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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16, Toad Time 1948-1955.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Benchley and Sherwood were hired and joined Dorothy at Vanity Fair, what nickname were the three of them given?
(a) The Jokers.
(b) The Cub Lions.
(c) The Three Blind Mice.
(d) The Three Musketeers.

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

4. What pet project did Dorothy's colleagues, Harold Ross and Jane Grant, worked desperately to get published?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Our Town.
(d) New York Weekly.

5. Within weeks of being in Spain, what cause did Dorothy get involved in?
(a) American Committee to Aid Spanish Diplomacy.
(b) American Committe to Aid Spanish Socialism.
(c) American Committee to Aid Spanish Hunger.
(d) American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Collins after he and Dorothy ended their relationship?

2. What group did Dorothy co-found in 1936?

3. What was Dorothy known for in the Gonk?

4. What department was Dorothy working in at Vogue at the beginning of 1915?

5. How many times was Valencia bombed while Dorothy and Alan were in Spain?

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