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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author compares her aesthetic to her father's in Chapter 1, saying that she was Spartan to her father's what?
(a) Victorian.
(b) Athenian.
(c) Egalitarian.
(d) Egyptian.

2. Who is the male leading role in the play where the author's parents met?
(a) Hamlet.
(b) Petruchio.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Mr. Darcy.

3. Who wrote Alison Bechdel's mother's favorite poem?
(a) Wallace Stevens.
(b) E. M. Forster.
(c) T. S. Elliot.
(d) Elsa Gidlow.

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

5. By the end of what month does the author say her "earnest diary entries had given way to the implicit lie of the blank page" in Chapter 6?
(a) March.
(b) November.
(c) July.
(d) December.

Short Answer Questions

1. What profession did Bruce Bechdel have other than being a teacher?

2. What color did the author's father fill in the gypsy caravan with in the coloring book in Chapter 5?

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

4. What word from Chapter 1 refers to skillful use of one's hands when performing conjuring tricks?

5. What play does the author describe her parents going to see at the Playhouse in Chapter 6?

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