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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ballet dancer is depicted in the panel where the author describes attending the ballet in New York in Chapter 7?
(a) Nijinsky.
(b) Baryshnikov.
(c) Anna Pavlova.
(d) Nureyev.

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

3. What kind of truck was involved in Bruce Bechdel's death?
(a) A Getty Gas truck.
(b) A Sunbeam Bread truck.
(c) A Borden Milk truck.
(d) A Duncan Hines truck.

4. What term from Chapter 7 refers to a novel about real life, overlaid with a façade of fiction?
(a) Nonfiction fiction.
(b) Novella.
(c) Epistolary novel.
(d) Roman à clef.

5. Who was the best man at Bruce Bechdel's wedding?
(a) Mark.
(b) Brandon.
(c) Andy.
(d) Roger.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the author when her father died?

2. What was the Alison Bechdel's mother's favorite poem?

3. Who is the author of The Well of Loneliness?

4. Alison Bechdel's Fun Home is a graphic memoir that is filled with literary allusions. What book by James Joyce is alluded to with the title of Chapter 1: "Old Father, Old Artificer"?

5. What does the author describe Richard as illustrating a children's filmstrip about in Chapter 7?

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