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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through What's a Sweetheart Like You Doing in a Place Like This.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Faithfull's strategy for answering reporters' questions?
(a) Expose herself by telling her stories from childhood.
(b) Outrage the reporters by making off-color comments.
(c) Say the first outlandish thing that came into her head.
(d) Give a long lecture on the injustices perpetuated by capitalism.

2. What did Faithfull and Allen Ginsberg have in common?
(a) Intellectual matters.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Bisexuality.
(d) Poetry.

3. How does Faithfull characterize her first love?
(a) Hip and cool.
(b) Old and wise.
(c) Brilliant and widely-read.
(d) Social and gregarious.

4. What did Faithfull say changed when she took this advice?
(a) Time.
(b) The spatial dimension.
(c) Rhythm.
(d) Consciousness.

5. Why was Faithfull's family in danger during World War II?
(a) Her grandmother was Jewish.
(b) Her grandmother knew many Nazis.
(c) Her grandfather was a freedom fighter.
(d) Her grandfather opposed Hitler.

Short Answer Questions

1. What song became a huge hit for Faithfull?

2. How does Faithfull characterize her father?

3. How does Faithfull characterize her mother?

4. What did Faithfull believe her baby would do?

5. How old was Faithfull when she fell in love the first time?

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