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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Robert Benchley meet while in Paris for the summer of 1925?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Mark Twain.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Frank Lloyd Wright.

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

3. What did the editor think of Dorothy's request for a job at Vanity Fair magazine?
(a) He was impressed and said he would keep her in mind.
(b) He thought she was a silly woman who wasn't qualified for the job.
(c) He thought she was out of line and didn't give it a second thought.
(d) He was appalled at her lack of candor.

4. When Eddie returned to New York in August of 1919, what did he bring with him?
(a) A drinking habit.
(b) A deep addiction to prostitutes.
(c) A deep addiction to morphine.
(d) A child.

5. What was Dorothy's most common pseudonym?
(a) Constant Reader.
(b) Constant Writer.
(c) Constant Listener.
(d) Constant Drinker.

6. What did Benchley declare about California that Dorothy agreed with?
(a) That he hated Californians.
(b) That he hated Hollywood.
(c) That he hated the beach.
(d) That he hated the weather.

7. Why did Dorothy fear Eddie's family wouldn't like her?
(a) Because she had such a strong personality.
(b) Because she had no mother.
(c) Because she had a loose tounge.
(d) Because she was Jewish.

8. What was the over-all theme of the play?
(a) Betrayal.
(b) Choice.
(c) Love.
(d) Work.

9. What was Dorothy's first job with MGM?
(a) To write dialogue for Five O'clock Girl.
(b) To write dialogue for Madam X.
(c) To write dialogue for Dynamite.
(d) To write dialogue for Too Much Rope.

10. Who did Dorothy begin to see after she broke off romantically from Seward?
(a) John Garrett.
(b) Eddie Parker.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) Scott Fitzgerald.

11. Who was Dorothy's editor at Vogue?
(a) Edna Wadman Chase.
(b) Kate Chopin.
(c) Carmel Snow.
(d) Cecil Peabody.

12. What style of writing did Dorothy start to exhibit after 1923?
(a) Victorian.
(b) Modern.
(c) The Iceberg Theory.
(d) Editorial.

13. What happened to Collins after he and Dorothy ended their relationship?
(a) He was accused of being a Nazi sympathizer and a homosexual.
(b) He was accused of being a facist and an embezzler.
(c) He was accused of being a Nazi sympathizer and a facist.
(d) He was accused of being in the Mob.

14. Who was the "unfortunate soul" that fell in love with Dorothy?
(a) Robert Sherwood.
(b) Elmer Rice.
(c) Robert Benchley.
(d) Seward Collins.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What vice of Dorothy's did Dr. Barach focus his efforts on curing?

2. What did Dorothy discover about Ernest Hemingway that was startling to her?

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

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

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

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