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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Alison Bechdel when she realized she was a lesbian?
(a) 16.
(b) 19.
(c) 12.
(d) 22.

2. What novel by Oscar Wilde does the author allude to with the line "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it"?
(a) The Picture of Dorian Gray.
(b) De Profundis.
(c) A House of Pomegranates.
(d) The Ballad of Reading Gaol.

3. What word from Chapter 5 means self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness?
(a) Maudlin.
(b) Antagonistic.
(c) Legerdemain.
(d) Gregarious.

4. How old was F. Scott Fitzgerald when he died?
(a) 51.
(b) 35.
(c) 49.
(d) 44.

5. What was the name of Bruce Bechdel's father?
(a) Marcus.
(b) Claude.
(c) Homer.
(d) Henry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How frequently do locusts appear and swarm?

2. How long after Bruce Bechdel's trial did Nixon resign as President?

3. What had Bruce Bechdel been recording on the tape that the author's mother discovered after his death in Chapter 5?

4. By the end of what month does the author say her "earnest diary entries had given way to the implicit lie of the blank page" in Chapter 6?

5. Into what war was Bruce Bechdel drafted?

(see the answer key)

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