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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dorothy's ideas change about?
(a) Death and immortality.
(b) Aging and relationships.
(c) Marriage and family.
(d) Death and aging.

2. What was the house called that Alan and Dorothy purchase?
(a) Revolutionary House.
(b) Fox House.
(c) Meadow House.
(d) River House.

3. Where did Alan take Dorothy on their honeymoon?
(a) New Mexico.
(b) California.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Paris.

4. How long was Dorothy's obituary in the New York Times?
(a) Two pages.
(b) Two paragraphs.
(c) Twenty paragraphs.
(d) Ten pages.

5. Within weeks of being in Spain, what cause did Dorothy get involved in?
(a) American Committe to Aid Spanish Socialism.
(b) American Committee to Aid Spanish Diplomacy.
(c) American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy.
(d) American Committee to Aid Spanish Hunger.

6. Who did Alan replace in Dorothy's life?
(a) Robert Sherwood.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) Her Mother.
(d) Robert Benchley.

7. What was Robinson attacked by?
(a) A pack of larger dogs.
(b) A large dog.
(c) Another small dog.
(d) A snake.

8. How many columns did Dorothy end up writing for Esquire?
(a) 46.
(b) 12.
(c) 53.
(d) 52.

9. What changed Dorothy's plans?
(a) The Murphey's invited her to Rome.
(b) Benchley invited her to Venice.
(c) Benchley invited her to Bath.
(d) The Murpheys invited her to the Swiss Alps.

10. Where was Alan stationed after being shipped overseas?
(a) Spain.
(b) Paris.
(c) London.
(d) Italy.

11. What was considered risque behavior that Dorothy and Alan participated in?
(a) They had an open marriage.
(b) They got tattoos.
(c) They were living in sin.
(d) They got piercings.

12. On what day did Dorothy pass away?
(a) June 21st.
(b) June 7th.
(c) June 6th.
(d) June 17th.

13. Who died in 1945 that was close to Dorothy?
(a) Her sister Helen.
(b) Robert Sherwood.
(c) Her brother Bert.
(d) Robert Benchley.

14. Who did Dorothy get involved with in 1948?
(a) Rosser Lynn Evans.
(b) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(c) Irving Lazar.
(d) Dalton Trumbo.

15. What did Lillian want from Dorothy more than anything?
(a) For Dorothy to trade her husbands.
(b) For Dorothy to write a poem about her.
(c) For Dorothy not to talk badly about her behind her back.
(d) For Dorothy to write a play about her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dorothy buy in London?

2. Dorothy and Alan did something shocking three months after she returned from Mexico. What was that?

3. In 1946, what did Dorothy do about her relationship with Alan?

4. In her will, who did Dorothy leave all her assets to?

5. What word described Lillian Hellman very well?

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