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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. Which musician did Edie meet around the time she moved into her own apartment?

2. What did Bill name use his room at Warhol's apartment for?

3. Who were the father figures in Edie's life in New York?

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

5. In what year did Edie and Andy Warhol meet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Edie meet Andy Warhol?

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

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

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

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

6. Describe Warhol's New York loft, The Factory.

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

8. What were "vitamin shots"?

9. What was important for modeling in the 1960s?

10. Describe Andy Warhol's background.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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 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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