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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did Dorothy's grandparents have?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

2. Who was Dorothy's editor at Vogue?
(a) Cecil Peabody.
(b) Edna Wadman Chase.
(c) Carmel Snow.
(d) Kate Chopin.

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

4. What was Dorothy's most common pseudonym?
(a) Constant Listener.
(b) Constant Reader.
(c) Constant Drinker.
(d) Constant Writer.

5. Where did Dorothy move in the beginning of 1923?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) The Algonquin.
(c) Above the Swiss Alps Restaurant.
(d) Her sister's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Dorothy return to New York at the end of the summer of 1925?

2. What did Dorothy think about her position at Vogue?

3. Where were Dorothy's grandparents from?

4. What was the name of Dorothy's story that she wrote after her suicide attempt of 1926?

5. Whose court case did Dorothy get involved with that started her interest in being involved in a cause?

Short Essay Questions

1. What about the Round Tablers did Dr. Barach not approve of? What did Dr. Barach suggest that Dorothy agreed with?

2. At the beginning of 1925, Dorothy met Seward Collins, who promptly fell in love with her. He was everything Dorothy needed. She didn't see it but her friends did. What about Seward was everything Dorothy needed according to her friends?

3. What were some of the reasons Eddie separated from Dorothy?

4. What events happened after Dorothy's separation from Eddie. What caused Dorothy to try to commit suicide?

5. When Dorothy was 11, she read Vanity Fair and found herself connecting with Becky Sharp, the book's anti-heroine. How did Dorothy's choice of role model effect her life?

6. What was Dorothy's first impression of Hollywood? How did this shape her work and attitude toward being in California?

7. During 1914, Dorothy found herself on a new path in life with a job and living on her own in a boarding house. She didn't possess the common personality traits that most girls her age possess, how did this help her in getting what she wanted during her new life? What did she do that exemplified those traits?

8. What happened when Dorothy was advised by Dr. Barach to seek sobriety?

9. Why did Dorothy move to Ring Lardner's home? Why didn't it work out?

10. Why was Dorothy and Elmer's play considered a love letter to Robert Benchley?

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