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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author claim was her father's passion but not his job in Chapter 1?
(a) Drinking Scotch.
(b) Historical restoration.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Clothing design.

2. What did Bruce Bechdel teach?
(a) Calculus.
(b) Biology.
(c) Drama.
(d) English.

3. What play were Bruce Bechdel and his wife performing in when they met?
(a) The Tragedy of Macbeth.
(b) Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
(c) The Taming of the Shrew.
(d) All's Well that Ends Well.

4. Who is the "smooth-talking fortune hunter" in The Heiress that the author describes in Chapter 3?
(a) Edgar Spency.
(b) Morris Townsend.
(c) James Waldrop.
(d) William James.

5. Why did the author complain about the wallpaper her father chose for her room in Chapter 1?
(a) It was solid red.
(b) It was blue with stripes.
(c) It was pink with flowers.
(d) It was green and white dots.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Delta of Venus?

2. Who created the illustrations for The Wind in the Willows coloring book that the author describes in Chapter 5?

3. What interstate does the author describe having been blasted through the ridge beyond hers in Chapter 5?

4. How far away was the author in college when her father died?

5. The author says in Chapter 1 that being raised by her father was not like being raised by Jimmy Stewart but by whom?

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