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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) De Profundis.
(b) The Picture of Dorian Gray.
(c) The Ballad of Reading Gaol.
(d) A House of Pomegranates.

2. The author says in Chapter 3, "Dad was passionate about many writers, but he had a particular reverence for" whom?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Ernest Hemingway.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

3. On what day does the author describe her father's hearing in Chapter 6?
(a) May 12.
(b) September 4.
(c) August 6.
(d) June 14.

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

5. Who is the "cultured, dissipated, and penniless European art collector" that the heroine marries in The Portrait of a Lady?
(a) James Fletcher.
(b) William Anderson.
(c) Morris Townsend.
(d) Gilbet Osmond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the date printed on the passport photo from the author's trip to Europe with her family in Chapter 3?

2. Whose father delivered a note accusing Oscar Wilde of being a sodomite, which later led to a libel suit?

3. Who is the 77-year-old poet who is referenced as a lesbian in the panel on page 74?

4. Who is the "smooth-talking fortune hunter" in The Heiress that the author describes in Chapter 3?

5. What role does the author describe her mother playing in The Importance of Being Earnest in Chapter 6?

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