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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the name of the play Dorothy co-wrote in 1923?
(a) Close Harmony.
(b) My Life.
(c) Our Town.
(d) Soft Music.

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

5. Dorothy was asked to sit to have her portrait painted. Where was the portrait exhibited?
(a) The Whitney Museum of American Art.
(b) Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(c) Chicago Art Institute.
(d) The Guggenheim Museum.

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

7. What, during the era of 1922-1923, did Dorothy discover that she found helped her?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Vacations.
(d) Drugs.

8. Dorothy's writing, "Too Bad", exemplified a couple in her life. Who was that couple?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Benchley and his wife.
(c) Eddie and Herself.
(d) Sherwood and his wife.

9. After getting into a quarrel with Charles MacArthur, Dorothy returned to Stamford and tells Deems Taylor she wanted to:
(a) Marry MacArthur.
(b) Quit drinking.
(c) Kill herself.
(d) Quit writing.

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

11. When Benchley and Sherwood were hired and joined Dorothy at Vanity Fair, what nickname were the three of them given?
(a) The Three Musketeers.
(b) The Cub Lions.
(c) The Three Blind Mice.
(d) The Jokers.

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

13. Who did Dorothy begin to see after she broke off romantically from Seward?
(a) Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Eddie Parker.
(c) John Garrett.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

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

15. What did Dorothy think about her position at Vogue?
(a) She felt indifferent towards the position.
(b) She thought it was a stepping stone.
(c) She loved the position, and didn't ever want to leave.
(d) She thought it was a thankless and tedious job.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What vice of Dorothy's did Dr. Barach focus his efforts on curing?

3. At what age did Dorothy first read "Vanity Fair?"

4. Whose speakeasy did Dorothy and Benchley frequent?

5. Why did Dorothy return home from Paris?

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