In a story titled for this kind of person, the protagonist steps out her front door one night and sees a horse pulling a rickety wagon slip on ice and fall down right in front of her. In a novel whose title refers to the protagonist as this kind of person, the protagonist is told to “cultivate some inhibitions” by Sigmund Freud. A story titled for this kind of person ends after the protagonist is told to “cheer up” by the black maid Nettie after she gives the toast “Here’s (*) mud in your eye.” This is the [emphasize] second type of person in the title of a novel whose protagonist tricks men like Francis Beekman with her friend Dorothy Shaw. Two vials of veronal are used in an attempted suicide by Hazel Morse in a story titled for a “big” one of these people written by Dorothy Parker. For 10 points, Lorelei Lee is the protagonist of a novel by Anita Loos titled Gentlemen Prefer what type of women? ■END■
ANSWER: blonde [accept “Big Blonde”; prompt on big by asking “how else does the title describe the protagonist?”; accept Gentlemen Prefer Blondes]
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