him to the great artists and writers of the day.

Answer: Ernest Hemingway

Gertrude Stein had studied under William James at Radcliffe, and attended Johns Hopkins Medical School. She had a diverse and broad knowledge of life in both America and Europe. Hemingway's formal education had been somewhat erratic. Stein was able to mentor him and instill a sense of discipline into his writing.

4. Which art movement at the time had the greatest influence on Gertrude Stein's writing?

Answer: Cubism

After meeting Pablo Picasso in Paris, Stein became fascinatd by Cubism. Picasso was a leading figure in the Cubist movement, which concentrated on the illumination of the moment. Stein tried to translate Cubism's abstraction and disruption of perspective into a prose form and present an object or an experience from every angle simultaneously.

The effect was reinforced by minimal use of punctuation and sentences that seemed to have no end.

5. Sylvia Beach, an American originally from New Jersey, had spent much of her youth in Paris. After WWI she returned to Paris and opened a bookshop. What was it named?

Answer: Shakespeare & Co.

Taking her $3,000 inheritance from her mother, Sylvia Beach opened Shakespeare & Co., an English speaking bookstore and lending-library. It quickly became a gathering place for budding writers, and often also provided a place to sleep and something hot to eat.

6. What was Hemingway's first published full-length novel, the inspiration for which came from his friendships in France?

Answer: The Sun Also Rises

Published in 1926, it was a semi-autobiographical piece describing a group of ex-pat Americans travelling in France and Spain.

7. Which leading American writer of this generation described Paris in 1924 as "the summer of a thousand parties"?

Answer: Francis Scott Fitzgerald

The Fitzgeralds moved to Paris in the spring of 1924. It was here that he first met Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway introduced him into the small circle of ex-pat Americans and the freedoms that France offered.

8. During this time, which of his most famous novels did Fitzgerald complete?

Answer: The Great Gatsby

Published in 1925, 'The Great Gatsby' was considered Fitzgerald's great masterpiece. The 1920s proved to have the most influence upon his development as a writer.

9. In addition to the bookshop, Sylvia Beach also helped certain writers get their work published. Which writer in particular is she famous for getting published?

Answer: James Joyce

Shakespeare & Co. had 'Ulysses' published for James Joyce in 1922, after Joyce was unable to find a publisher in an English-speaking country. Joyce later switched to another publisher, which nearly made Sylvia Beach bankrupt.

Answer: Ezra Pound

He was acquitted in 1946, but declared mentally ill. He was confined to a mental institution. During his confinement the jury of the Bollingen-Library of Congress Award, awarded him the prize for his poetry, choosing to overlook his political transgressions, in the interest of public achievement. He was released from confinement in 1958 and returned to Italy, where he died in 1972.

Source: Author Englizzie

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