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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Alison Bechdel inform her parents that she was gay?
(a) By letter.
(b) By phone call.
(c) By email.
(d) By telling them in person.

2. At what age does Bechdel describe her first foray into poetry in Chapter 5?
(a) At age 9.
(b) At age 11.
(c) At age 5.
(d) At age 7.

3. Whom does the author describe Athena visiting to nudge him to find his long-lost father in Chapter 7?
(a) Telemachus.
(b) Atlas.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Zeus.

4. Who is the author of Delta of Venus?
(a) Elsa Gidlow.
(b) Anaïs Nin.
(c) Radclyffe Hall.
(d) Emily Dickinson.

5. Whose father delivered a note accusing Oscar Wilde of being a sodomite, which later led to a libel suit?
(a) James Forster's father.
(b) Alfred Douglas's father.
(c) Wallace Stevens's father.
(d) Morris Townsend's father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Bruce Bechdel marry his wife?

3. Whom did the author's mother get angry about Bruce wanting to invite to their home in Chapter 6?

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?

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

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