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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 "smooth-talking fortune hunter" in The Heiress that the author describes in Chapter 3?
(a) Morris Townsend.
(b) William James.
(c) James Waldrop.
(d) Edgar Spency.

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

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

4. The author writes in Chapter 1 that "In the circus, acrobatics where one person lies on the floor balancing another are called" what?
(a) "Daedalus Games."
(b) "Homeric Games."
(c) "Epicurian Games."
(d) "Icarian Games."

5. What is the name of Alison Bechdel's mother?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Eleanor.
(c) Emily.
(d) Helen.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far away was the author in college when her father died?

2. From what children's book does the author's father's read to her in the bedtime panel in Chapter 1?

3. Consider the following sentence from Chapter 1: "His shame inhabited our house as pervasively and invisibly as the aromatic must of aging mahogany." What literary device is used in this sentence?

4. What film does the author describe her parents taking the family to see when it opened in 1974?

5. What does the word "qualmish" mean in Chapter 3?

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