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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
(b) Dubliners.
(c) Finnegan's Wake.
(d) Ulysses.

2. What is the title of Chapter 5?
(a) "Sunday Morning."
(b) "A Walk in the Woods."
(c) "The Canary-Colored Caravan of Death."
(d) "The Antihero's Journey."

3. What was the author's favorite page in the Wind in the Willows coloring book?
(a) The house.
(b) The map.
(c) The river.
(d) The pond.

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) Amsterdam.
(b) Cannes.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

5. The author says in Chapter 1 that being raised by her father was not like being raised by Jimmy Stewart but by whom?
(a) Martha Stewart.
(b) Donna Reed.
(c) Bette Davis.
(d) Amanda Stewart.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the home where Alison Bechdel grew up?

3. Who is the author of Delta of Venus?

4. What is the name of the author's youngest brother?

5. How does the author describe Joan after their meeting in Chapter 3?

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