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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the location where Theodore Sedgwick is buried referred to as?

2. Who did Francis Minturn Sedgwick marry?

3. What is Babbo Sedgwick said to have liked to read?

4. What year did Edie begin attending St. Timothy's school?

5. What adorns Theodore Sedgwick's grave?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the book, what do the Sedgwick children share about their father's infidelities?

2. What does Saucie recall about her rebelliousness as a young woman?

3. Describe "Bobbo" Sedgwick.

4. What troubles did Edie's brother Minty have in his short life?

5. What conversation does Saucie recall having with Edie in 1960 after she had left St. Timothy's?

6. What does the author tell us about Edie's father, Francis Minturn Sedgwick?

7. What effect did oil money have on the Sedgwicks in the 1950s?

8. Who did Edie keep in her company when she moved to Cambridge in 1963?

9. What are Saucie's memories of living in the family's Goleta ranch?

10. What is the intended purpose of the circular burial of Sedgwicks around Judge's Theodore Sedgwick's tomb?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the conclusion of the biography Edie, An American Biography. Is the ending surprising or shocking? What tone does the conclusion have? How does it make the reader feel? Describe the end of Edie's life. Is this a tragic ending? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Edie's turn as an actress. What films did she appear in, and how were these films received? Was she a talented actress? Did she take her acting seriously? Describe her experience while filming Ciao! Manhattan.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Edie's destructive behavior. What caused her destructive behavior and what are some examples of this behavior? How did her behavior affect her life?

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