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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Global Disasters 1926.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Dorothy's father when he met her mother?
(a) 17.
(b) 18.
(c) 21.
(d) 19.

2. What vice of Dorothy's did Dr. Barach focus his efforts on curing?
(a) Her promiscuity.
(b) Her drinking.
(c) Her suicide attempts.
(d) Her incriminating stories.

3. What trait did Dorothy develop despite her loneliness?
(a) A talent for clever observation.
(b) A talent for making friends.
(c) A talent for self-entertainment.
(d) A talent for making conversation.

4. Why did Dorothy fear Eddie's family wouldn't like her?
(a) Because she had such a strong personality.
(b) Because she was Jewish.
(c) Because she had a loose tounge.
(d) Because she had no mother.

5. In 1917, what significant event happened in Dorothy's career?
(a) She was made an editor at American Magazine.
(b) She was fired.
(c) She moved from Vogue to Vanity Fair.
(d) She was made an editor at Vogue.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Benchley and Sherwood were hired and joined Dorothy at Vanity Fair, what nickname were the three of them given?

2. What was Dorothy's first job?

3. What was the name of the drug Dorothy discovered that gave her a terrific effect when combined with scotch?

4. What pet project did Dorothy's colleagues, Harold Ross and Jane Grant, worked desperately to get published?

5. Dorothy was asked to sit to have her portrait painted. Where was the portrait exhibited?

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