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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Yessir, the Whaddycall 'em Blues1925.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Conde Nast's memo to the entire publication of Vanity Fair prohibit?
(a) Lunch breaks outside of the building.
(b) The discussion of salaries.
(c) Alcohol, before the prohibition started.
(d) Idol chatter.

3. Who was Dorothy teamed with professionally that turned into a short, but unsuccessful affair?
(a) Charles MacArthur.
(b) Robert Sherwood.
(c) Elmer Rice.
(d) George Kaufman

4. How old was Dorothy's father when he met her mother?
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 18.
(d) 21.

5. Who did Robert Benchley meet while in Paris for the summer of 1925?
(a) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened shortly after Dorothy and Eddie got married?

2. What did Dorothy's grandparents do for work when they moved to Alabama?

3. Who did Robert Benchley choose as a roommate when he rented an apartment in the city?

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

5. After Dorothy's play opened, how was Dorothy described?

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