1. What author does Bechdel recall reading regarding her obsessive-compulsive disorder when she was a child?
(a) Radclyffe Hall.
(b) Dr. Spock.
(c) E. H. Shepard.
(d) Morris Townsend.

2. On what date did Oscar Wilde die?
(a) June 29, 1899.
(b) March 10, 1875.
(c) November 30, 1900.
(d) April 26, 1895.

3. What month was it when the author finally told her mother that she'd started her period?
(a) September.
(b) October.
(c) November.
(d) December.

4. What was the name of Bruce Bechdel's father?
(a) Marcus.
(b) Homer.
(c) Claude.
(d) Henry.

5. What was Beth's stepmother's name?
(a) Helen.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Emily.
(d) Nancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term from Chapter 5 refers to a disorder characterized by rapid, uncoordinated jerking movements primarily affecting the face, hands and feet?

2. Whose father delivered a note accusing Oscar Wilde of being a sodomite, which later led to a libel suit?

3. What is the name of the author's brother who is a year younger than her?

4. What play was the author's mother performing in when the family went to New York in 1976?

5. What novel is the play The Heiress based on?

(see the answer key)

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