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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Edie: An American Biography?
(a) Michael Post.
(b) Edie Sedgwick.
(c) Jean Stein.
(d) Katharine Branson.

2. How did Minty die?
(a) He fell off a balcony.
(b) He drowned.
(c) He died of cancer.
(d) He committed suicide.

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

4. What were many of the artworks Francis created inspired by?
(a) His family.
(b) Money.
(c) WWII.
(d) Women he had affairs with.

5. How did Francis attempt to have Saucie thrown out of Radcliffe?
(a) By sending a bodyguard to drag her out of classes.
(b) By hiring someone to plant drugs on her.
(c) By refusing to pay her tuition.
(d) By telling the dean she was promiscuous.

6. Which of Edie's brother developed problems with alcohol and drugs?
(a) Bert.
(b) Harold.
(c) Minty.
(d) George.

7. Who believes that Francis Sedgwick never had any interest in having children?
(a) Saucie Sedgwick.
(b) Jean Stein.
(c) Jonathan Sedgwick.
(d) Susanna Sedgwick.

8. Where did Theodore Sedgwick live?
(a) Atlanta.
(b) New York.
(c) Boston.
(d) Chicago.

9. How many acres was the new property that the Sedgwicks bought in the 1950s?
(a) 100 acres.
(b) 25 acres.
(c) 6000 acres.
(d) 500 acres.

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

11. Who was Edie Sedgwick named after?
(a) A famous actress.
(b) Her neighbor.
(c) Her father's favorite aunt.
(d) Her mother's mother.

12. How many children did Francis Sedgwick have with his wife?
(a) Eight.
(b) Nine.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Ten.

13. In the book, Edie: An American Biography who helps to tell the story of the Sedgwick ancestors?
(a) College professors.
(b) Sedgwick family members.
(c) 1960s historians.
(d) The media.

14. What state was St. Timothy's school in?
(a) Maryland.
(b) New Hampshire.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) New York.

15. While speaking about her family's life in California, what term does Saucie use to describe her parents?
(a) Beatniks.
(b) Traditionalists.
(c) Renaissance people.
(d) European wannabes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the likely reason for Francis Sedgwick's rejection to join the military?

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

3. How many children did Henry Dwight Sedgwick and Sarah May Minturn have?

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

5. Which of the following seemed to plague Francis Minturn?

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