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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Bruce Bechdel go to see a psychiatrist in Chapter 6?
(a) New Brunswick.
(b) Wilmington.
(c) New Hope.
(d) Danville.

2. What was Beth's stepmother's name?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Helen.
(d) Emily.

3. How many residents does the author describe in her hometown in Chapter 5?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 800.
(d) 2,500.

4. How long after Bruce Bechdel's trial did Nixon resign as President?
(a) Two weeks later.
(b) Two days later.
(c) Three days later.
(d) Five days later.

5. Whose father delivered a note accusing Oscar Wilde of being a sodomite, which later led to a libel suit?
(a) Alfred Douglas's father.
(b) Morris Townsend's father.
(c) James Forster's father.
(d) Wallace Stevens's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Bruce Bechdel attend college?

2. Where did Bruce Bechdel marry his wife?

3. What novel is the play The Heiress based on?

4. What phrase began creeping into the author's journal entries in April, according to Bechdel in Chapter 5?

5. What gift does the author describe having bought for herself after receiving a letter from her mother after coming out in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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