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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 film does the author describe her parents taking the family to see when it opened in 1974?
(a) The Maltese Falcon.
(b) Cassablanca.
(c) To Have and Have Not.
(d) The Great Gatsby.

2. What is the name of the author's youngest brother?
(a) Paul.
(b) Christian.
(c) John.
(d) Peter.

3. 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) "Pristine."
(c) "Beautiful."
(d) "What they were not."

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) "Epicurian Games."
(b) "Icarian Games."
(c) "Daedalus Games."
(d) "Homeric Games."

5. Who is the "cultured, dissipated, and penniless European art collector" that the heroine marries in The Portrait of a Lady?
(a) William Anderson.
(b) Morris Townsend.
(c) Gilbet Osmond.
(d) James Fletcher.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did the author receive a message to contact her mother immediately because her father had been killed?

2. Of her father, the author writes in Chapter 1, "... my brothers and I were free labor. Dad considered us extensions of his own body, like" what?

3. Of what material was Bruce Bechtel's tombstone made?

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

5. How long prior to his death did Bruce Bechdel's wife ask him for a divorce?

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