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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What book by Hemingway is being discussed in the panel depicting the author's college freshman English class in Chapter 7?
(a) The Sun Also Rises.
(b) Death in the Afternoon.
(c) A Farewell to Arms.
(d) Men Without Women.

2. How does the author describe Joan after their meeting in Chapter 3?
(a) "Joan was an academic and an intellectual."
(b) "Joan was a mechanic and a laborer."
(c) "Joan was a musician and a short-story writer."
(d) "Joan was a poet and a 'matriarchist.'"

3. To what religion did the author's mother ascribe?
(a) Christian Scientist.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Baptist.
(d) Episcopalian.

4. For what event did Bruce Bechdel take his family to New York in 1976?
(a) The Bicentennial celebration.
(b) New Year's Eve.
(c) A Gay Pride parade.
(d) A St. Patrick's Day parade.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What television show does the author describe as "the dumbest T.V. show in the world. Next to the Brady Bunch" in Chapter 6?

3. What is the author's mother's middle name?

4. Where is the home where Alison Bechdel grew up?

5. How many Bechdel families were listed in the phone book in the author's home town, as accounted in Chapter 5?

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