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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 character trait did Dorothy not want to exhibit?
(a) Being soft spoken.
(b) Being aggressive.
(c) Being demure.
(d) Being a comedian.

2. How many children did Dorothy's grandparents have?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 6.

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

4. Dorothy Rothschild was born into what society?
(a) Lower class Jewish society, in New York.
(b) Upper class Jewish affluence, in New York.
(c) Middle class Christian affluence, in New Jersey.
(d) Upper middle class Jewish affluence, in New Jersey.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dorothy's form of writing dubbed?

2. How did Dorothy and her siblings feel about their stepmother?

3. Who, from "Vanity Fair", did Dorothy choose as a role model?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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