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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 did 'Lucifer Rising' do for Faithfull's image?

2. What did Faithfull dream about Mick Jagger during her detoxification?

3. Who was Ahmet?

4. What does Faithfull say was Dylan's reaction when they saw each other again?

5. What made Bianca attractive to Mick Jagger?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What trauma accompanied Faithfull's breakup with Jagger?

3. Describe Marianne Faithfull's relationship with Ben Brierly.

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

5. Describe Marianne Faithfull's reunion with Bob Dylan.

6. How did Broken English have negative consequences for Faithfull and Ben Brierly?

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

8. What split Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithfull up in the 1970s?

9. What ended the relationship between Marianne Faithfull and Ben Brierly?

10. How does Faithfull describe the agony of addiction?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Evaluate your own reading of 'Faithfull.' Did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.

Essay Topic 3

What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.

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