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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is the 77-year-old poet who is referenced as a lesbian in the panel on page 74?
(a) Christine Roth.
(b) Elsa Gidlow.
(c) Marie Antony.
(d) Jennifer Roberts.

4. Where was the author in Europe when she convinced her parents for the right to trade a tank suit for shorts at the beach?
(a) Paris.
(b) Cannes.
(c) London.
(d) Amsterdam.

5. Where did Bruce Bechdel attend college?
(a) Pennsylvania State University.
(b) Rutgers University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Ohio State University.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what time of the day does Bruce Bechdel's obituary cite him as dying?

3. At what age does Bechdel describe her first foray into poetry in Chapter 5?

4. The author directly correlates the embellishments of her childhood home to what in Chapter 1?

5. Alison Bechdel's Fun Home is a graphic memoir that is filled with literary allusions. What book by James Joyce is alluded to with the title of Chapter 1: "Old Father, Old Artificer"?

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