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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the group of gays Edie fell in with at Harvard referred to as?
(a) Nitroglycerin Queens.
(b) Harvard Homosexuals.
(c) Gay Guys.
(d) Dancing Queens.

2. What was the likely reason for Francis Sedgwick's rejection to join the military?
(a) Poor eyesight.
(b) Psychological imbalance.
(c) Bronchial asthma.
(d) Clubfoot.

3. What disease did Edie suffer from which led to her being taken out of boarding school?
(a) Anorexia.
(b) Alcohol addiction.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Schizophrenia.

4. What did Edie start to get in trouble for doing while at St. Timothy's school?
(a) Wearing the wrong clothing.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Smoking.
(d) Promiscuous behavior.

5. Who was the first of Edie's relatives, the Sedgwicks, on record?
(a) Martin Sedgwick.
(b) Robert Sedgwick.
(c) Luther Sedgwick.
(d) Francis Sedgwick.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1930s, where was the Sedgwicks Long Island home located?

2. What distinguished position did Theodore Sedgwick eventually reach in his career?

3. Who is Lily Saarinen?

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

5. Which event is Theodore Sedgewick said to have been intimately involved with?

(see the answer key)

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