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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Global Disasters 1926.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Dorothy return home from Paris?
(a) She grew tired of living abroad.
(b) She missed her sister.
(c) She missed Seward Collins.
(d) She missed Benchley.

2. What did the Rothchild's do after Henry's second wife died that was representative of their position in society?
(a) They boarded up the windows.
(b) They moved to the country.
(c) They started hoarding.
(d) They began to collect dogs.

3. Why did Dorothy fear Eddie's family wouldn't like her?
(a) Because she had no mother.
(b) Because she had such a strong personality.
(c) Because she was Jewish.
(d) Because she had a loose tounge.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What style of writing did Dorothy start to exhibit after 1923?

2. What article caused Dorothy to have to use a pseudo-name?

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

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

5. Who did Franklin Pierce Adams marry on May 9th, 1925?

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