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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the author's mother's middle name?
(a) Augusta.
(b) Anne.
(c) Michelle.
(d) Elizabeth.

2. What term from Chapter 5 refers to a disorder characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements primarily affecting the face, hands and feet?
(a) Saint Vitus Dance.
(b) Cerebral palsy.
(c) Epilepsy.
(d) Tuberculosis.

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

4. Whose father delivered a note accusing Oscar Wilde of being a sodomite, which later led to a libel suit?
(a) Wallace Stevens's father.
(b) Morris Townsend's father.
(c) James Forster's father.
(d) Alfred Douglas's father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What author had Bruce Bechdel become immersed in the year before he died?

2. What food item from her mother's play does the author describe her family eating all summer in Chapter 6?

3. Whom did the author's mother get angry about Bruce wanting to invite to their home in Chapter 6?

4. What was the Alison Bechdel's mother's favorite poem?

5. What was Beth's last name?

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