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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the Dachshund Dorothy bought in Munich?
(a) Udo Lindenberg.
(b) Eiko von Vlutenberg.
(c) Wunder Milka.
(d) Liebe Luger.

2. How many columns did Dorothy end up writing for Esquire?
(a) 12.
(b) 52.
(c) 53.
(d) 46.

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

4. What family did Dorothy visit while in Antibes?
(a) The Fitzgeralds.
(b) The Hemingways.
(c) The Oppenheimers.
(d) The Murpheys.

5. Dorothy had enough of the filth of living with roommates and moved where?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) The Algonquin.
(c) The Volney.
(d) With Kate d'Usseau.

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

7. When did Dorothy and Alan get married?
(a) July 8, 1934.
(b) June 8, 1934.
(c) June 28, 1934.
(d) June 18, 1934.

8. What was Robinson attacked by?
(a) A pack of larger dogs.
(b) Another small dog.
(c) A snake.
(d) A large dog.

9. What job did Alan scheme to get for Dorothy?
(a) Professor of Written Arts at California State Colelge.
(b) Professor of Written Arts at University of California.
(c) English Professor at University of California.
(d) English Professor at California State College.

10. Who did Alan replace in Dorothy's life?
(a) Robert Sherwood.
(b) Robert Benchley.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Her Mother.

11. What did Dorothy and Alan apply for instead of working?
(a) The Screen Writers Guild retirement fund.
(b) Unemployment.
(c) Retirement Fund of the Screen Actors Guild.
(d) The Guild of the Unemployed Screen Writers.

12. What movie earned Dorothy an Academy Award Nomination?
(a) Some Like it Hot.
(b) The Lost Weekend.
(c) A Long Hot Summer.
(d) Ladies of the Cooridoor.

13. Who was Dorothy's personal hero?
(a) Lillian Hellman.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) Moss Hart.
(d) Dashiell Hammett.

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

15. Where did Alan take Dorothy on their honeymoon?
(a) Paris.
(b) New Mexico.
(c) California.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What changed Dorothy's plans?

2. Where do Dorothy and Alan move to in California?

3. What did Dorothy do to all the work she created while in Paris?

4. Who inspired Dorothy to pick up her fiction writing again?

5. How old was Dorothy when she took the teaching job?

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