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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 historically significant event happened the same week Dorothy was fired?
(a) Prohibition started.
(b) Women's rights were voted in.
(c) The Great Depression started.
(d) Prohibition ended.

2. Who did Robert Benchley choose as a roommate when he rented an apartment in the city?
(a) George Kaufman.
(b) Donald Ogden Stewart.
(c) Charles MacArthur.
(d) Robert Sherwood.

3. Why did most of the writers from the East Coast end up in Hollywood?
(a) The working conditions were better.
(b) The weather.
(c) The salaries were exorbitant.
(d) The beach.

4. What trait did Dorothy develop despite her loneliness?
(a) A talent for making conversation.
(b) A talent for clever observation.
(c) A talent for making friends.
(d) A talent for self-entertainment.

5. How long was Benchley with Dorothy on her trip to Paris?
(a) For the duration of the journey across the ocean.
(b) For the duration of her stay.
(c) Three weeks after they arrived in Paris.
(d) Just long enough to buy presents for his family and rid himself of pubic lice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dorothy discover about Ernest Hemingway that was startling to her?

2. Who did Robert Benchley meet while in Paris for the summer of 1925?

3. What significant happening occurred when Dorothy was only 5 years old?

4. Dorothy donated money to several causes during 1936. What about donating the money never occurred to her?

5. Who did Dorothy begin to see after she broke off romantically from Seward?

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