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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 was "The Big Blonde" referred to in the literary world?
(a) The worst publication of 1929.
(b) The best short story of 1929.
(c) The best short story of the century.
(d) The one to pass up.

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

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

4. Why did Dorothy return to New York at the end of the summer of 1925?
(a) She was given an offer she couldn't refuse.
(b) She was kicked out of her temporary home for inappropriate conduct.
(c) Robert Benchley's health took a turn for the worse.
(d) Deems Taylor's wife returned home from vacation.

5. What was Dorothy's play renamed?
(a) "The Forbidden Friendship."
(b) "The Mistress."
(c) "The Lady Next Door."
(d) "The Friend."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dorothy do to all the work she created while in Paris?

2. Dorothy Rothschild was born into what society?

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

4. Dorothy had only one requirement of the men who were constantly streaming through her life. What was that requirement?

5. How did Dorothy absolve herself of the bad choices she made with men?

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