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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 was the publication that Harold Ross and Jane Grant created marketed toward?
(a) The single young lady.
(b) The sophisticated metropolitain.
(c) The urban housewife.
(d) The suburban housewife.

2. After Dorothy's play opened, how was Dorothy described?
(a) "New York's Sharpest Tounge."
(b) "New York's Brightest Star."
(c) "New York's Biggest Joke."
(d) "New York's Brightest Girl."

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

4. How much did Dorothy sell her first poem for?
(a) $28.
(b) $12.
(c) $10.
(d) $57.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Dorothy like her new home?

3. What was Dorothy's first job?

4. What was Dorothy known for in the Gonk?

5. What did the Rothchild's do after Henry's second wife died that was representative of their position in society?

(see the answer key)

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