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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many times was "Enough Rope", Dorothy's book of poetry, printed?
(a) Two times.
(b) Three times.
(c) One time.
(d) Four times.

2. 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.

3. What significant happening occurred when Dorothy was only 5 years old?
(a) Her grandparents came to live with the family.
(b) Her father died.
(c) Her mother died suddenly.
(d) Her family moved to a different neighborhood.

4. Dorothy had only one requirement of the men who were constantly streaming through her life. What was that requirement?
(a) They paid her rent.
(b) They brought her gifts.
(c) They supplied her with clothes.
(d) They supplied her with scotch.

5. How did Dorothy make it through the holidays of 1922?
(a) She obsessively contemplated suicide.
(b) She drank so much she wound up in the hospital.
(c) She went to visit her sister.
(d) She went to a seaside resort.

6. Where were Dorothy's grandparents from?
(a) England.
(b) Russia.
(c) Prussia.
(d) Germany.

7. 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.

8. Who showered Dorothy with attention when she returned to New York?
(a) The editors at Vanity Fair.
(b) The producers at MGM.
(c) The founders of the Viking Press.
(d) The producers at Fox.

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

10. Who, from "Vanity Fair", did Dorothy choose as a role model?
(a) Amelia Sedley.
(b) Becky Sharp.
(c) Jane.
(d) Jemima Pinkerton.

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

12. What did "Crownie" speak to Dorothy about the day before Christmas in 1919?
(a) That the quality of her work was improving with each project she worked on.
(b) The quality of her work and that she wouldn't be receiving a raise.
(c) That her language needed to improve in the office.
(d) That her work ethic needed to improve.

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

14. Dorothy was introduced to Alvan Barach at a party. What type of medicine does he practice?
(a) Psychotherapy.
(b) Podiatry.
(c) Dermatology.
(d) Chiropractic.

15. After Dorothy's play opened, how was Dorothy described?
(a) "New York's Brightest Girl."
(b) "New York's Brightest Star."
(c) "New York's Biggest Joke."
(d) "New York's Sharpest Tounge."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of Dorothy's story that she wrote after her suicide attempt of 1926?

3. How long did Dorothy's play run the first time?

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

5. What was the most significant difference in Dorothy's life of that of her friends?

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