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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Within weeks of being in Spain, what cause did Dorothy get involved in?
(a) American Committe to Aid Spanish Socialism.
(b) American Committee to Aid Spanish Hunger.
(c) American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy.
(d) American Committee to Aid Spanish Diplomacy.

2. Who did Dorothy meet at the National Institute of Arts and Letters banquet?
(a) Marilyn Monroe.
(b) Arnold Gingrich.
(c) Leah Salisbury.
(d) Elizabeth Ames.

3. Who did Dorothy get involved with in 1948?
(a) Rosser Lynn Evans.
(b) Irving Lazar.
(c) Dalton Trumbo.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

4. What word described Lillian Hellman very well?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Elitist.
(d) Socialite.

5. What did Alan do the day he passed away?
(a) He shopped for a wardrobe for Dorothy.
(b) He let the dog loose.
(c) He picked up his dry cleaning.
(d) He made a large dinner.

6. Who did Dorothy meet in the winter of 1936 that caused her grief?
(a) Horte Campbell.
(b) Lillian Hellman.
(c) Don Stewart.
(d) Otto Katz.

7. In 1937, what did Dorothy and Alan do?
(a) Wrote their own movie script.
(b) Bid farewell to California.
(c) Sell their house in Pennsylvania.
(d) Have Alan's mother move in with them.

8. After her trip to Mexico, where did Dorothy return?
(a) California.
(b) New York.
(c) New Jersey.
(d) Pennsylvania.

9. Who, of Dorothy's friends, was she most saddened to be distanced from?
(a) Lillian Hellman.
(b) Robert Sherwood.
(c) Robert Benchley.
(d) John Garrett.

10. What did Dorothy buy in London?
(a) A Miniature Teacup Poodle named Fancy.
(b) A Yorkshire Terrier named Tandy.
(c) A Dandie Dinmont Terrior named Timothy.
(d) A Staffordshire Bull Terrier named Princess.

11. How many times was Valencia bombed while Dorothy and Alan were in Spain?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Ten.

12. With whom did F.Scott Fitzgerald look to replace his ailing wife with?
(a) Lillian Hellman.
(b) Dorothy Parker.
(c) Sheelagh Kennedy.
(d) Sheilah Graham.

13. What award did Dorothy receive in 1958?
(a) The Marjorie Peabody Waite Award.
(b) The Academy Award.
(c) The Esquire Award.
(d) The Nobel Peace Prize.

14. To survive, financially, what did Dorthy do?
(a) She wrote a book of comedy.
(b) She published work she was ashamed of.
(c) She took on roommates.
(d) She moved to her sister's house.

15. How old did Dorothy turn in 1933?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 50.
(d) 45.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job did Alan scheme to get for Dorothy?

2. Dorothy donated money to several causes during 1936. What about donating the money never occurred to her?

3. After receiving a telegram from John Garrett, what did Dorothy consider?

4. What cause did Dorothy feel the need to get involved in?

5. Alan and Dorothy felt that they couldn't lay down roots in Hollywood. Where did they buy a house to do just that?

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