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Who wrote The Great Gatsby?

  1. Nathaniel Hawthorne

  2. F. Scott Fitzgerald

  3. Mark Twain

  4. Ernest Hemingway

The correct answer is: F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald is the correct answer because he is the author of The Great Gatsby. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, and Ernest Hemingway are all noteworthy American authors, but they did not write The Great Gatsby. It is important to pay attention to both the question and the choices provided in order to eliminate incorrect options and choose the correct answer.