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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 Vivian tell Frank about why she sleeps with so many different men?
(a) It makes her feel happy.
(b) It makes her feel loved.
(c) It makes her feel satisfied.
(d) It makes her feel a sense of revenge.

2. Whose music does Peg tell Benjamin to model the music for their play featuring Edna after?
(a) Louis Armstrong's.
(b) Cole Porter's.
(c) Frank Sinatra's.
(d) George Gershwin's.

3. What does Vivian do on her first date with the man who becomes her fiancee in Chapter Twenty-Two?
(a) Goes to the fanciest restaurant in town.
(b) Goes to the movies.
(c) Goes to get a sundae at the fountain shop.
(d) Goes to get burgers at McDonald's.

4. The dress Edna picks for herself at the garment shop in Chapter Ten is from which of the following couture labels?
(a) Prada.
(b) Gucci.
(c) Chanel.
(d) Lanvin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vivian do with her parents on Saturday nights in Chapter Twenty-Two?

2. What does Peg remind Billy of from their past when he wants to spend more money than she and Olive are comfortable with?

3. What does Billy do on opening night of City of Girls that surprises Vivian?

4. At what point in a woman's life does Vivian say she is free to become who she truly is?

5. Where was Vivian when Pearl Harbor happened?

(see the answer key)

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