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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, Toad Time 1948-1955.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dorothy donated money to several causes during 1936. What about donating the money never occurred to her?
(a) Do research on the causes.
(b) Ask questions about the origins of the groups or how the money was spent.
(c) Follow up with the groups.
(d) File the donations on her taxes.

2. Who was the publication that Harold Ross and Jane Grant created marketed toward?
(a) The suburban housewife.
(b) The sophisticated metropolitain.
(c) The single young lady.
(d) The urban housewife.

3. Dorothy's writing, "Too Bad", exemplified a couple in her life. Who was that couple?
(a) Eddie and Herself.
(b) Sherwood and his wife.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Benchley and his wife.

4. After getting into a quarrel with Charles MacArthur, Dorothy returned to Stamford and tells Deems Taylor she wanted to:
(a) Quit writing.
(b) Quit drinking.
(c) Marry MacArthur.
(d) Kill herself.

5. What was the over-all theme of the play?
(a) Choice.
(b) Betrayal.
(c) Work.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened as a result of Dorothy meeting Charles MacArthur?

2. Where were Dorothy's grandparents from?

3. To survive, financially, what did Dorthy do?

4. Who did Dorothy begin to see after she broke off romantically from Seward?

5. What family did Dorothy visit while in Antibes?

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