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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened after Dorothy's book of poems, "Enough Rope", was published?
(a) Dorothy became "domesticated."
(b) Dorothy's life began to change.
(c) Dorothy's life took a turn for the worse.
(d) Dorothy and Benchley became involved in a romantic relationship.

2. What was Ernest Hemingway's secret to the craft of writing?
(a) Work like a dog.
(b) Only work under the influence of elite society.
(c) Work when you feel like it.
(d) Only work when drunk.

3. Who did Franklin Pierce Adams marry on May 9th, 1925?
(a) Maggie Swope.
(b) Dorothy Parker.
(c) Esther Root.
(d) Edith Sitwell.

4. Where did Dorothy move in the beginning of 1923?
(a) The Algonquin.
(b) Above the Swiss Alps Restaurant.
(c) Her sister's house.
(d) New Jersey.

5. What happened to Collins after he and Dorothy ended their relationship?
(a) He was accused of being a Nazi sympathizer and a facist.
(b) He was accused of being in the Mob.
(c) He was accused of being a facist and an embezzler.
(d) He was accused of being a Nazi sympathizer and a homosexual.

6. How many siblings did Dorothy have?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

7. Who did Dorothy meet at the Algonquin Hotel that she regarded as a mythical figure?
(a) Franklin Pierce Adams.
(b) Hal Borland.
(c) Polly Adler.
(d) Mark Twain.

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

9. What position at Vogue did Dorothy acquire after some time?
(a) A theater critic.
(b) A special features writer.
(c) A restaurant critic.
(d) An editor.

10. Who helped Dorothy make up her mind to go live abroad?
(a) Robert Sherwood.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Robert Benchley.
(d) Franklin Pierce Adams.

11. What year was Dorothy born?
(a) 1895.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1890.

12. Who was the publication that Harold Ross and Jane Grant created marketed toward?
(a) The suburban housewife.
(b) The single young lady.
(c) The sophisticated metropolitain.
(d) The urban housewife.

13. What did the Rothchild's do after Henry's second wife died that was representative of their position in society?
(a) They began to collect dogs.
(b) They started hoarding.
(c) They moved to the country.
(d) They boarded up the windows.

14. Who was Dorothy teamed with professionally that turned into a short, but unsuccessful affair?
(a) Elmer Rice.
(b) Charles MacArthur.
(c) George Kaufman
(d) Robert Sherwood.

15. How long did Dorothy's play run after it was renamed and moved to the Midwest?
(a) 12 consecutive weeks.
(b) 25 consecutive weeks.
(c) 43 consecutive weeks.
(d) 20 consecutive weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long was Benchley with Dorothy on her trip to Paris?

2. When Benchley and Sherwood were hired and joined Dorothy at Vanity Fair, what nickname were the three of them given?

3. Where were Dorothy's grandparents from?

4. What, during the era of 1922-1923, did Dorothy discover that she found helped her?

5. What happened shortly after Dorothy and Eddie got married?

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