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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. Where did the furniture in Warhol's 47th Street loft come from?

2. What expression did Bobby use to describe his father's ways?

3. Edie had an unsuccessful audition for a play by which playwright?

4. For what occasion did Edie return home to California for in 1966?

5. What did Edie blame her use of hard drugs on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Edie went home to visit her family at Christmas in 1966?

2. What does Gerard Malanga say about Warhol's films?

3. What was Alice Sedgwick's concern for her son Bobby?

4. What was the "New York scene" like when Edie moved to New York?

5. How did Edie begin to change after striking out on her own New York?

6. What types of people could be found at The Factory?

7. What was the meeting between Andy Warhol and Francis Sedgwick like?

8. What is said about Edie's relationship with Bob Dylan?

9. Who did Edie stay with in New York after leaving Cambridge?

10. What successes did Edie find in modeling after her relationship with Warhol ended?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 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.

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