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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 5 means resembling sunlight?
(a) Crepuscular.
(b) Maudlin.
(c) Gregarious.
(d) Legerdemain.

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

3. What vision compelled the author in the dream she describes in Chapter 5?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A sunset.
(c) A snake.
(d) A robin.

4. What does the word "qualmish" mean in Chapter 3?
(a) Nauseated.
(b) Worried.
(c) Insistent.
(d) Gregarious.

5. Who wrote the play The American Dream that the author's mother is seen reading in a panel in Chapter 5?
(a) Wallace Stevens.
(b) E. H. Shepard.
(c) Edward Albee.
(d) Sam Shepard.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what religion did the author's mother ascribe?

2. How old was Alison Bechdel when she realized she was a lesbian?

3. How did the author's father die?

4. What does the author describe her father rinsing her with in the bathtub as a child in Chapter 1?

5. What word from Chapter 5 means self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness?

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