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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who died in 1945 that was close to Dorothy?
(a) Her brother Bert.
(b) Robert Benchley.
(c) Her sister Helen.
(d) Robert Sherwood.

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

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

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

5. After receiving a telegram from John Garrett, what did Dorothy consider?
(a) Accepting his marriage proposal.
(b) Suicide by jumping off the balcony.
(c) Going home to New York.
(d) Suicide by drowning in the Seine.

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

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

8. How old was Dorothy when she took the teaching job?
(a) Over 70.
(b) Almost 70.
(c) Almost 72.
(d) Almost 75.

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

10. To what group did Dorothy get elected to the board of in 1938?
(a) The Hollywood Communist Party.
(b) The Screen Actors Guild.
(c) The Hollywood Anti-Nazi Party.
(d) The Screen Writers Guild.

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

12. How long was Dorothy's obituary in the New York Times?
(a) Two paragraphs.
(b) Ten pages.
(c) Two pages.
(d) Twenty paragraphs.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Dorothy turn to when Alan left?

2. Who, of Dorothy's friends, was she most saddened to be distanced from?

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

4. What award did Dorothy receive in 1958?

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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