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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. After her trip to Mexico, where did Dorothy return?
2. When did Dorothy and Alan get married?
3. What was considered risque behavior that Dorothy and Alan participated in?
4. On what day did Dorothy pass away?
5. Who did Dorothy meet at the National Institute of Arts and Letters banquet?
Short Essay Questions
1. What about Norma Place was strange to Dorothy? How did it make her uncomfortable?
2. 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?
3. What did Dorothy seek more than anything during the later years of her life?
4. What about working in Hollywood did Dorothy find relieving?
5. 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?
6. What realizations did Dorothy come to after Benchley's death?
7. Who was the most successful person to get work out of Dorothy. How did they succeed?
8. What was so controversial about Dorothy's pregnancy? What was unique about her reaction to her miscarriage?
9. 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?
10. What significant event happened to Dorothy's relationship with Robert Benchley in 1937?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What was the overall theme of Dorothy Parker's life? What about her childhood set the tone for her life and how did she use her childhood experiences as fuel for her writing? Use examples from the book and your own thoughts.
Essay Topic 2
In Dorothy's later years, many people took her in and helped her with the personal and career complications in her life. Many of these people were people Dorothy had only just met or were almost perfect strangers. Why did these people feel the need to keep Dorothy afloat? What did they see in her that she didn't see in herself? How did their involvement in her life effect Dorothy?
Essay Topic 3
Dorothy didn't possess the same personality traits of the women of her era. What was different about her personality? How did this help her stand out in her career?
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