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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11, Sonnets in Suicide, or the Life of John Knox 1929-1932.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Conde Nast's memo to the entire publication of Vanity Fair prohibit?
(a) Idol chatter.
(b) Lunch breaks outside of the building.
(c) Alcohol, before the prohibition started.
(d) The discussion of salaries.

2. What changed Dorothy's plans?
(a) The Murpheys invited her to the Swiss Alps.
(b) The Murphey's invited her to Rome.
(c) Benchley invited her to Bath.
(d) Benchley invited her to Venice.

3. What family did Dorothy visit while in Antibes?
(a) The Fitzgeralds.
(b) The Murpheys.
(c) The Hemingways.
(d) The Oppenheimers.

4. What ship did Dorothy's aunt and uncle ride during 1912?
(a) The Titanic.
(b) The Brittania.
(c) The Virginian Pilot.
(d) The Olympic.

5. What was the name of Dorothy's story that she wrote after her suicide attempt of 1926?
(a) The Last Pill.
(b) The Last Drop.
(c) The White Light.
(d) Resume.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Dorothy like her new home?

3. When Benchley and Sherwood were hired and joined Dorothy at Vanity Fair, what nickname were the three of them given?

4. How much did Dorothy sell her first poem for?

5. How did Dorothy try to commit suicide after she realized how far behind her novel, "Sonnets to a Suicide", is?

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