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

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 began to collect dogs.
(c) They started hoarding.
(d) They moved to the country.

3. What was the name of the play Dorothy co-wrote in 1923?
(a) Our Town.
(b) Close Harmony.
(c) Soft Music.
(d) My Life.

4. How did Dorothy make it through the holidays of 1922?
(a) She obsessively contemplated suicide.
(b) She drank so much she wound up in the hospital.
(c) She went to visit her sister.
(d) She went to a seaside resort.

5. What did Dorothy think about her position at Vogue?
(a) She thought it was a thankless and tedious job.
(b) She felt indifferent towards the position.
(c) She thought it was a stepping stone.
(d) She loved the position, and didn't ever want to leave.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who came up with the name of the lunch club?

3. What vice of Dorothy's did Dr. Barach focus his efforts on curing?

4. What kind of effect did Dr. Barach have on Dorothy's relationship with the Round Tablers?

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

(see the answer key)

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