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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. Why did the Spungens wear a black cloth button at Nancy's funeral?
2. What was the name of the Sex Pistols' first album?
3. What restaurant did Nancy want to take Sid to for dinner while visiting the Spungens?
4. What drug did Nancy's friend take when he was passed out on the Spungens' couch?
5. What day of the week was Deborah and Nancy's last conversation?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened between Sid and Nancy in a London hotel?
2. What happened to Sid's career after the Sex Pistols had broken up?
3. What did Sid tell Deborah when he called after Nancy's murder?
4. Why did Nancy's parents want her to move to New York?
5. After spending time with Sid and Nancy in Philadelphia, what did Deborah think of Sid and Nancy's relationship?
6. How did the media treat Nancy as the Sex Pistols gained more fame?
7. Describe the scene at Sid Vicious' bail hearing.
8. How did Deborah feel when she found out about Sid's death?
9. How did the Spungens become involved with the Parents of Murdered Children group?
10. How did Nancy spend Hanukkah/Christmas before moving to London?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How did fame fuel Sid and Nancy's destructive lives? In your response, address the following points:
1) The Sex Pistols' outrageous behavior and the fame it brought
2) Nancy's attention to Sid's fame and musical following
3) Examine the ways the media's attention perpetuated the fame surrounding Sid and Nancy.
Essay Topic 2
This book is a biography. How would Nancy change her story if she told it? Choose one chapter from the book. Rewrite it as though it were an autobiography. Your response should include all the events, people, and places Deborah describes in the chapter but from Nancy's point of view. Keep in mind Nancy's personality, thoughts about people and places, and how her point of view is different from her mother's.
Essay Topic 3
Students will examine Nancy Spungen's relationship with drugs. In your response, be sure to address the following points:
1) Nancy's early experience with drugs prescribed by doctors, even in her infancy.
2) Deborah's dependency on the medical community and drugs to alleviate Nancy's problem.
3) Nancy's and Sid's drug dependencies.
4) The role drugs played in the music scene that Nancy admired.
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