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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. Dorothy's writing, "Too Bad", exemplified a couple in her life. Who was that couple?
(a) Benchley and his wife.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Eddie and Herself.
(d) Sherwood and his wife.

2. 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 Diplomacy.
(c) American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy.
(d) American Committe to Aid Spanish Socialism.

3. In the spring of 1922, what did the Round Tablers do?
(a) They published their own magazine.
(b) They put on an amateur musical.
(c) They published a book.
(d) They put on a series of seminars.

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

5. Why did Dorothy like her new home?
(a) Because she had no domestic responsibilites.
(b) Because she always had hot water and someone to pick up after her.
(c) Because she had access to every speakeasy in the neighborhood.
(d) Because she had a maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did F.Scott Fitzgerald look to replace his ailing wife with?

2. Who was Dorothy's personal hero?

3. What did Eddie do for a living?

4. When did Dorothy and Alan get married?

5. Dorothy donated money to several causes during 1936. What about donating the money never occurred to her?

(see the answer key)

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