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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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 silo."
(c) "A spaceship."
(d) "A prison."

3. What phrase began creeping into the author's journal entries in April, according to Bechdel in Chapter 5?
(a) "On a day."
(b) "Too soon."
(c) "Perhaps."
(d) "I think."

4. What novel is the play The Heiress based on?
(a) To Have and Have Not.
(b) Washington Square.
(c) The Sun Also Rises.
(d) The Great Gatsby.

5. When did President Nixon resign as a result of the Watergate scandal?
(a) September 12, 1973.
(b) March 16, 1974.
(c) August 9, 1974.
(d) June 29, 1967.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Mark Douglas Walsh when Bruce Bechdel allegedly seduced him?

2. Who is the author of the novel Maurice that is alluded to in Chapter 3?

3. How old was the author when her "actual obsessive-compulsive disorder began"?

4. What kind of truck was involved in Bruce Bechdel's death?

5. What does the author claim was her father's passion but not his job in Chapter 1?

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