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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. Who did Franklin Pierce Adams marry on May 9th, 1925?
(a) Maggie Swope.
(b) Dorothy Parker.
(c) Esther Root.
(d) Edith Sitwell.

2. Dorothy was asked to sit to have her portrait painted. Where was the portrait exhibited?
(a) Chicago Art Institute.
(b) The Guggenheim Museum.
(c) The Whitney Museum of American Art.
(d) Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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

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

5. Who did Dorothy move in with for the summer of 1925?
(a) Deems Taylor.
(b) Ring Lardner.
(c) Franklin Pierce Adams.
(d) Robert Benchley.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What position at Vogue did Dorothy acquire after some time?

3. What happened after Dorothy's book of poems, "Enough Rope", was published?

4. When Benchley and Sherwood were hired and joined Dorothy at Vanity Fair, what nickname were the three of them given?

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

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