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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What skill did Alan possess that Dorothy did not?
(a) Home making skills.
(b) Fashion sense.
(c) Cooking skills.
(d) Decorating skills.

2. In 1946, what did Dorothy do about her relationship with Alan?
(a) She moved overseas to be with him.
(b) She had an affair with even younger men to spite him.
(c) She announced her intent to divorce him.
(d) She reconciled with him.

3. How did Dorothy try to commit suicide after she realized how far behind her novel, "Sonnets to a Suicide", is?
(a) Standing on train tracks.
(b) Pain killer overdose.
(c) Drinking a bottle of shoe polish.
(d) Jumping into the Seine.

4. What cause did Dorothy feel the need to get involved in?
(a) The Communist Propaganda.
(b) The Screen Actors Guild.
(c) The Third Reich's persecution of the Jews.
(d) The Third Reich's youth group.

5. Alan and Dorothy felt that they couldn't lay down roots in Hollywood. Where did they buy a house to do just that?
(a) Vermont.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Pennsylvania.
(d) South Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Dorothy go twice a week to get drunk while in Paris?

2. What did Dorothy buy in London?

3. How many times was Valencia bombed while Dorothy and Alan were in Spain?

4. What job did Alan scheme to get for Dorothy?

5. Who fulfilled Dorothy's maternal need?

Short Essay Questions

1. Dorothy was happy with Alan, but what about her life wasn't fulfilling?

2. What was Dorothy and Alan's reason for leaving California?

3. How was Alan Campbell perfectly suited for Dorothy?

4. In 1967, Marcella Cisney proposed to Dorothy the production of "A Dorothy Parker Portfolio", Dorothy gave her full support. How did this production give Dorothy the last say in her life?

5. What was so controversial about Dorothy's pregnancy? What was unique about her reaction to her miscarriage?

6. Dorothy purchased two dogs while in Europe. What role in Dorothy's life did these dogs fill? Why did she feel she needed canine companionship?

7. What cause did Dorothy focus her efforts on and how?

8. While in Europe, Dorothy interviewed Ernest Hemingway after "A Farewell to Arms" was published. During the interview, Hemingway was very restrictive of the questions she was allowed to ask. What did his restrictions cause Dorothy to do? Why did Hemingway make the restrictions?

9. What about Dorothy and Alan's reconciliation was significant?

10. What about Dorothy and Alan's relationship changed after Alan went to basic training?

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