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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Good Fights 1936-1937.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was "The Big Blonde" referred to in the literary world?
(a) The best short story of 1929.
(b) The best short story of the century.
(c) The one to pass up.
(d) The worst publication of 1929.

2. When Dorothy wrote in Paris, who did she write about and why?
(a) Seward Collins for her newly found adoration of him.
(b) Hemingway for his arrogance.
(c) Sherwood for his abscence.
(d) Benchley for his friendship.

3. Whose court case did Dorothy get involved with that started her interest in being involved in a cause?
(a) Johnny Lazia and Joe Damico.
(b) Nicola Sacco and Joe Damico.
(c) Bartolomeo Vanzetti and Johnny Lazia.
(d) Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.

4. What was the name of the incriminating play that featured a character similar to Dorothy that debuted in 1934?
(a) Sing We Now.
(b) Merrily We Roll Along.
(c) An Alcoholic Woman.
(d) A Wisecracking Woman.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Dorothy and Alan get married?

2. Where was Eddie reassigned to for the service?

3. What was the main problem with Dorothy's submissions to The New Yorker?

4. When her relationship with John McCain ended, how did Dorothy try to kill herself?

5. What was the name of the drug Dorothy discovered that gave her a terrific effect when combined with scotch?

(see the answer key)

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