Question

In This Side of Paradise, what do Amory and Fitzgerald have in common? Select all that apply.

Both were in the army.
Both played football at Princeton.
Both struggled academically at Princeton.
Both fell in love with a woman named Clara.

Answer 1

In This Side of Paradise, Amory and Fitzgerald have in common are as follows:

• Both were in the army
• Both struggled academically at Princeton.

Answer: Options A and C

Explanation:

Amory serves in the army after World War I broke out. He worked as a bayonet instructor, but not much was described in the novel. Amory studied in Princeton, so did Fitzgerald and that’s the place where the former met Isabelle Borge.

Similarly, Scott Fitzgerald also served in the Army when World War I was going on. However, when the war was concluded he was in Long Island and when he was about to be receive a posting to Alabama. Fitzgerald studied in Princeton but had to drop out in the middle after he became a probationer in the army.