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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Vivian recall having anxiety about in her personal life in the summer of 1940?
(a) She was worried that she would never make any friends and she was homesick.
(b) Finances.
(c) She was worried her mother was dying.
(d) Pregnancy and gonorrhea scares.

2. What does Peg first call Vivian when they meet at The Lily for the first time?
(a) Babe.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Kiddo.
(d) Greenhorn.

3. What does Vivian always say to The Lily's scriptwriter when she sees him?
(a) Break a leg.
(b) Looking good.
(c) Good morning.
(d) Writing today?

4. In Chapter Seven, what news does Vivian's mother write to her about her brother Walter about?
(a) Walter got a job on Wall Street.
(b) Walter is engaged.
(c) Walter plans to quit Princeton and join the Navy.
(d) Walter got an award for football.

5. What had Peg told Edna about performing for the troops during the Great War?
(a) Not to degrade the troops with her pity.
(b) To treat the troops like they had never seen a show before.
(c) To be gentle with the troops.
(d) To treat the troops like this was the last show they would ever see before they died.

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

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

8. How much money does Dr. Kellogg give to Vivian after they have sex in Chapter Six?
(a) $50.
(b) $200.
(c) $100.
(d) $10.

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

10. Who do the showgirls set Vivian up with to lose her virginity?
(a) Dr. Nathan Lane.
(b) Dr. John Hammerly.
(c) Dr. Harold Kellogg.
(d) Dr. James Jeffries.

11. What does Celia Ray's first husband do for a living?
(a) He is an actor.
(b) He is a dancer.
(c) He is a doctor.
(d) He is a saxophone player.

12. What is the name of Edna's character in City of Girls?
(a) Mrs. Henderson.
(b) Mrs. Pickney.
(c) Mrs. Alabaster.
(d) Mrs. Caster.

13. What do Vivian and her friends do with the money Dr. Kellogg gives her after they have sex?
(a) Buy supplies to fix up The Lily.
(b) Go to Coney Island.
(c) Buy new dresses.
(d) Go for cocktails at a fancy bar.

14. What does Dr. Kellogg call Vivian in Chapter Six?
(a) Panther.
(b) Lynx.
(c) Duckling.
(d) Chicken.

15. Who does Vivian wake up from celebrating her twentieth birthday to find unexpectedly in her room, staring at her?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her Uncle Billy Buell.
(c) Her boyfriend.
(d) Her brother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose room does Vivian stay in at The Lily?

2. What do Celia and Vivian help Edna do when she first arrives at The Lily?

3. In Chapter Seven, what does Celia send Vivian out of the hotel room to get in order to save her from being involved in a sexual assault?

4. In Chapter Two, who does Vivian meet at Grand Central Station instead of Aunt Peg?

5. What does Jennie tell her grandmother her diaphragm was for?

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