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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. Why should a person take the initiative and point out his or her own personal shortcomings?

2. Is being overweight a hindrance to beauty to Andy's way of thinking?

3. How does Taxi adapt to her new life?

4. What are these things that are beautiful to him?

5. What does Andy say about Taxi's hygiene habits?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Andy's childhood.

2. Why does Andy believe it is preferable to think of nothing?

3. What else exemplifies real beauty?

4. On What is Taxi dependent?

5. Where does Taxi go after New York? What does Andy think of this?

6. Who is Taxi? What does Andy think of her?

7. Why are movies important to Andy?

8. What does Andy think about leftovers?

9. Describe Andy's life when he first moves to New York City?

10. Why has Taxi moved to New York? How does she deal with the little money she has?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Andy Warhol likes to say shocking things.

Part 1) Give two examples of shocking comments he has made. Why were each of these comments made?

Part 2) What is the purpose for saying such shocking things?

Part 3) What do these shocking statements reveal about Andy? How do they reflect his beliefs? What do they say about his life?

Essay Topic 2

Andy Warhol's ideas on class structure and employment fit in well with the time period.

Part 1) What are Andy's ideas about class structure? How do his ideas compare with others' ideas at this time?

Part 2) How might Andy have come to have these ideas about class structure? How much has this time period influenced his beliefs about class structure?

Part 3) How do his ideas on class structure affect his work and his popularity as an artist? How might his work have been received in previous decades? If he were a new artist today, how would his work be received today? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Andy Warhol believes that any space with art in it is wasted space.

Part 1) Why does he believe this? What is an appropriate space for one in which to live? Why?

Part 2) How is this belief a contradiction to much of Andy's life?

Part 3) How might his work as an artist help to create such a need for space without art? Would he desire this so much if he was not an artist? Explain.

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