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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where was Eddie reassigned to for the service?
(a) England.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.
2. Who came up with the idea of an exclusive lunch club?
(a) Dorothy Parker.
(b) Eddie Parker.
(c) Robert Benchley.
(d) Aleck Woolcott.
3. Who came up with the name of the lunch club?
(a) A cartoonist, Edmund Duffy.
(b) A writer, Frances Partridge.
(c) A novelist, Daniel Hickey.
(d) A cartoonist, Chester Gould.
4. 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.
5. When was Dorothy fired from Vanity Fair?
(a) On a sunny Saturday in 1919.
(b) On a dry, windy Monday in 1920.
(c) On a snowy Sunday in 1920.
(d) On a blustery Saturday in 1920.
6. Who did Dorothy meet at the Algonquin Hotel that she regarded as a mythical figure?
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Franklin Pierce Adams.
(c) Polly Adler.
(d) Hal Borland.
7. Whose court case did Dorothy get involved with that started her interest in being involved in a cause?
(a) Johnny Lazia and Joe Damico.
(b) Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
(c) Nicola Sacco and Joe Damico.
(d) Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Johnny Lazia.
8. How many children did Dorothy's grandparents have?
(a) 2.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.
9. Why was Dorothy unable to be satisfied with herself?
(a) She was trying to get attention.
(b) She never knew how to be satisfied.
(c) She was a perfectionist.
(d) She refused to see the good in herself.
10. After Dorothy's play opened, how was Dorothy described?
(a) "New York's Sharpest Tounge."
(b) "New York's Biggest Joke."
(c) "New York's Brightest Star."
(d) "New York's Brightest Girl."
11. How did Dorothy make it through the holidays of 1922?
(a) She drank so much she wound up in the hospital.
(b) She went to a seaside resort.
(c) She went to visit her sister.
(d) She obsessively contemplated suicide.
12. What was the name of the drug Dorothy discovered that gave her a terrific effect when combined with scotch?
(a) Morphine.
(b) Codine.
(c) Veronal.
(d) Ibuprofin.
13. When did Eddie actually leave after threatening several times?
(a) After July 4th, 1922.
(b) Before July 4th, 1922.
(c) Before Memorial Day 1922.
(d) After Labor Day 1922.
14. What did Eddie do for a living?
(a) He was a lawyer.
(b) He was a stockbroker.
(c) He was a farmer.
(d) He was a dentist.
15. What big event did Dorothy consider to be a dream come true?
(a) She moved in with her sister.
(b) She wore her first pair of slacks.
(c) She got a job at Vanity Fair.
(d) She moved into a boarding house on her own.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Dorothy discover about Ernest Hemingway that was startling to her?
2. Where did Dorothy's brothers work?
3. Why didn't the Round Tablers think Dorothy was serious?
4. Who did Robert Benchley meet while in Paris for the summer of 1925?
5. What was Dorothy's first job?
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