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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dorothy start calling herself after the court case?

2. Where and what was Dorothy's first position after Vanity Fair?

3. How many siblings did Dorothy have?

4. What did Dorothy feel obligated to do as part of her job in the editorial department at Vanity Fair?

5. What position at Vogue did Dorothy acquire after some time?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

7. 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?

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

9. 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?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dorothy didn't possess the same personality traits of the women of her era. What was different about her personality? How did this help her stand out in her career?

Essay Topic 2

In Dorothy's later years, many people took her in and helped her with the personal and career complications in her life. Many of these people were people Dorothy had only just met or were almost perfect strangers. Why did these people feel the need to keep Dorothy afloat? What did they see in her that she didn't see in herself? How did their involvement in her life effect Dorothy?

Essay Topic 3

Dorothy filled the void in her life with many things, but never kept anything constant in her life besides writing. What, in her life, did Dorothy fill her time and energy with? Why did she try to fill the void? To whom, and what, was she trying to prove?

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