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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, Toad Time 1948-1955.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1937, what did Dorothy and Alan do?
(a) Sell their house in Pennsylvania.
(b) Have Alan's mother move in with them.
(c) Bid farewell to California.
(d) Wrote their own movie script.

2. Where did Dorothy move in the beginning of 1923?
(a) Her sister's house.
(b) Above the Swiss Alps Restaurant.
(c) The Algonquin.
(d) New Jersey.

3. How did Dorothy try to commit suicide after she realized how far behind her novel, "Sonnets to a Suicide", is?
(a) Pain killer overdose.
(b) Standing on train tracks.
(c) Drinking a bottle of shoe polish.
(d) Jumping into the Seine.

4. Where were Dorothy's grandparents from?
(a) England.
(b) Russia.
(c) Germany.
(d) Prussia.

5. What position at Vogue did Dorothy acquire after some time?
(a) A theater critic.
(b) A restaurant critic.
(c) A special features writer.
(d) An editor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Dorothy Rothschild was born into what society?

2. Why did Dorothy like her new home?

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

4. What group did Dorothy co-found in 1936?

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

(see the answer key)

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