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Who wrote the novel “The Great Gatsby”?

  1. George Orwell

  2. Harper Lee

  3. F. Scott Fitzgerald

  4. Mark Twain

The correct answer is: F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald is the correct answer because he was an American author best known for writing the novel “The Great Gatsby”. George Orwell, Harper Lee, and Mark Twain are all well-known authors, but they did not write “The Great Gatsby”. George Orwell was a British novelist known for writing books like "Animal Farm" and "1984". Harper Lee was an American novelist and author of "To Kill a Mockingbird". Mark Twain was an American writer and humorist, most famous for his books "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Therefore, the correct answer is C. F. Scott Fitzgerald.