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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) Fresh-cut flowers every day.
(b) The best pizzas in town delivered hot to the theater every day.
(c) Support animals like puppies to relieve the tension.
(d) Two Norwegian masseuses.

2. Why does Vivian think she might have done so badly at Vassar?
(a) She was trying to get her parents' attention.
(b) She was dyslexic.
(c) She did not like the subject she was majoring in.
(d) She was sad that her grandmother had recently died.

3. What does Vivian do to help out at The Lily?
(a) Makes and repairs costumes.
(b) Manages the lighting.
(c) Acts as an understudy.
(d) Paints the scenery.

4. Which writer loses his newspaper column in 1963?
(a) Brooks Atkinson.
(b) Bob Boland.
(c) Walter Winchell.
(d) Ring Lardner.

5. Why does Vivian tell Angela that her father kept his distance from her?
(a) He thought of himself as someone who damaged things.
(b) He had never wanted a daughter.
(c) He wanted his daughter to meet people who really loved her.
(d) He thought his daughter did not want to be around him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peg do to Celia in Chapter Twenty following her part in the disaster with Vivian and Arthur?

2. How long after they meet does it take the man who becomes Vivian's fiancee to start kissing her?

3. What does Walter Winchell try to convince Olive to do in Chapter Nineteen?

4. What is Edna's big solo song in City of Girls?

5. Where does Vivian go with the cast and crew of City of Girls after the first show on opening night?

(see the answer key)

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