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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 movie did Faithfull fly to Sydney to be part of?

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

3. How does Faithfull characterize her album 'A Child's Adventure'?

4. What does Faithfull say she had done by using drugs so willfully?

5. What kind of unwanted attention did Broken English bring Faithfull?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Marianne Faithfull get back into making music?

2. Describe Faithfull's first overdose.

3. How does Faithfull describe the agony of addiction?

4. Describe Faithfull's mother's feelings about art.

5. What was Marianne Faithfull's mother's response to her overdose?

6. Describe Faithfull's dream about Mick Jagger.

7. Contrast this visit with the last previous visit between Faithfull and Dylan.

8. How was the Rolling Stones' image changing by the late 1960s?

9. Describe Faithfull's experience as Ophelia.

10. Describe Marianne Faithfull's relationship with Howard Tose.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of person would find Marianne Faithfull's memoir inspiring? What kind of person would find it disgusting? Working from the text, describe four or five personality types who would react to 'Faithfull' differently.

Essay Topic 2

Make an annotated time line of Marianne Faithfull's life. Track the appearance and disappearance of other people as much as you can.

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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