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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 book.
(b) A pair of earrings.
(c) A Swiss army knife.
(d) A men's suit.

2. Where did Bruce Bechdel marry his wife?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

3. How long prior to his death did Bruce Bechdel's wife ask him for a divorce?
(a) 2 months prior.
(b) 1 week prior.
(c) 2 weeks prior.
(d) 2 days prior.

4. The author says of her father in Chapter 1, "He used his skillful artifice not to make things, but to make things appear to be" what?
(a) "Historical."
(b) "What they were not."
(c) "Beautiful."
(d) "Pristine."

5. Who is the male leading role in the play where the author's parents met?
(a) Petruchio.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Mr. Darcy.
(d) Macbeth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What play were Bruce Bechdel and his wife performing in when they met?

3. Who is the "cultured, dissipated, and penniless European art collector" that the heroine marries in The Portrait of a Lady?

4. How many gestures of affection does the author describe witnessing between her parents in Chapter 3?

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

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