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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. In what year was Francis Minturn Sedgewick born?

2. Who is Lily Saarinen?

3. How did Saucie feel about Edie?

4. Who believes that Francis Sedgwick never had any interest in having children?

5. What kind of attitude does Saucie say Edie had developed by the time she was a young woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. What impression does Jane Wilson share about Edie as a child?

2. What was Francis's response when Groton decided to start admitting black students?

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

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

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

6. Describe "Bobbo" Sedgwick.

7. What is said about Francis's desire to be a father?

8. Where did Judge Theodore Sedgwick's family settle?

9. Who is the first Sedgwick on record?

10. Why is it important for the reader to know about Edie Sedgwick's family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Edie's time at Cambridge and Harvard. What events and experiences did Edie encounter, and how did this time in her life shape her future? What did Edie discover during this time period? Describe Edie's behavior and state of mind at this point in her life.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss drugs in Edie, An American Biography. How did Edie's drug use affect her life? Discuss drug culture in the 1960s and how it differs from today.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Edie's romantic relationships. Who did she see romantically, and how did these relationship affect her life? Discuss her marriage near the end of her life. Was Michael Post a good influence on her? Why or why not?

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