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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. When her relationship with John McCain ended, how did Dorothy try to kill herself?
(a) Anti-psychotics.
(b) Barbituates.
(c) Narcotics.
(d) Anti-depressants.

2. Who did Dorothy want to differentiate herself with?
(a) Other women.
(b) Other writers.
(c) Other Round Tablers.
(d) Other socialites.

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

4. Who did Robert Benchley choose as a roommate when he rented an apartment in the city?
(a) Donald Ogden Stewart.
(b) Robert Sherwood.
(c) Charles MacArthur.
(d) George Kaufman.

5. Why did Dorothy return home from Paris?
(a) She missed Seward Collins.
(b) She grew tired of living abroad.
(c) She missed her sister.
(d) She missed Benchley.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Benchley and Sherwood were hired and joined Dorothy at Vanity Fair, what nickname were the three of them given?

2. What did the editor think of Dorothy's request for a job at Vanity Fair magazine?

3. What was Dorothy's first job?

4. Who, from "Vanity Fair", did Dorothy choose as a role model?

5. What historically significant event happened the same week Dorothy was fired?

(see the answer key)

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