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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 album 'A Child's Adventure'?

2. What movie did Faithfull fly to Sydney to be part of?

3. What does Faithfull say she woke up feeling?

4. Who was Ahmet?

5. How does Faithfull characterize life without drugs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Faithfull's experience as Ophelia.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe Marianne Faithfull's domestic life with Mick Jagger.

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

9. Describe Faithfull's dream about Mick Jagger.

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

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

Debate the proposition that 'Faithfull' should be banned.

Essay Topic 3

What does 'Faithfull' tell us about the changes that were taking place in culture in the 1960s? Is her perspective very useful for making this portrait, or is it too personal? How does Faithfull herself try to answer this question about the times and events taking place around her?

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