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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. Who, of Dorothy's friends, was she most saddened to be distanced from?
(a) Robert Sherwood.
(b) John Garrett.
(c) Lillian Hellman.
(d) Robert Benchley.

2. Who, from "Vanity Fair", did Dorothy choose as a role model?
(a) Jane.
(b) Amelia Sedley.
(c) Becky Sharp.
(d) Jemima Pinkerton.

3. What did Eddie do for a living?
(a) He was a lawyer.
(b) He was a dentist.
(c) He was a farmer.
(d) He was a stockbroker.

4. What group did Dorothy co-found in 1936?
(a) The Hollywood Anti-Nazi League.
(b) The Hollywood Anti-Communist League.
(c) The Hollywood Screen Writer's Guild.
(d) The Hollywood Screen Actor's Guild.

5. Within weeks of being in Spain, what cause did Dorothy get involved in?
(a) American Committee to Aid Spanish Hunger.
(b) American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy.
(c) American Committee to Aid Spanish Diplomacy.
(d) American Committe to Aid Spanish Socialism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movie earned Dorothy an Academy Award Nomination?

2. What word described Lillian Hellman very well?

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

4. Why did Dorothy fear Eddie's family wouldn't like her?

5. Who inspired Dorothy to pick up her fiction writing again?

(see the answer key)

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