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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Sedgwick children believed that their father, Francis, carried shame for not entering which occupation?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Law.
(c) Business.
(d) Banking.

3. What example does Saucie use to illustrate her feeling that Edie got everything she wanted?
(a) Edie being given a pony.
(b) Edie being allowed to drive her father's Mercedes.
(c) Edie being able to decide what school she attended.
(d) Edie having access to her father's bank account.

4. In what year was Edie Sedgwick born?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1940.

5. Which of the following seemed to plague Francis Minturn?
(a) Voices.
(b) Bad luck.
(c) Phobias.
(d) Chronic fatigue.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What boarding school did Edie go to at the age of thirteen?

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

4. What adorns Theodore Sedgwick's grave?

5. What was Francis Sedgwick well known for being obsessive about?

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