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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From what children's book does the author's father's read to her in the bedtime panel in Chapter 1?
(a) April Rabbits.
(b) Just So Stories.
(c) Alice in Wonderland.
(d) James and the Giant Peach.

3. What gift does the author describe having bought for herself after receiving a letter from her mother after coming out in Chapter 3?
(a) A Swiss army knife.
(b) A book.
(c) A men's suit.
(d) A pair of earrings.

4. What kind of truck was involved in Bruce Bechdel's death?
(a) A Sunbeam Bread truck.
(b) A Duncan Hines truck.
(c) A Getty Gas truck.
(d) A Borden Milk truck.

5. What classic movie with Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed does the author allude to in Chapter 1?
(a) Vertigo.
(b) It's a Wonderful Life.
(c) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.
(d) Rear Window.

Short Answer Questions

1. Into what war was Bruce Bechdel drafted?

2. 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"?

3. What aromas does the author describe her father having smelled of in Chapter 1?

4. The author says in Chapter 1 that being raised by her father was not like being raised by Jimmy Stewart but by whom?

5. What did Bruce Bechdel teach?

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