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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What book by Hemingway is being discussed in the panel depicting the author's college freshman English class in Chapter 7?
(a) The Sun Also Rises.
(b) Men Without Women.
(c) A Farewell to Arms.
(d) Death in the Afternoon.

3. How old was the author when she claims her "father's secret almost surfaced" in Chapter 6?
(a) 16.
(b) 10.
(c) 11.
(d) 13.

4. Who wrote Alison Bechdel's mother's favorite poem?
(a) Wallace Stevens.
(b) E. M. Forster.
(c) Elsa Gidlow.
(d) T. S. Elliot.

5. What phrase began creeping into the author's journal entries in April, according to Bechdel in Chapter 5?
(a) "Too soon."
(b) "I think."
(c) "On a day."
(d) "Perhaps."

Short Answer Questions

1. The author directly correlates the embellishments of her childhood home to what in Chapter 1?

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

3. What novel by Oscar Wilde does the author allude to with the line "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it"?

4. On what day does the author describe her father's hearing in Chapter 6?

5. How old was the author when her family visited New York in 1976?

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