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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. How long did Dorothy's play run the first time?
(a) 24 performances.
(b) 5 performances.
(c) 50 performances.
(d) 12 performances.

2. How old did Dorothy turn in 1933?
(a) 45.
(b) 50.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

3. Where did Dorothy go twice a week to get drunk while in Paris?
(a) A bar by the Seine.
(b) Cannes.
(c) A bordello in town.
(d) Moulin Rouge.

4. What was the main problem with Dorothy's submissions to The New Yorker?
(a) They were published without her knowledge.
(b) They were written with a pseudonym.
(c) They were written while under the influence of drugs and alcohol and are incriminating.
(d) She doesn't get paid.

5. What did Conde Nast's memo to the entire publication of Vanity Fair prohibit?
(a) Alcohol, before the prohibition started.
(b) Idol chatter.
(c) The discussion of salaries.
(d) Lunch breaks outside of the building.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened after Dorothy's book of poems, "Enough Rope", was published?

2. Whose court case did Dorothy get involved with that started her interest in being involved in a cause?

3. What vice of Dorothy's did Dr. Barach focus his efforts on curing?

4. Why didn't the Round Tablers think Dorothy was serious?

5. To survive, financially, what did Dorthy do?

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