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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18, Ham and Cheese, Hold the Mayo 1961-1964.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dorothy do to all the work she created while in Paris?
(a) She saved it to submit when she got back to the city.
(b) It got lost in a housefire.
(c) She lost it all when her satchel was stolen.
(d) She tore it up.

2. What was the most significant difference in Dorothy's life of that of her friends?
(a) She spent all her earnings on her residence.
(b) She had no money and they were wealthy.
(c) She came from a wealthy family and they came from poverty.
(d) She had to work and they didn't.

3. How long did Dorothy's play run after it was renamed and moved to the Midwest?
(a) 20 consecutive weeks.
(b) 12 consecutive weeks.
(c) 25 consecutive weeks.
(d) 43 consecutive weeks.

4. What did Dorothy and Alan apply for instead of working?
(a) The Guild of the Unemployed Screen Writers.
(b) The Screen Writers Guild retirement fund.
(c) Retirement Fund of the Screen Actors Guild.
(d) Unemployment.

5. Who came up with the name of the lunch club?
(a) A writer, Frances Partridge.
(b) A cartoonist, Edmund Duffy.
(c) A novelist, Daniel Hickey.
(d) A cartoonist, Chester Gould.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Alan stationed after being shipped overseas?

2. Whose speakeasy did Dorothy and Benchley frequent?

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

4. What movie earned Dorothy an Academy Award Nomination?

5. What happened shortly after Dorothy and Eddie got married?

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