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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which European city did Edie and Francis have a fight in a hotel room?
(a) Bordeaux.
(b) Vienna.
(c) Madrid.
(d) London.

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

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

4. In what year did Henry Dwight Sedgwick marry Sarah May Minturn?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1895.
(c) 1874.
(d) 1901.

5. Who did Saucie think was the prettiest of her sisters?
(a) Edie.
(b) Katherine.
(c) Susanna.
(d) Pamela.

6. What was Edie Sedgwick's full first name?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Edwina.
(c) Edith.
(d) Evelyn.

7. What did Edie intend to study in Cambridge when she moved there in 1963?
(a) English.
(b) Religion.
(c) Art.
(d) Film.

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

9. Which event is Theodore Sedgewick said to have been intimately involved with?
(a) The Korean War.
(b) The American Revolution.
(c) The Civil War.
(d) Pearl Harbor.

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

11. In what position must Sedgwicks be buried around Theodore Sedgwick?
(a) With their heads at his feet.
(b) With their feet facing him.
(c) Side by side.
(d) With their heads closest to his head.

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

13. Which "first" is Theodore Sedgwick credited with?
(a) The first to fly a plane in combat.
(b) The first to sign The Declaration of Independence.
(c) The first to battle for a black woman's freedom in court.
(d) The first to climb Mt. Everest.

14. Which of the following was a sign that life had changed for the Sedgwicks when they moved to their third home in California?
(a) Edie was given hand-me-downs to wear.
(b) The butler served the family at the table.
(c) There were more horses to ride.
(d) Edie's parents were around less.

15. What kind of attitude does Saucie say Edie had developed by the time she was a young woman?
(a) Onsessive.
(b) Entitled.
(c) Carefree.
(d) Self-righteous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who encouraged Francis Sedgwick to develop his artistic side?

2. In what year was Edie Sedgwick born?

3. What artistic vocation did Francis Sedgwick devote himself to?

4. What happened on Long Island that made Saucie break ties with her father?

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

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