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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. What skill did Alan possess that Dorothy did not?
(a) Fashion sense.
(b) Cooking skills.
(c) Home making skills.
(d) Decorating skills.

2. What did Dorothy start calling herself after the court case?
(a) A Communist.
(b) A Republican.
(c) A Socialist.
(d) A Democrat.

3. Who did Dorothy want to differentiate herself with?
(a) Other writers.
(b) Other Round Tablers.
(c) Other women.
(d) Other socialites.

4. What did Dorothy discover when she was 43?
(a) That her mother-in-law didn't like her.
(b) That her husband was only with her for money.
(c) That she was pregnant.
(d) That she had sibling's she'd never met.

5. Who did Robert Benchley choose as a roommate when he rented an apartment in the city?
(a) Charles MacArthur.
(b) Donald Ogden Stewart.
(c) George Kaufman.
(d) Robert Sherwood.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Dorothy and Alan get married?

2. What was Robinson attacked by?

3. When was the first issue of The New Yorker published?

4. What big event did Dorothy consider to be a dream come true?

5. What was the name of Dorothy's story that she wrote after her suicide attempt of 1926?

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