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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. In which European city did Edie and Francis have a fight in a hotel room?

2. What is the first name of Francis Sedgwick's daughter who was nicknamed "Saucie"?

3. Which event is Theodore Sedgewick said to have been intimately involved with?

4. When did the Sedgwicks permanently move to California?

5. In the book, Edie: An American Biography who helps to tell the story of the Sedgwick ancestors?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What experiences did Edie have in psychiatric hospitals?

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

4. What conversation does Saucie recall having with Edie in 1960 after she had left St. Timothy's?

5. Who is the first Sedgwick on record?

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

7. How did Edie behave at St. Timothy's school?

8. How did the Sedgwick-Minturn legacy begin?

9. In the book, what do the Sedgwick children share about their father's infidelities?

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 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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the conclusion of the biography Edie, An American Biography. Is the ending surprising or shocking? What tone does the conclusion have? How does it make the reader feel? Describe the end of Edie's life. Is this a tragic ending? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Edie and her rise to stardom. How did she handle her new found celebrity? How did she become so famous and what was she famous for? How was she viewed in the public eye?

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