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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 did Francis Sedgwick marry?

2. What was Edie Sedgwick's full first name?

3. What event prompted Francis Minturn Sedgwick to have a nervous breakdown?

4. How did Alice "Saucie" Sedgwick get her nickname?

5. What did Edie have nightmares about while she was at boarding school?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Francis Sedgwick develop an interest in art?

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

7. Who is the first Sedgwick on record?

8. How did life change for the Sedgwicks when they moved to their third ranch, Rancho la Laguna de San Francisco?

9. What story is provided as an example of the amount of pressure Francis put upon his children?

10. Describe Judge Theodore Sedgwick's unusual burial site.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss homosexuality as it is portrayed in Edie, An American Biography. Describe Edie's personal experiences with homosexuality, including her brothers' struggle with their father over his own homosexuality.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Edie's time at The Factory. What was The Factory? What sorts of things took place there? How did it affect Edie's life? Was it a positive or negative influence?

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