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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what role was the author's mother performing in the play when she met her husband?
(a) Lady Bracknell.
(b) Juliet.
(c) Katherina.
(d) Miss Malaprop.

3. Where did the author convince her parents to buy her hiking boots during their trip to Europe in her childhood?
(a) Italy.
(b) Switzerland.
(c) France.
(d) Norway.

4. The author describes her childhood home as being built in a brief moment of wealth from the lumber industry in what year?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1962.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1867.

5. When was Bruce Bechdel born?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1936.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Bruce Bechdel marry his wife?

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

4. From what children's book does the author's father's read to her in the bedtime panel in Chapter 1?

5. Who is the "cultured, dissipated, and penniless European art collector" that the heroine marries in The Portrait of a Lady?

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