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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 vice of Dorothy's did Dr. Barach focus his efforts on curing?
(a) Her drinking.
(b) Her promiscuity.
(c) Her incriminating stories.
(d) Her suicide attempts.

2. How old was Dorothy's father when he met her mother?
(a) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 18.
(d) 21.

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

4. What big event did Dorothy consider to be a dream come true?
(a) She moved in with her sister.
(b) She moved into a boarding house on her own.
(c) She wore her first pair of slacks.
(d) She got a job at Vanity Fair.

5. After Dorothy's play opened, how was Dorothy described?
(a) "New York's Sharpest Tounge."
(b) "New York's Biggest Joke."
(c) "New York's Brightest Star."
(d) "New York's Brightest Girl."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Dorothy teamed with professionally that turned into a short, but unsuccessful affair?

2. What kind of effect did Dr. Barach have on Dorothy's relationship with the Round Tablers?

3. While living at the Algonquin, Dorothy forgot to pay one critical bill -- what was that bill?

4. Who, from "Vanity Fair", did Dorothy choose as a role model?

5. What did the Rothchild's do after Henry's second wife died that was representative of their position in society?

Short Essay Questions

1. While living with Deems Taylor, Dorothy ran into Charles MacArthur. The meeting started out well then turned into an argument. What kind of an effect did this argument have on Dorothy?

2. What were some of the reasons Eddie separated from Dorothy?

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. When Dorothy was 11, she read Vanity Fair and found herself connecting with Becky Sharp, the book's anti-heroine. How did Dorothy's choice of role model effect her life?

6. Why did Dorothy clash so strongly with Hemingway?

7. What did Dorothy and the other Round Table members do in the spring of 1922 that was different from their meetings and occasional poker games?

8. 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?

9. In 1928, Dorothy filed for divorce from Eddie. What was significant about their divorce that was different from the endings of Dorothy's other relationships?

10. The New Yorker survived it's first year of publication for many reasons. What did Dorothy do to contribute to the magazine? Why was this a problem for Dorothy that she doesn't realize?

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