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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) "Daedalus Games."
(c) "Homeric Games."
(d) "Icarian Games."

2. In one of the illustrated panels in Chapter 1, the author says, "When I grow up, my house is going to be all metal, like" what?
(a) "A submarine."
(b) "A prison."
(c) "A silo."
(d) "A spaceship."

3. How does the author describe her father's headstone in Chapter 2?
(a) It is a Catholic cross.
(b) It is an obelisk.
(c) It is a Celtic cross.
(d) It is a star.

4. What author had Bruce Bechdel become immersed in the year before he died?
(a) Marcel Proust.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Ernest Hemingway.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

5. Over how many years does the author say her father restored their home?
(a) 22.
(b) 18.
(c) 12.
(d) 15.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author compares her aesthetic to her father's in Chapter 1, saying that she was Spartan to her father's what?

2. The title of Chapter 2: "A Happy Death," alludes to a novel written by what author?

3. 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?

4. What aromas does the author describe her father having smelled of in Chapter 1?

5. Where did the author's mother study acting?

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