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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dorothy start calling herself after the court case?
(a) A Democrat.
(b) A Republican.
(c) A Communist.
(d) A Socialist.

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

3. What happened to Collins after he and Dorothy ended their relationship?
(a) He was accused of being a Nazi sympathizer and a homosexual.
(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 facist.

4. At what age did Dorothy first read "Vanity Fair?"
(a) 11.
(b) 13.
(c) 14.
(d) 15.

5. How long was Benchley with Dorothy on her trip to Paris?
(a) For the duration of her stay.
(b) For the duration of the journey across the ocean.
(c) Three weeks after they arrived in Paris.
(d) Just long enough to buy presents for his family and rid himself of pubic lice.

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

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

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

9. What year were Dorothy's parents married?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1885.
(d) 1880.

10. What vice of Dorothy's did Dr. Barach focus his efforts on curing?
(a) Her incriminating stories.
(b) Her promiscuity.
(c) Her drinking.
(d) Her suicide attempts.

11. What was Dorothy's most common pseudonym?
(a) Constant Writer.
(b) Constant Drinker.
(c) Constant Listener.
(d) Constant Reader.

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

13. 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.

14. What was the name of Dorothy's story that she wrote after her suicide attempt of 1926?
(a) The White Light.
(b) The Last Pill.
(c) The Last Drop.
(d) Resume.

15. Why did Dorothy return to New York at the end of the summer of 1925?
(a) She was kicked out of her temporary home for inappropriate conduct.
(b) Robert Benchley's health took a turn for the worse.
(c) She was given an offer she couldn't refuse.
(d) Deems Taylor's wife returned home from vacation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dorothy's first job with MGM?

2. What did Conde Nast's memo to the entire publication of Vanity Fair prohibit?

3. Dorothy Rothschild was born into what society?

4. What historically significant event happened the same week Dorothy was fired?

5. What style of writing did Dorothy start to exhibit after 1923?

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