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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 was the over-all theme of the play?
(a) Choice.
(b) Betrayal.
(c) Love.
(d) Work.

2. What, during the era of 1922-1923, did Dorothy discover that she found helped her?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Vacations.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Alcohol.

3. When was the first issue of The New Yorker published?
(a) February 14, 1925.
(b) February 21, 1925.
(c) March 1, 1925.
(d) January 21, 1925.

4. Whose speakeasy did Dorothy and Benchley frequent?
(a) Jimmy Walker.
(b) Billy Wilkerson.
(c) Owney Madden.
(d) Tony Soma.

5. What year was Dorothy born?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1893.
(d) 1892.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did Robert Benchley meet while in Paris for the summer of 1925?

3. How did Dorothy make it through the holidays of 1922?

4. What historically significant event happened the same week Dorothy was fired?

5. What did Conde Nast's memo to the entire publication of Vanity Fair prohibit?

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