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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. What job did Alan scheme to get for Dorothy?
(a) English Professor at California State College.
(b) English Professor at University of California.
(c) Professor of Written Arts at California State Colelge.
(d) Professor of Written Arts at University of California.

2. What saved George Kaufman, the writer of the incriminating play, from Dorothy's wrath?
(a) Alan took her on vacation.
(b) Dorothy was in rehab at the time of its opening.
(c) The 1600-mile "buffer zone."
(d) Dorothy was shielded from the reviews.

3. How many times was Valencia bombed while Dorothy and Alan were in Spain?
(a) Two.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

4. Who did Alan replace in Dorothy's life?
(a) Robert Sherwood.
(b) Robert Benchley.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Her Mother.

5. What changed Dorothy's plans?
(a) The Murphey's invited her to Rome.
(b) Benchley invited her to Bath.
(c) Benchley invited her to Venice.
(d) The Murpheys invited her to the Swiss Alps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Alan have installed in the house that he saw in a movie?

2. How did Dorothy try to commit suicide after she realized how far behind her novel, "Sonnets to a Suicide", is?

3. Why didn't Dorothy want to go to the Yaddo, a 400-acre retreat for artists?

4. Who, of Dorothy's friends, was she most saddened to be distanced from?

5. What family did Dorothy visit while in Antibes?

Short Essay Questions

1. While traveling to Europe after her dog, Robinson, passed, who did Dorothy connect with? What other event happened while Dorothy and Mary were in transit? Why did she feel a connection to this woman and what did she end up doing that greatly affected Dorthy?

2. What events led to the marriage between Dorothy and Alan?

3. What cause did Dorothy focus her efforts on and how?

4. What about Dorothy and Alan's reconciliation was significant?

5. What was Dorothy and Alan's reason for leaving California?

6. What about Dorothy and Alan's relationship changed after Alan went to basic training?

7. Who was the most successful person to get work out of Dorothy. How did they succeed?

8. While in Europe, Dorothy interviewed Ernest Hemingway after "A Farewell to Arms" was published. During the interview, Hemingway was very restrictive of the questions she was allowed to ask. What did his restrictions cause Dorothy to do? Why did Hemingway make the restrictions?

9. What did Dorothy seek more than anything during the later years of her life?

10. In 1967, Marcella Cisney proposed to Dorothy the production of "A Dorothy Parker Portfolio", Dorothy gave her full support. How did this production give Dorothy the last say in her life?

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