2. What happened across the country in 1933?
(a) Socialist ideas were widespread.
(b) Prohibition was repealed.
(c) World War I ended.
(d) The stock market crashed.

3. Who did Dorothy turn to when Alan left?
(a) The Fitzgeralds.
(b) The Benchley's.
(c) Her family.
(d) The Murphys.

4. Who inspired Dorothy to pick up her fiction writing again?
(a) Alan Campbell.
(b) Robert Benchley.
(c) Sheilah Graham.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

5. What movie earned Dorothy an Academy Award Nomination?
(a) Ladies of the Cooridoor.
(b) The Lost Weekend.
(c) Some Like it Hot.
(d) A Long Hot Summer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Alan replace in Dorothy's life?

2. What saved George Kaufman, the writer of the incriminating play, from Dorothy's wrath?

3. What did Dorothy's ideas change about?

4. What was considered risque behavior that Dorothy and Alan participated in?

5. What skill did Alan possess that Dorothy did not?

Short Essay Questions

1. What brought Dorothy to California for again? How did she feel about going back?

2. Dorothy involved her time and money in several "causes." What causes did she get involved in and what did society think about her involvement?

3. What did Dorothy seek more than anything during the later years of her life?

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

5. How was Alan Campbell perfectly suited for Dorothy?

6. While traveling to Europe after her dog, Robinson, passed, who did Dorothy connect with? What other event happened while Dorothy and Mary were in transit? Why did she feel a connection to this woman and what did she end up doing that greatly affected Dorthy?

7. What about Norma Place was strange to Dorothy? How did it make her uncomfortable?

8. Dorothy was advised to write a will, though her assets were modest. Who did Dorothy leave her estate to? What all did her estate include?

9. After Dorothy's second miscarriage, how did she cope?

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

(see the answer keys)

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