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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of Delta of Venus?
(a) Radclyffe Hall.
(b) Elsa Gidlow.
(c) Anaïs Nin.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

2. What is the date on the police report that describes Bruce Bechdel's seduction of Mark Walsh in Chapter 6?
(a) June 20, 1974.
(b) September 3, 1972.
(c) March 3, 1971.
(d) June 29, 1967.

3. To what religion did the author's mother ascribe?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Baptist.
(c) Episcopalian.
(d) Christian Scientist.

4. At what time of the day does Bruce Bechdel's obituary cite him as dying?
(a) 11:10 a.m.
(b) 8:45 a.m.
(c) 12:45 p.m.
(d) 9:30 p.m.

5. On what date did Bruce Bechdel complete his required counseling after his trial?
(a) March 13, 1976.
(b) June 29, 1967.
(c) April 2, 1975.
(d) June 20, 1974.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the heroine in Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady?

3. On what date did Oscar Wilde face trial for sodomy and gross indecency?

4. What film does the author describe her parents taking the family to see when it opened in 1974?

5. Where did Bruce Bechdel attend college?

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