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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Painkillers 1922-1923.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Dorothy meet at the Algonquin Hotel that she regarded as a mythical figure?
(a) Hal Borland.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Franklin Pierce Adams.
(d) Polly Adler.

2. What did Dorothy feel obligated to do as part of her job in the editorial department at Vanity Fair?
(a) Consult her superior on every submission.
(b) Hand deliver acceptance letters to the writers.
(c) Reply to each writer personally.
(d) Read each submission personally.

3. What happened shortly after Dorothy and Eddie got married?
(a) Dorothy's sister came to live with them.
(b) Eddie enlisted in the service.
(c) Dorothy lost her job.
(d) Eddie lost his job.

4. Where did Dorothy go when she stopped going to school?
(a) To live with her father.
(b) To a boarding house.
(c) To live with her sister.
(d) To a halfway house.

5. Who came up with the name of the lunch club?
(a) A writer, Frances Partridge.
(b) A cartoonist, Edmund Duffy.
(c) A novelist, Daniel Hickey.
(d) A cartoonist, Chester Gould.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Dorothy's editor at Vogue?

2. How did Dorothy and her siblings feel about their stepmother?

3. What, during the era of 1922-1923, did Dorothy discover that she found helped her?

4. Where was Eddie reassigned to for the service?

5. When Henry, Dorothy's father, remarried, what happened to Dorothy and her sister?

(see the answer key)

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