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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the spring of 1922, what did the Round Tablers do?
(a) They published a book.
(b) They put on an amateur musical.
(c) They published their own magazine.
(d) They put on a series of seminars.

2. In 1917, what significant event happened in Dorothy's career?
(a) She was made an editor at American Magazine.
(b) She moved from Vogue to Vanity Fair.
(c) She was made an editor at Vogue.
(d) She was fired.

3. What did Eddie do for a living?
(a) He was a farmer.
(b) He was a dentist.
(c) He was a stockbroker.
(d) He was a lawyer.

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

5. When was the first issue of The New Yorker published?
(a) March 1, 1925.
(b) January 21, 1925.
(c) February 14, 1925.
(d) February 21, 1925.

6. 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.

7. What character trait did Dorothy not want to exhibit?
(a) Being aggressive.
(b) Being soft spoken.
(c) Being demure.
(d) Being a comedian.

8. What was Dorothy's form of writing dubbed?
(a) The "Elevated Eyebrow School of Journalism."
(b) The "Depressed Eyebrow School of Journalism."
(c) The "Elevated Foot School of Journalism."
(d) The "Elevated Lip School of Journalism."

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

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

11. What happened as a result of Dorothy meeting Charles MacArthur?
(a) She got remarried.
(b) She had a baby.
(c) She filed for divorce from Eddie.
(d) She ended up getting an abortion.

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

13. What did Dorothy discover about Ernest Hemingway that was startling to her?
(a) He didn't enjoy his career as a writer.
(b) He avoided the elite social scene completely.
(c) He was extremely unpleasant.
(d) He found writing as unpleasant as she did.

14. Why did Dorothy like her new home?
(a) Because she had no domestic responsibilites.
(b) Because she had access to every speakeasy in the neighborhood.
(c) Because she had a maid.
(d) Because she always had hot water and someone to pick up after her.

15. Who was the "unfortunate soul" that fell in love with Dorothy?
(a) Elmer Rice.
(b) Robert Benchley.
(c) Robert Sherwood.
(d) Seward Collins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Dorothy teamed with professionally that turned into a short, but unsuccessful affair?

2. Who did Dorothy begin to see after she broke off romantically from Seward?

3. What did Benchley declare about California that Dorothy agreed with?

4. What did the Rothchild's do after Henry's second wife died that was representative of their position in society?

5. Who did Dorothy meet at the Algonquin Hotel that she regarded as a mythical figure?

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