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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 other "most sought-after" women of 1932?
(a) Mary Mooney.
(b) Zelda Fitzgerald.
(c) Sarah Murphy.
(d) Fanny Brice.

2. What was the name of the play Dorothy co-wrote in 1923?
(a) Soft Music.
(b) My Life.
(c) Close Harmony.
(d) Our Town.

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

4. What was Ernest Hemingway's secret to the craft of writing?
(a) Work like a dog.
(b) Only work when drunk.
(c) Work when you feel like it.
(d) Only work under the influence of elite society.

5. What was the nickname of the editor of Vanity Fair Magazine?
(a) "Boss."
(b) He had no nickname.
(c) "Crownie."
(d) "Big Cheese."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Conde Nast's memo to the entire publication of Vanity Fair prohibit?

3. What did "Crownie" speak to Dorothy about the day before Christmas in 1919?

4. Where did Dorothy's brothers work?

5. When Dorothy wrote in Paris, who did she write about and why?

(see the answer key)

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