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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. Who did Robert Benchley meet while in Paris for the summer of 1925?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Frank Lloyd Wright.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

2. What crucial adult responsibility was Dorothy ignorant about?
(a) She didn't know how to do laundry.
(b) She didn't know how to drive a car.
(c) She had no money sense.
(d) She didn't know how to shop for groceries.

3. What position at Vogue did Dorothy acquire after some time?
(a) A special features writer.
(b) An editor.
(c) A theater critic.
(d) A restaurant critic.

4. What was the nickname of the editor of Vanity Fair Magazine?
(a) He had no nickname.
(b) "Big Cheese."
(c) "Boss."
(d) "Crownie."

5. Why did Eddie encourage Dorothy's habit?
(a) Because it made him feel less guilty about his bad habits.
(b) Because he liked having her along.
(c) Because he liked the attention she created while they were out.
(d) Because it lessened how much she vocalized her distaste for Eddies drinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came up with the name of the lunch club?

2. What was Dorothy's most common pseudonym?

3. What did Conde Nast's memo to the entire publication of Vanity Fair prohibit?

4. What did Eddie do for a living?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Dorothy and her sister, Helen, were sent to a parochial school during their father's marriage to their step-mother. For what reasons was it a trying time for Dorothy?

2. 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?

3. In 1916, Dorothy met Eddie Parker. What happened when Eddie took Dorothy to met his family? What happened after they meet Dorothy?

4. What writing style did Dorothy use to attract a broader audience?

5. What piece of work do people remember more than anything else Dorothy had ever written? How did Dorothy feel about the piece?

6. Why did Dorothy move to Ring Lardner's home? Why didn't it work out?

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

8. What events happened after Dorothy's separation from Eddie. What caused Dorothy to try to commit suicide?

9. Dorothy had a large extended family that played a large part in her demeanor and personality. How did she refer to these people?

10. How did Dorothy's new style of writing exemplify her lifestyle?

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