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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where do Dorothy and Alan move to in California?
(a) Norma Road.
(b) Beverly Hills.
(c) Norma Place.
(d) Chino Hills.

3. What skill did Alan possess that Dorothy did not?
(a) Cooking skills.
(b) Fashion sense.
(c) Home making skills.
(d) Decorating skills.

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

5. Alan and Dorothy felt that they couldn't lay down roots in Hollywood. Where did they buy a house to do just that?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) Vermont.
(c) New Hampshire.
(d) Pennsylvania.

6. What happened across the country in 1933?
(a) World War I ended.
(b) Prohibition was repealed.
(c) Socialist ideas were widespread.
(d) The stock market crashed.

7. Where was Alan stationed after being shipped overseas?
(a) London.
(b) Italy.
(c) Spain.
(d) Paris.

8. What were the Screen Playwrights able to do in 1938?
(a) Unionize.
(b) Disband.
(c) Recruit more members.
(d) Publicize their cause.

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

10. In 1946, what did Dorothy do about her relationship with Alan?
(a) She had an affair with even younger men to spite him.
(b) She reconciled with him.
(c) She announced her intent to divorce him.
(d) She moved overseas to be with him.

11. Who did Dorothy turn to when Alan left?
(a) The Benchley's.
(b) The Fitzgeralds.
(c) Her family.
(d) The Murphys.

12. Who was the other "most sought-after" women of 1932?
(a) Mary Mooney.
(b) Sarah Murphy.
(c) Zelda Fitzgerald.
(d) Fanny Brice.

13. What was the name of the incriminating play that featured a character similar to Dorothy that debuted in 1934?
(a) Sing We Now.
(b) A Wisecracking Woman.
(c) An Alcoholic Woman.
(d) Merrily We Roll Along.

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

15. Where did Dorothy go twice a week to get drunk while in Paris?
(a) A bordello in town.
(b) Cannes.
(c) A bar by the Seine.
(d) Moulin Rouge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What award did Dorothy receive in 1958?

2. What did Dorothy's ideas change about?

3. What was the second cause Dorothy becomes involved in during 1936?

4. Dorothy had enough of the filth of living with roommates and moved where?

5. What project was started, but was never finished?

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