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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. Who fulfilled Dorothy's maternal need?

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

3. Who was Dorothy's personal hero?

4. In 1937, what did Dorothy and Alan do?

5. What did Dorothy discover when she was 43?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. In 1967, Marcella Cisney proposed to Dorothy the production of "A Dorothy Parker Portfolio", Dorothy gave her full support. How did this production give Dorothy the last say in her life?

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 did John Garrett do that effected Dorothy in such profound way? How did his actions effect Dorothy?

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

8. Who was the most successful person to get work out of Dorothy. How did they succeed?

9. What realizations did Dorothy come to after Benchley's death?

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

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

Dorothy and Alan had a unique relationship. What about Alan was different than the other men that Dorothy dated? What was good about their relationship? What was destructive about their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Dorothy had an unhealthy attitude toward death, even from childhood. Her many suicide attempts and casual attitude about death proved this. What reason did Dorothy have from her childhood gave her the attitude about mortality that she did?

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