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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What cause did Dorothy feel the need to get involved in?
(a) The Third Reich's youth group.
(b) The Third Reich's persecution of the Jews.
(c) The Screen Actors Guild.
(d) The Communist Propaganda.

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

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

4. Who fulfilled Dorothy's maternal need?
(a) Her family.
(b) Alan Campbell.
(c) Her animals.
(d) Her friends.

5. After 20 years, what did Dorothy feel she had enough energy to do?
(a) Write her memoirs.
(b) Be in society.
(c) Go shopping.
(d) Make a date at the Algonquin to meet friends.

6. Why didn't Dorothy want to go to the Yaddo, a 400-acre retreat for artists?
(a) Her friends weren't allowed to visit.
(b) She wasn't allowed to drink there.
(c) Her family wasn't allowed to visit.
(d) She couldn't bring her dog.

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

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

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

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

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

12. What was the second cause Dorothy becomes involved in during 1936?
(a) Writer's rights.
(b) Actor's rights.
(c) Children's rights.
(d) Producer's rights.

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

14. Where was the job with Elitch Gardens located that Alan was offered?
(a) California.
(b) Denver.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Dorothy's personal hero?

2. Who did Dorothy meet in the winter of 1936 that caused her grief?

3. What did Alan do the day he passed away?

4. What family did Dorothy visit while in Antibes?

5. Who did Dorothy get involved with in 1948?

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