greatreporter.com, October 8th, 2007
Question 1 of 10:
She was to become one
America
's best-known critics, but how did
Dorothy
first make a living?
A fashion model
A pianist
A nanny
A secretary
Question 2 of 10:
The first of many tragedies to befall
Dorothy
was the premature death of her brother, who perished...?
In World War One
On the Hindenburg
On the Titanic
Climbing Everest
Question 3 of 10:
Dorothy
began her ascent of the literary world when she got her first magazine job. Which mag was it?
The New Yorker
Vogue
Vanity Fair
Esquire
Question 4 of 10:
With which
US
humourist of the day did
Dorothy
have a famous, much chronicled friendship with?
James
Thurber
SJ
Perelman
HL
Mencken
Robert
Benchley
Question 5 of 10:
Dorothy
was part of a circle of critics and writers who became legendary for their meetings in a
New York
...?
Hotel
Café
Speakeasy
Art gallery
Question 6 of 10:
Dorothy
wrote her famous, acidic book review columns under what name?
Wicked Witch
Constant Reader
Madame Guillotine
The Scribbler
Question 7 of 10:
Scott
Fitzgerald
's classic tale of the Jazz Age, ‘The Great Gatsby’, was inspired by his affair with
Dorothy
.
True
False
Question 8 of 10:
Dorothy
wasn't just a critic and fiction writer. She also reported on which event?
The Spanish Civil War
The Russian Revolution
World War Two
The Korean War
Question 9 of 10:
Dorothy
won an Oscar in the 1930s for co-writing the script of which film?
Gone With the Wind
A Star is Born
Casablanca
The Jazz Singer
Question 10 of 10:
Dorothy
died of a heart attack in 1967. Her estate was given over to which movement?
Animal rights
American Communism
Black civil rights
Feminism
