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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 did Dorothy discover about Ernest Hemingway that was startling to her?
(a) He avoided the elite social scene completely.
(b) He was extremely unpleasant.
(c) He found writing as unpleasant as she did.
(d) He didn't enjoy his career as a writer.

2. What article caused Dorothy to have to use a pseudo-name?
(a) A Certain Lady.
(b) Women: A Hate Song.
(c) Why I Haven't Married.
(d) A Musical Comedy Thought.

3. Where did Dorothy go when she stopped going to school?
(a) To a boarding house.
(b) To a halfway house.
(c) To live with her sister.
(d) To live with her father.

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

5. What happened after Dorothy's book of poems, "Enough Rope", was published?
(a) Dorothy's life took a turn for the worse.
(b) Dorothy's life began to change.
(c) Dorothy became "domesticated."
(d) Dorothy and Benchley became involved in a romantic relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Benchley declare about California that Dorothy agreed with?

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

3. When did Dorothy and Alan get married?

4. What were the Screen Playwrights able to do in 1938?

5. How much did Dorothy sell her first poem for?

(see the answer key)

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