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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Global Disasters 1926.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, during the era of 1922-1923, did Dorothy discover that she found helped her?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Vacations.

2. Dorothy had only one requirement of the men who were constantly streaming through her life. What was that requirement?
(a) They paid her rent.
(b) They brought her gifts.
(c) They supplied her with clothes.
(d) They supplied her with scotch.

3. What was Dorothy's form of writing dubbed?
(a) The "Elevated Foot School of Journalism."
(b) The "Elevated Eyebrow School of Journalism."
(c) The "Elevated Lip School of Journalism."
(d) The "Depressed Eyebrow School of Journalism."

4. What was the main problem with Dorothy's submissions to The New Yorker?
(a) They were written while under the influence of drugs and alcohol and are incriminating.
(b) They were published without her knowledge.
(c) They were written with a pseudonym.
(d) She doesn't get paid.

5. In 1917, what significant event happened in Dorothy's career?
(a) She was made an editor at Vogue.
(b) She was made an editor at American Magazine.
(c) She moved from Vogue to Vanity Fair.
(d) She was fired.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Dorothy's story that she wrote after her suicide attempt of 1926?

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

3. After getting into a quarrel with Charles MacArthur, Dorothy returned to Stamford and tells Deems Taylor she wanted to:

4. At what age did Dorothy first read "Vanity Fair?"

5. What character trait did Dorothy not want to exhibit?

(see the answer key)

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