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

2. Why didn't the Round Tablers think Dorothy was serious?
(a) Because she told them all about her plans beforehand.
(b) Because she left the door open to her room.
(c) Because she wasn't successful.
(d) Because she ordered dinner first.

3. Dorothy's writing, "Too Bad", exemplified a couple in her life. Who was that couple?
(a) Sherwood and his wife.
(b) Eddie and Herself.
(c) Benchley and his wife.
(d) Her parents.

4. Who came up with the name of the lunch club?
(a) A cartoonist, Edmund Duffy.
(b) A novelist, Daniel Hickey.
(c) A writer, Frances Partridge.
(d) A cartoonist, Chester Gould.

5. What did the Rothchild's do after Henry's second wife died that was representative of their position in society?
(a) They started hoarding.
(b) They boarded up the windows.
(c) They moved to the country.
(d) They began to collect dogs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, from "Vanity Fair", did Dorothy choose as a role model?

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

3. How did Dorothy and her siblings feel about their stepmother?

4. What article caused Dorothy to have to use a pseudo-name?

5. Dorothy was asked to sit to have her portrait painted. Where was the portrait exhibited?

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