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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 project was started, but was never finished?
(a) Dorothy's fiction novel.
(b) Dorothy's autobiography.
(c) Dorothy's memoir.
(d) Dorothy's fantasy novel.

2. Within weeks of being in Spain, what cause did Dorothy get involved in?
(a) American Committee to Aid Spanish Hunger.
(b) American Committe to Aid Spanish Socialism.
(c) American Committee to Aid Spanish Diplomacy.
(d) American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy.

3. When did Dorothy and Alan get married?
(a) July 8, 1934.
(b) June 28, 1934.
(c) June 8, 1934.
(d) June 18, 1934.

4. What movie earned Dorothy an Academy Award Nomination?
(a) Some Like it Hot.
(b) The Lost Weekend.
(c) Ladies of the Cooridoor.
(d) A Long Hot Summer.

5. What word described Lillian Hellman very well?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Socialite.
(c) Elitist.
(d) Beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What group did Dorothy co-found in 1936?

3. Where do Dorothy and Alan move to in California?

4. To survive, financially, what did Dorthy do?

5. What happened across the country in 1933?

Short Essay Questions

1. While traveling to Europe after her dog, Robinson, passed, who did Dorothy connect with? What other event happened while Dorothy and Mary were in transit? Why did she feel a connection to this woman and what did she end up doing that greatly affected Dorthy?

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

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

4. While in Europe, Dorothy interviewed Ernest Hemingway after "A Farewell to Arms" was published. During the interview, Hemingway was very restrictive of the questions she was allowed to ask. What did his restrictions cause Dorothy to do? Why did Hemingway make the restrictions?

5. Dorothy purchased two dogs while in Europe. What role in Dorothy's life did these dogs fill? Why did she feel she needed canine companionship?

6. What was so controversial about Dorothy's pregnancy? What was unique about her reaction to her miscarriage?

7. Dorothy was advised to write a will, though her assets were modest. Who did Dorothy leave her estate to? What all did her estate include?

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

9. Dorothy was happy with Alan, but what about her life wasn't fulfilling?

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

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