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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Good Fights 1936-1937.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What big event did Dorothy consider to be a dream come true?
(a) She got a job at Vanity Fair.
(b) She wore her first pair of slacks.
(c) She moved into a boarding house on her own.
(d) She moved in with her sister.

2. Who was the "unfortunate soul" that fell in love with Dorothy?
(a) Seward Collins.
(b) Elmer Rice.
(c) Robert Benchley.
(d) Robert Sherwood.

3. What happened to Collins after he and Dorothy ended their relationship?
(a) He was accused of being in the Mob.
(b) He was accused of being a facist and an embezzler.
(c) He was accused of being a Nazi sympathizer and a homosexual.
(d) He was accused of being a Nazi sympathizer and a facist.

4. Who did Dorothy begin to see after she broke off romantically from Seward?
(a) Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Eddie Parker.
(d) John Garrett.

5. What did Benchley declare about California that Dorothy agreed with?
(a) That he hated Hollywood.
(b) That he hated Californians.
(c) That he hated the weather.
(d) That he hated the beach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the house called that Alan and Dorothy purchase?

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

3. When Eddie returned to New York in August of 1919, what did he bring with him?

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

5. Why did Eddie encourage Dorothy's habit?

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