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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who encouraged Francis Sedgwick to develop his artistic side?
(a) His co-workers.
(b) His parents.
(c) His wife.
(d) His Harvard professors.

2. What adorns Theodore Sedgwick's grave?
(a) A bird bath.
(b) A cross.
(c) An alpha and an omega symbol.
(d) An obelisk.

3. What distinguished position did Theodore Sedgwick eventually reach in his career?
(a) Principal.
(b) Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court.
(c) Bank President.
(d) General of the Army.

4. What event prompted Francis Minturn Sedgwick to have a nervous breakdown?
(a) The death of his mother.
(b) An apparent ghost sighting.
(c) The stock market crash.
(d) A violent storm.

5. In the 1930s, the Sedgwicks divided their time between Long Island and which place?
(a) Manhattan.
(b) Santa Barbara.
(c) Las Vegas.
(d) Miami.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Babbo's outlook on life described by his family members?

2. How does Jane describe Edie as a little girl?

3. Who is the author of Edie: An American Biography?

4. In Chapter 9, what secret do the Sedgwick children recall discovering about their father?

5. In what position must Sedgwicks be buried around Theodore Sedgwick?

(see the answer key)

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