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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. How did Edie's choice of fashion change after moving to New York?

3. What did Andy often lie about in interviews?

4. What did Edie confess was the motivation for most of the things she did?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Edie meet Andy Warhol?

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

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

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

5. What alarmed Leonard Cohen when he met Edie?

6. Describe Andy Warhol's background.

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

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

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

10. How did Bobby Sedgwick die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the famous figures mentioned in Edie, An American Biography. Some examples are; Betsey Johnson, Jim Morrison, Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan.

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 parents and her relationship with them. Describe Francis Sedgwick. What was his relationship like with his children? Was he to blame for their psychological problems? Why or why not? Describe Alice Sedgwick. What was her relationship like with her children? How did she deal with her husband's infidelities?

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