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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 name of the drug Dorothy discovered that gave her a terrific effect when combined with scotch?
(a) Codine.
(b) Morphine.
(c) Ibuprofin.
(d) Veronal.

2. Why did Dorothy fear Eddie's family wouldn't like her?
(a) Because she was Jewish.
(b) Because she had a loose tounge.
(c) Because she had such a strong personality.
(d) Because she had no mother.

3. What crucial adult responsibility was Dorothy ignorant about?
(a) She didn't know how to shop for groceries.
(b) She didn't know how to drive a car.
(c) She had no money sense.
(d) She didn't know how to do laundry.

4. Who did Robert Benchley meet while in Paris for the summer of 1925?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Frank Lloyd Wright.

5. Alan and Dorothy felt that they couldn't lay down roots in Hollywood. Where did they buy a house to do just that?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Vermont.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Pennsylvania.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old did Dorothy turn in 1933?

2. Dorothy was asked to sit to have her portrait painted. Where was the portrait exhibited?

3. What movie earned Dorothy an Academy Award Nomination?

4. What did Dorothy buy in London?

5. Dorothy Rothschild was born into what society?

(see the answer key)

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