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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 was Billy Name's artistic medium?

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

3. Which fashion designer did Edie begin working with?

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

5. What did Edie begin to refuse to do for Warhol?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Edie meet Andy Warhol?

2. What were "vitamin shots"?

3. How did Warhol's people go about teaching Edie a lesson for questioning his scripts?

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

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

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

7. What alarmed Leonard Cohen when he met Edie?

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

9. What was it like on the set of Ciao! Manhattan?

10. How was Edie received by the press?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the genre of Edie, An American Biography. What genre is it and what are the elements of this genre? What elements of the genre are found in this book?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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