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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. How does Faithfull characterize her mother?

2. What advice did Faithfull get about recording?

3. What came of the interview Faithfull and Jagger gave to the Daily Mirror?

4. What did Faithfull do with the object she got from her husband?

5. Where did Faithfull first talk with Mick Jagger?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Faithfull's relationship with Mick Jagger while she was spending time at Courtfield Road?

2. What effect does Faithfull say drugs had on Mick Jagger in the 1960s?

3. How did Faithfull and Mick Jagger approach the question of having children together?

4. What was Mick Jagger's time in prison like?

5. Describe the changes Marianne Faithfull made in her management after she got famous.

6. What advice did Andrew Loog Oldham give Marianne?

7. Describe the effect Faithfull's time at Courtfield Road had on her marriage.

8. What charges were filed as a result of the arrest?

9. How did Marianne Faithfull end up with Mick Jagger?

10. What were the consequences of Faithfull's parents' divorce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you characterize Marianne Faithfull's relationship with herself and her early years? How does her writing describe an old self, a young self, and a relationship between them?

Essay Topic 2

At the end of 'Faithfull,' Marianne Faithfull says that her mother saw that art was a true aristocracy. Evaluate the value of this statement based on the contents of Faithfull's life.

Essay Topic 3

Using Faithfull's narrative, describe the relationship between art and drugs. Are they both forms of self-destruction? Of enlightenment? Of fulfillment? What trade-offs do they require?

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