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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. What was the occupation of Edie's ancestor, Theodore Sedgewick?

2. Who was Edie Sedgwick named after?

3. In which European city did Edie and Francis have a fight in a hotel room?

4. In the 1930s, the Sedgwicks divided their time between Long Island and which place?

5. What did Edie intend to study in Cambridge when she moved there in 1963?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Francis feel about serving in the military during World War II?

2. Describe Judge Theodore Sedgwick's unusual burial site.

3. What effect did oil money have on the Sedgwicks in the 1950s?

4. What does the author tell us about Edie's father, Francis Minturn Sedgwick?

5. What story is provided as an example of the amount of pressure Francis put upon his children?

6. What impression does Jane Wilson share about Edie as a child?

7. In the book, what do the Sedgwick children share about their father's infidelities?

8. What are Saucie's memories of living in the family's Goleta ranch?

9. What conversation does Saucie recall having with Edie in 1960 after she had left St. Timothy's?

10. What was Francis's response when Groton decided to start admitting black students?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss drugs in Edie, An American Biography. How did Edie's drug use affect her life? Discuss drug culture in the 1960s and how it differs from today.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Edie's turn as a model in the 1960's fashion world. What were the trends of the era, and in what way was Edie a symbol of the fashion of this era? What was Edie's relationship with Vogue? How and why did this relationship end?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss homosexuality as it is portrayed in Edie, An American Biography. Describe Edie's personal experiences with homosexuality, including her brothers' struggle with their father over his own homosexuality.

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