The Portable Dorothy Parker Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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The Portable Dorothy Parker Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of work does Mrs. Martindale do?
(a) She sews uniforms for soldiers at war.
(b) She organizes fundraisers for war relief efforts.
(c) She knits blankets for the army hospitals.
(d) She sews hospital gowns for the war relief.

2. What does the young man in "The Waltz" offer to do after the band stops playing?
(a) To help bandage the young woman's shin.
(b) To walk the young woman to the bus stop.
(c) To walk the young woman home.
(d) To pay the band twenty dollars to play another song.

3. How does Mr. Durant plan to get rid of the stray dog?
(a) He will drive it far away and drop it off in the middle of nowhere.
(b) He will sneak it away to a man who will "dispose" of it for him.
(c) He is going to put it outside after the kids go to sleep and tell them it ran away.
(d) After the children go to sleep, he is going to take it to the animal shelter.

4. How does Midge change the rules of their game at the end of "The Standard of Living"?
(a) She raises the amount of money they can "spend" from one to ten million dollars.
(b) She says that they should no longer ask about the prices of their "purchases."
(c) She decides that the players can spend their money on others.
(d) She suggests that they invite more people to play with them.

5. In "Social Note," what advice does the narrator give to women who are seduced by "discreet" men?
(a) Run.
(b) Be discreet as well.
(c) Tell everyone.
(d) Consider yourself lucky.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invented the rules for the game that Annabel and Midge play?

2. For what are the Bains and Mrs. Whittaker waiting?

3. What imaginary "purchase" puts a strain on the relationship between Annabel and Midge?

4. For what trait is Mrs. Martindale known?

5. In "The Leal," on what can the narrator rely?

(see the answer key)

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