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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Painkillers 1922-1923.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Dorothy make it through the holidays of 1922?
(a) She drank so much she wound up in the hospital.
(b) She went to visit her sister.
(c) She went to a seaside resort.
(d) She obsessively contemplated suicide.

3. Who, from "Vanity Fair", did Dorothy choose as a role model?
(a) Amelia Sedley.
(b) Becky Sharp.
(c) Jemima Pinkerton.
(d) Jane.

4. What happened shortly after Dorothy and Eddie got married?
(a) Dorothy lost her job.
(b) Dorothy's sister came to live with them.
(c) Eddie lost his job.
(d) Eddie enlisted in the service.

5. Why was Dorothy unable to be satisfied with herself?
(a) She never knew how to be satisfied.
(b) She refused to see the good in herself.
(c) She was trying to get attention.
(d) She was a perfectionist.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Dorothy's father when he met her mother?

2. Why did Eddie encourage Dorothy's habit?

3. What was the nickname of the editor of Vanity Fair Magazine?

4. What happened as a result of Dorothy meeting Charles MacArthur?

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

(see the answer key)

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