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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 27 - 33).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Billy spend an enormous sum of money on for the dancers and stars of City of Girls right before the show opens?
(a) Two Norwegian masseuses.
(b) The best pizzas in town delivered hot to the theater every day.
(c) Support animals like puppies to relieve the tension.
(d) Fresh-cut flowers every day.

2. What do Celia and Vivian help Edna do when she first arrives at The Lily?
(a) Find a makeup artist.
(b) Unpack.
(c) Find good restaurants.
(d) Find a good lawyer.

3. Who was the scriptwriter for The Lily's plays?
(a) Arthur Tressington.
(b) Donald Herbert.
(c) Richard Burton.
(d) Edna Watson.

4. Why does Peg tell Vivian she has come back for her?
(a) She never had a daughter and Vivian is as close as she is going to get to having one.
(b) She has sympathy for Vivian's same-sex interests.
(c) She likes Vivian, and once she likes people, she likes them forever.
(d) She is mad at Edna for exiling Vivian.

5. How does Vivian get to New York City the first time she goes to live there in 1940?
(a) Train.
(b) Car.
(c) Ferry.
(d) Bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Vivian meet at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in Chapter Twenty-Nine?

2. What does Billy give to Peg as a gift on the evening of opening night of City of Girls?

3. What does Vivian notice everyone at The Lily doing more of after Billy arrives?

4. In Chapter Twenty-Two, who does Peg say will never leave her?

5. What does Vivian tell her fiancee in Chapter Twenty-Two that greatly upsets him?

(see the answer key)

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