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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 heroine in Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady?
(a) Edna Waldrop.
(b) Isabel Archer.
(c) Marie Antoinette.
(d) Emily Wharton.

2. Who is the author of the novel Maurice that is alluded to in Chapter 3?
(a) Radclyffe Hall.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) E. M. Forster.

3. 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.

4. What is the name of the author's youngest brother?
(a) John.
(b) Peter.
(c) Christian.
(d) Paul.

5. What was Helen Bechdel's maiden name?
(a) Rogers.
(b) Smith.
(c) Roth.
(d) Fontana.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author compares the Appalachian ridges of her region with what Roman defense fortification in Chapter 5?

2. 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?

3. The title of Chapter 3, ""That Old Catastrophe," is an allusion to what poem by Wallace Stevens?

4. What was Beth's last name?

5. Who is the author of Delta of Venus?

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