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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 Robinson attacked by?
(a) Another small dog.
(b) A pack of larger dogs.
(c) A snake.
(d) A large dog.

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

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

4. What was considered risque behavior that Dorothy and Alan participated in?
(a) They got tattoos.
(b) They were living in sin.
(c) They had an open marriage.
(d) They got piercings.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dorothy buy in London?

2. How long was Dorothy's obituary in the New York Times?

3. Where did Dorothy go twice a week to get drunk while in Paris?

4. When her relationship with John McCain ended, how did Dorothy try to kill herself?

5. What word described Lillian Hellman very well?

Short Essay Questions

1. What about Dorothy and Alan's relationship changed after Alan went to basic training?

2. What brought Dorothy to California for again? How did she feel about going back?

3. After Dorothy's second miscarriage, how did she cope?

4. What significant event happened to Dorothy's relationship with Robert Benchley in 1937?

5. What about working in Hollywood did Dorothy find relieving?

6. Dorothy involved her time and money in several "causes." What causes did she get involved in and what did society think about her involvement?

7. What was Dorothy and Alan's reason for leaving California?

8. What did Dorothy seek more than anything during the later years of her life?

9. What cause did Dorothy focus her efforts on and how?

10. What about Dorothy and Alan's reconciliation was significant?

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