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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From what children's book does the author's father's read to her in the bedtime panel in Chapter 1?
(a) Just So Stories.
(b) James and the Giant Peach.
(c) April Rabbits.
(d) Alice in Wonderland.

3. On what date did Oscar Wilde face trial for sodomy and gross indecency?
(a) June 29, 1899.
(b) April 26, 1895.
(c) March 10, 1875.
(d) May 12, 1888.

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

5. At what age does Bechdel describe her first foray into poetry in Chapter 5?
(a) At age 5.
(b) At age 11.
(c) At age 7.
(d) At age 9.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the author describe dreaming about being with her father two nights before he died in Chapter 5?

3. As an aspect of her obsessive-compulsive disorder, what did the author avoid at all costs?

4. Who is the playwright for Morning's at Seven, which the author recalls her mother rehearsing for in Chapter 5?

5. What vision compelled the author in the dream she describes in Chapter 5?

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