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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Dorothy discover when she was 43?
(a) That she had sibling's she'd never met.
(b) That her mother-in-law didn't like her.
(c) That she was pregnant.
(d) That her husband was only with her for money.

4. What changed Dorothy's plans?
(a) The Murphey's invited her to Rome.
(b) The Murpheys invited her to the Swiss Alps.
(c) Benchley invited her to Bath.
(d) Benchley invited her to Venice.

5. What was considered risque behavior that Dorothy and Alan participated in?
(a) They had an open marriage.
(b) They got piercings.
(c) They were living in sin.
(d) They got tattoos.

6. Who inspired Dorothy to pick up her fiction writing again?
(a) Robert Benchley.
(b) Sheilah Graham.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Alan Campbell.

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

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

9. What group did Dorothy co-found in 1936?
(a) The Hollywood Screen Writer's Guild.
(b) The Hollywood Anti-Communist League.
(c) The Hollywood Anti-Nazi League.
(d) The Hollywood Screen Actor's Guild.

10. In 1967 Marcella Cisney asked Dorothy's permission to do what?
(a) Produce A Dorothy Parker Portfolio.
(b) Produce A Dorothy Parker Autobiography.
(c) Produce A Dorothy Parker Memoir.
(d) Produce Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell is This?

11. What saved George Kaufman, the writer of the incriminating play, from Dorothy's wrath?
(a) Dorothy was in rehab at the time of its opening.
(b) Dorothy was shielded from the reviews.
(c) Alan took her on vacation.
(d) The 1600-mile "buffer zone."

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

13. What did Dorothy die of?
(a) She fell after drinking too much.
(b) Heart attack.
(c) Overdose.
(d) Cereberal hemorrhage.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dorothy's ideas change about?

2. In 1946, what did Dorothy do about her relationship with Alan?

3. What movie earned Dorothy an Academy Award Nomination?

4. What did Dorothy and Alan apply for instead of working?

5. Who died in 1945 that was close to Dorothy?

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