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The American flapper, who came into existence
dur-
ing the revolution of manners and morals
described by
Allen and who owes her name, in part, to the
British
flapper, came to be associated in the 1920s with
the
illustrations of John Held, Jr., America's
leading car-
toonist of the Jazz Age. In film the first
flapper was
Colleen Moore, who appeared in the movie
Flapperdom
in 1922, and was shortly joined by Clara Bow,
the "It"
girl, who came to be considered as the
quintessence of
the flapper. But it is Fitzgerald who is, over
and over in
the popular magazines of his time, credited
with invent-
ing or discovering the flapper, as the
following samples
demonstrate. A 1921 article in Shadowland,
entitled
"Fitzgerald, Flappers and Fame,"
acknowledges
Fitzgerald as "the recognized spokesman of the
younger
generation . . . since the publication of his
now famous
flapper tale `This Side of Paradise.'" In a
newspaper
clipping from 1922 pasted in the Fitzgeralds'
scrap-
books, Fitzgerald is called "The Flapper
Laureate."
Another from the same period is headlined "F.
Scott
Fitzgerald Tells How He Discovered the
Flapper." Even
into the 1930s editors and reviewers continued
to asso-
ciate Fitzgerald with his tales of the Jazz Age
and to
echo the call for the flapper stories. Magazine
editors
continued into the mid-1930s to ask for the old
Fitzger-
ald stories on flappers and "flask gin," but by
the mid-
1920s he had given up his creation for which he
is now
perhaps most often remembered in favor of
fictional
individuals that he hoped would defy
stereotyping. The
popular magazines of the Jazz Age, now in the
bound
periodicals section of most libraries, remain
the most
accessible shrine, though now perhaps a dusty
one, to
the Fitzgerald Flapper.
1.
The best title for this passage would
be:
A.
Social Customs of the 1920s.
B.
The Novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald.
C.
F. Scott Fitzgerald: Creator of the
Ameri-
can Flapper.
D.
America in the Post–World War I
Decade.
2.
Which of the following statements
best
describes the origin of the term "flapper" as
it is
explained in the passage?
A.
It refers to a young bird,
colloquially
known as a "flapper."
B.
It originated in Britain and at one
time
referred to a young girl who had not
made
her entrance into society.
C.
It was originally an American term
that
was associated with the flapping
arm
movements of women who where
dancing.
D.
No one is certain where the word
"flapper"
came from.
3.
According to John O'Hara:
A.
a particular quality of the British
flapper
was that she had not yet found a
husband.
B.
Fitzgerald did not invent the
flapper.
C.
flappers had been associated in
Britain
with prostitution.
D.
the movies are primarily responsible
for
popularizing the flapper.
4.
Frederick Lewis Allen attributes the
develop-
ment of the flapper to:
A.
the war neurosis.
B.
women's growing independence from
the
drudgeries of housekeeping.
C.
the postwar revolution in manners
and
morals.
D.
all of the above.
5.
Which of the following statements is/are
sup-
ported by the passage?
A.
Fitzgerald is the creator of the flapper
in
fiction.
B.
Fitzgerald was writing about flappers
in
the mid-1930s.
C.
Clara Bow was the first flapper in
film.
D.
Fitzgerald wanted to continue
writing
about flappers but the public had tired
of
his stereotype.
6.
Which of the following is/are neither
supported
nor contradicted by the passage?
I.
Fitzgerald will be remembered as a
better
short story writer than a
novelist.
II.
Fitzgerald will be remembered for
creat-
ing the flapper in fiction.
III.
John Held, Jr. was a better cartoonist
than
writer.
IV.
Fitzgerald gave up writing about the
flap-
per because he wanted to create
less
stereotyped characters.
A.
I, II, and III
C.
II and IV
B.
I and III
D.
IV only
7.
The passage would support:
A.
a conclusion that Fitzgerald's stories
and
novels written after he gave up
writing
about the flapper were judged by
literary
critics as superior to those written
during
his "flapper period."
B.
a conclusion that the flapper appeared
both
in fiction and in film.
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