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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15, The Leaking Boat 1942-1947.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose speakeasy did Dorothy and Benchley frequent?
(a) Billy Wilkerson.
(b) Owney Madden.
(c) Jimmy Walker.
(d) Tony Soma.

2. Why did Eddie encourage Dorothy's habit?
(a) Because he liked the attention she created while they were out.
(b) Because he liked having her along.
(c) Because it made him feel less guilty about his bad habits.
(d) Because it lessened how much she vocalized her distaste for Eddies drinking.

3. Dorothy was asked to sit to have her portrait painted. Where was the portrait exhibited?
(a) Chicago Art Institute.
(b) Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(c) The Whitney Museum of American Art.
(d) The Guggenheim Museum.

4. In the spring of 1922, what did the Round Tablers do?
(a) They published a book.
(b) They put on a series of seminars.
(c) They published their own magazine.
(d) They put on an amateur musical.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Dorothy's most common pseudonym?

2. What did Dorothy's ideas change about?

3. When did Eddie actually leave after threatening several times?

4. What, during the era of 1922-1923, did Dorothy discover that she found helped her?

5. What happened to Collins after he and Dorothy ended their relationship?

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