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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Sonnets in Suicide, or the Life of John Knox 1929-1932.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age did Dorothy first read "Vanity Fair?"
(a) 13.
(b) 14.
(c) 11.
(d) 15.

2. What did Dorothy buy in London?
(a) A Yorkshire Terrier named Tandy.
(b) A Miniature Teacup Poodle named Fancy.
(c) A Staffordshire Bull Terrier named Princess.
(d) A Dandie Dinmont Terrior named Timothy.

3. Where did Dorothy go twice a week to get drunk while in Paris?
(a) Moulin Rouge.
(b) A bar by the Seine.
(c) A bordello in town.
(d) Cannes.

4. What ship did Dorothy's aunt and uncle ride during 1912?
(a) The Titanic.
(b) The Virginian Pilot.
(c) The Olympic.
(d) The Brittania.

5. Who came up with the name of the lunch club?
(a) A novelist, Daniel Hickey.
(b) A cartoonist, Chester Gould.
(c) A cartoonist, Edmund Duffy.
(d) A writer, Frances Partridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Dorothy want to differentiate herself with?

2. What was the name of the drug Dorothy discovered that gave her a terrific effect when combined with scotch?

3. What pet project did Dorothy's colleagues, Harold Ross and Jane Grant, worked desperately to get published?

4. What changed Dorothy's plans?

5. Who did Dorothy meet at the Algonquin Hotel that she regarded as a mythical figure?

(see the answer key)

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