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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Faithfull characterize the last years of her mother's life?
(a) Troubled by poor health.
(b) Bitter and contentious.
(c) Miserable with alcohol addiction.
(d) Sweet and peaceful.

2. How does Faithfull characterize Soho society in the early 1970s?
(a) High society.
(b) Junkies and winos.
(c) Respectable bourgeois society.
(d) White collar criminals.

3. How does Faithfull characterize 'Let it Bleed'?
(a) A waste of time.
(b) A return to roots.
(c) Ahead of its time.
(d) A new kind of music.

4. What does Faithfull say she learned at Hazelden?
(a) You have to help yourself.
(b) She had hurt the people she loved the most.
(c) There really is no reason to live.
(d) If you only help yourself, it's useless.

5. What show was Marianne Faithfull in that she got great reviews?
(a) Broken English.
(b) The Sisters.
(c) Threepenny Opera.
(d) The Homecoming.

6. What unpleasantness arose in 1970 regarding John Dunbar?
(a) A financial scandal.
(b) A paternity suit from a young serving girl.
(c) A car accident.
(d) A divorce case.

7. To whom was 'Strange Weather' dedicated?
(a) Mick Jagger.
(b) Ben Brierly.
(c) Her son Nicholas.
(d) Howard Tose.

8. What was the Rolling Stones' relationship with the Beatles by the late 1960s?
(a) They were developing a destructive hostility.
(b) They were talking about merging.
(c) They were feeding each other's notoriety.
(d) They were eclipsing the Beatles' fame.

9. How does Faithfull characterize Lord Paddy Rossmore?
(a) Aristocratic and patient.
(b) Loving and domestic.
(c) Rich and brash.
(d) Bookish and clever.

10. Why didn't Faithfull finish the album she was working on in the early 1980s?
(a) The recording studio kicked her out.
(b) She got sick.
(c) She was sent to a detox program.
(d) She spent all the money for her musicians on drugs.

11. How does Faithfull characterize her early relationship with Ben Brierly?
(a) Frenzied.
(b) Paranoid.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Tenuous.

12. What did Dylan tell Faithfull he regretted?
(a) Being married.
(b) Tearing up his poem to her.
(c) Not making love to her.
(d) Kicking her out of his place.

13. Who was Ahmet?
(a) Faithfull's editor.
(b) Mick Jagger's agent.
(c) The Rolling Stones' publicist.
(d) The head of Atlantic Records.

14. Why did Jagger stop inviting Faithfull to dine out with him?
(a) She was pregnant.
(b) She was always on drugs.
(c) She became belligerent with people.
(d) She didn't fit in.

15. How does Faithfull characterize Hilly Michaels?
(a) The man who saved her life.
(b) The worst man she was ever with.
(c) A dealer who invited her into his business.
(d) A guy she had good times with.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Faithfull's return to fame affect her relationship with Ben Brierly?

2. What stopped after Faithfull and Jagger established a domestic life at Cheyne Walk?

3. What had Faithfull just done when she met Dylan again?

4. What does Faithfull say she woke up feeling?

5. How did Oliver Musker demonstrate his devotion to Marianne Faithfull?

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