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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the author's mother study acting?
(a) New Brunswick.
(b) Ottawa.
(c) New York City.
(d) Miami.

2. The author says in Chapter 3, "Dad was passionate about many writers, but he had a particular reverence for" whom?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Emily Dickinson.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

3. What does the word "qualmish" mean in Chapter 3?
(a) Gregarious.
(b) Insistent.
(c) Worried.
(d) Nauseated.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the author's brother who is a year younger than her?

2. When was Bruce Bechdel born?

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

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

5. Where did Bruce Bechdel marry his wife?

(see the answer key)

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