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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

3. After her trip to Mexico, where did Dorothy return?
(a) New York.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) California.
(d) New Jersey.

4. 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.

5. How many times was Valencia bombed while Dorothy and Alan were in Spain?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Ten.
(d) Three.

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

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

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

9. What did Alan have installed in the house that he saw in a movie?
(a) A trap door behind a false bookcase.
(b) A trap door under a false fireplace.
(c) A trap door behind a false fireplace.
(d) A trap door under a statue.

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

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

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(c) Prohibition was repealed.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

13. Who did Dorothy meet at the National Institute of Arts and Letters banquet?
(a) Leah Salisbury.
(b) Arnold Gingrich.
(c) Elizabeth Ames.
(d) Marilyn Monroe.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what group did Dorothy get elected to the board of in 1938?

3. What movie earned Dorothy an Academy Award Nomination?

4. What did the studios give to Dorothy and Alan that suit them perfectly?

5. What job did Alan scheme to get for Dorothy?

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