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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. Who came up with the idea of an exclusive lunch club?
(a) Eddie Parker.
(b) Dorothy Parker.
(c) Robert Benchley.
(d) Aleck Woolcott.

2. When Dorothy wrote in Paris, who did she write about and why?
(a) Benchley for his friendship.
(b) Seward Collins for her newly found adoration of him.
(c) Hemingway for his arrogance.
(d) Sherwood for his abscence.

3. Why did Dorothy like her new home?
(a) Because she always had hot water and someone to pick up after her.
(b) Because she had a maid.
(c) Because she had access to every speakeasy in the neighborhood.
(d) Because she had no domestic responsibilites.

4. What was Robinson attacked by?
(a) A snake.
(b) A large dog.
(c) Another small dog.
(d) A pack of larger dogs.

5. What pet project did Dorothy's colleagues, Harold Ross and Jane Grant, worked desperately to get published?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) New York Weekly.
(c) Our Town.
(d) The New Yorker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the Dachshund Dorothy bought in Munich?

2. What ship did Dorothy's aunt and uncle ride during 1912?

3. What did Dorothy discover about Ernest Hemingway that was startling to her?

4. Who came up with the name of the lunch club?

5. What kind of effect did Dr. Barach have on Dorothy's relationship with the Round Tablers?

(see the answer key)

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