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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 were the group of gays Edie fell in with at Harvard referred to as?

2. What was the name of the property the Sedgwicks bought during the Second World War?

3. What did Edie start to get in trouble for doing while at St. Timothy's school?

4. What did Edie intend to study in Cambridge when she moved there in 1963?

5. While speaking about her family's life in California, what term does Saucie use to describe her parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason is given for the number of children Francis and Alice had together?

2. What effect did oil money have on the Sedgwicks in the 1950s?

3. What experiences did Edie have in psychiatric hospitals?

4. What troubles did Edie's brother Minty have in his short life?

5. How did the Sedgwick-Minturn legacy begin?

6. What does the author tell us about Edie's father, Francis Minturn Sedgwick?

7. Who did Edie keep in her company when she moved to Cambridge in 1963?

8. How many siblings did Edie Sedgwick have?

9. What story is provided as an example of the amount of pressure Francis put upon his children?

10. What does Stein begin book her book, Edie: An American Biography by describing to the reader?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Edie's teen years. Describe her experiences at Katharine Branson and St. Timothy's. Describe her experiences at Silver Hill and Bloomingdale. What events shaped her teenage years?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Edie's turn as an actress. What films did she appear in, and how were these films received? Was she a talented actress? Did she take her acting seriously? Describe her experience while filming Ciao! Manhattan.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Edie's time at The Factory. What was The Factory? What sorts of things took place there? How did it affect Edie's life? Was it a positive or negative influence?

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