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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the play Dorothy co-wrote in 1923?
(a) My Life.
(b) Soft Music.
(c) Close Harmony.
(d) Our Town.

2. Who did Franklin Pierce Adams marry on May 9th, 1925?
(a) Maggie Swope.
(b) Dorothy Parker.
(c) Edith Sitwell.
(d) Esther Root.

3. What was Dorothy's first job?
(a) Playing piano at a small cafe.
(b) Playing piano for a small, local theater.
(c) Playing piano for an all-womens choir.
(d) Playing piano for a dance studio.

4. Who did Robert Benchley choose as a roommate when he rented an apartment in the city?
(a) Robert Sherwood.
(b) George Kaufman.
(c) Donald Ogden Stewart.
(d) Charles MacArthur.

5. Dorothy's writing, "Too Bad", exemplified a couple in her life. Who was that couple?
(a) Sherwood and his wife.
(b) Eddie and Herself.
(c) Benchley and his wife.
(d) Her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Dorothy begin to see after she broke off romantically from Seward?

2. When was Dorothy fired from Vanity Fair?

3. What was the over-all theme of the play?

4. What vice of Dorothy's did Dr. Barach focus his efforts on curing?

5. How did Dorothy make it through the holidays of 1922?

Short Essay Questions

1. What didn't Dorothy do after her relationship ended with Garrett that she did with her other relationships?

2. Why was Dorothy and Elmer's play considered a love letter to Robert Benchley?

3. How did the deaths of her mother and step-mother effect Dorothy's view of herself and her life?

4. At the beginning of 1925, Dorothy met Seward Collins, who promptly fell in love with her. He was everything Dorothy needed. She didn't see it but her friends did. What about Seward was everything Dorothy needed according to her friends?

5. During 1914, Dorothy found herself on a new path in life with a job and living on her own in a boarding house. She didn't possess the common personality traits that most girls her age possess, how did this help her in getting what she wanted during her new life? What did she do that exemplified those traits?

6. As the youngest child, Dorothy was faced with the responsibility of caring for her father, Henry, when she returned home from Mrs. Dana's Boarding school. This period lasted for six years, during that time several things happened that caused great harm to Henry, what were those events and what were their effects?

7. Due to failing health, Robert Benchley was advised to either quit commuting to work and slow down or rent an apartment in the city. Benchley chose to get an apartment in the city and take a roommate. What changed about Benchley's life were significant? How did Dorothy feel about this new phase in Benchley's life?

8. What happened as a result of Dorothy, Benchley and Sherwood going to lunch on a daily basis to the Alogonquin hotel?

9. Eddie returned home in August of 1919, but it wasn't what either he or Dorothy expected. What transpired when he returned?

10. Dorothy's siblings had a profound effect on her and she admired them all in many ways, especially her sister. In what ways did Dorothy look up to Helen? What did this make Dorothy realize about herself?

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