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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. How much did Dorothy sell her first poem for?
(a) $12.
(b) $57.
(c) $10.
(d) $28.

2. What did Benchley declare about California that Dorothy agreed with?
(a) That he hated Californians.
(b) That he hated the weather.
(c) That he hated the beach.
(d) That he hated Hollywood.

3. What pet project did Dorothy's colleagues, Harold Ross and Jane Grant, worked desperately to get published?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) New York Weekly.
(c) The New Yorker.
(d) Our Town.

4. What big event did Dorothy consider to be a dream come true?
(a) She moved into a boarding house on her own.
(b) She got a job at Vanity Fair.
(c) She wore her first pair of slacks.
(d) She moved in with her sister.

5. In the spring of 1922, what did the Round Tablers do?
(a) They put on a series of seminars.
(b) They published a book.
(c) They published their own magazine.
(d) They put on an amateur musical.

Short Answer Questions

1. While living at the Algonquin, Dorothy forgot to pay one critical bill -- what was that bill?

2. What happened after Dorothy's book of poems, "Enough Rope", was published?

3. What saved George Kaufman, the writer of the incriminating play, from Dorothy's wrath?

4. Dorothy donated money to several causes during 1936. What about donating the money never occurred to her?

5. Why did Dorothy return home from Paris?

(see the answer key)

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